"Wherever you go, go with all your heart"

Confucius said that quite some time ago...........important to listen to it now too.

Anywho, back to food :-)

Compound butter. Sounds fancy but oh so easy.

Some parchment or wax paper is what you'll need.

Butter. some basil, lemon juice and zest, coarse sea salt (only use if you are using unsalted butter) Mix together put on wax paper and roll in to a log. Tie the ends and put it in the fridge.

Now you can just slice round slices when you need to use it. I used mine to put on some grilled salmon.

This half of the log. Hope you can make it out from the lousy pic. It has nice strands of the basil throughout.

Also used some of the butter to saute some shallots, then added asparagus.

As you can tell from the green color, I like my asparagus on the raw side. Saute them quick and it has a real nice flavor.

Make it a great day!!!!!

How do you use IF?

On Rusty's blog there is a give away for Brad Pilon's new book. His first book "Eat Stop Eat" is one I highly recommend. It's straightforward and easy to apply if you are still not sure about IF.
Dr. Eades is still not a 100% sure, but I believe he has turned the corner recently.
My advice; read up on it, follow a sensible protocol (NO....fasting 20 hours and then having a big mac, large fries, shake and a sundae does not qualify as sensible) and see how it feels for your self.
I know there is lots of quality,detailed and well researched information out there on the subject so check it out. I thought I'd share with you how I incorporate IF into my busy life.

Monday I ate both lunch and dinner at a restaurant (I will post later this week on how to stay on track when dining out). I had a delicious breakfast , greek lunch and mexican dinner. After eating restaurant food, I like to give my body a rest from the ingredients (even though paleo/EF/primal) that I have no control over. I finished eating around 7:30 pm.
Early morning I made my niece and nephews breakfast. Went for a playful run outside, some push ups, balancing, jumping and sprinting. Then I hit the pool (it was somewhat cold) and swam for about 10 minutes and jumped around a bit in the pool. A nice natural work out.

Went to work. Feeling very sharp, I flew through my morning office chaos. For lunch, I left the office and played about 50 minutes of tennis. I was not hungry in the least bit.
Late in the afternoon around 4:30 pm was the first time of the day that my thoughts turned to food. I drank some water and planned dinner in my head.
Home at 6:15 pm I made dinner for my kids and their cousins (7 kids in total). Once they were done I got to cooking for me. As my sister had to eat too, I made a lot of food ;-)
I had 2 large grilled rib eye steaks left over. I cut them into bite size pieces. In compound butter (garlic and herbs) I sauteed some garlic, spring onion, red pepper and a few slices of serrano pepper. Then add the steaks pieces. When they were getting close to done, I added a half a pound a fresh cut up shrimp and another pat of butter. A nice large salad with evoo and balsamic vinegar. To not freak my sister out completely with my protein feast, I made a large dish of yellow tomatoes and mozzarella, fresh basil, evoo and balsamic.

I believe FAT intake is a huge component of making all this work for you.
I consume large amounts of evoo and organic butter.

How do you apply IF in your life?