Hard cooked eggs

On my anti-inflammatory diet, I am not supposed to eat eggs. But periodically Pineapple gets a craving for them.

Before I started this diet, I loved cooking eggs. Alton Brown has a good recipe which produces consistent awesome results. Unfortunately, his approach also leaves little marks on the whites of the hard-cooked eggs wherever the egg touched the baking pan.

Now that I have some skills with a sous vide, I wondered if there was a way I could cook eggs instead of boiling them. That way I don't need to use precise timing to get the quality of egg that I want.

Histamine Intolerance and MTHFR

A few months ago while browsing around through books, I discovered a book titled Could it be Histamine Intolerance? I read the summary and thought "Maybe" so I bought the book and devoured it. The book is a quick read, but afterward I found that the same data can be found on the web for free. Oh well.

Basically, Histamine Intolerance (HIT) occurs when a body is slow to break down histamines. It manifests as chronic inflammation (mucus, cough, persistent seasonal allergies) which I can notice from whether or not my ring slips easily off of my ring finger and onto my index or middle finger; If I can get it onto my middle finger, then I consider it a low-inflammation day, while if I can barely get it off of my ring finger I can tell that I am dealing with a lot of inflammation.

Green Beans

I recently learned that green beans and snap peas are allowed on the Paleo AIP diet. I've been so grateful that I can now eat snap peas. I love to buy bags of snap peas and eat them with breakfast or lunch.

Green beans are also a great addition to my diet and now that I can eat them I am more likely to prepare them with dinner. However, for Pineapple's palate, I must make sure to get them just right; if they don't have the right texture, or are slimy, she absolutely will not eat them. And to be honest, now that I know what good green beans are like, I don't enjoy them any other way.

Watermelon Smoothie

This is late in the season, but during the summer I would make this smoothie periodically.

Tools

• Fine-weave strainer (fine enough to catch small seeds)
• Professional blender with jar
• Second blender jar or a bowl
• Rubber scraper

Ingredients

• Lime juice from 2 medium limes
• A watermelon (I usually employ a small seedless watermelon)
• 1/2 to 1 fully ripe avocado
• Approximately 3 to 5 heaping tablespoons cane sugar (or more or less to taste)
• Ice
• Water
• Optional: desired amount of unflavored protein/collagen powder