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Making breakfast during the work week can be a challenge for me, time-wise. Sometimes it’s a challenge effort-wise, too! One solution is this breakfast casserole. This is the dairy-free version I make so that both Nancy and I can enjoy it. 1 lb bulk pork sausage (can be either breakfast or Italian) 1 lb ground pork 1 10 ounce package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed as dry as possible 8 extra large eggs ½ cup So Delicious coconut milk beverage Preheat oven to 350° F Brown the meat. Spray 8.5”x11” baking pan with olive oil (could be any acceptable oil, but we’re avoiding canola and soy, right?) With a slotted spoon, transfer from frying pan to baking pan. Evenly spread the spinach over the meat. Beat the eggs, add the coconut milk and combine. Pour evenly over the spinach layer. Bake for 30 minutes. Test for doneness with by inserting a knife. If it comes out clean, it’s done! Don’t be worried about the lovely fat bubblin’ around the edges (and even on the top) of the cas

Sometimes the “experts” get it wrong. Early in the 19th century, a school master declared a young man to be “hopelessly useless.” This pronouncement, coupled with a worrying interest in explosive fulminates, did not hint of the immense contribution he would make. Justus von Liebig, circa 1850 from Wikipedia Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) changed chemistry in Germany more significantly than any other chemist of his time and was responsible for the development of the teaching, research, and technology of modern chemistry. Forty-four Nobel laureates in Chemistry are scientific heirs of Liebig. Liebig was one of the first chemists to organize a laboratory as we know it today. He improved organic and inorganic analysis of compounds. With Friedrich Wöhler, he developed a theory of radicals and made the first experimental discovery of isomerism. Liebig wrote books about agricultural and animal chemistry where there was a practical application of organic chemistry to animal and plant science. L

Last October I gave a presentation to the Farm and Ranch Resources Management Group in Medford, Oregon. The title of the presentation was Grass Based Health: Turning the Food Pyramid Upside Down. One of the group members videoed the presentation and kindly presented me with a copy on DVD. I finally learned how to overcome the technology hurdles to permit placing it on the web (if I had a 5 year old, it would have happened far sooner!). You can view the presentation at this link , and the question and answer  here . Your comments are welcome!

I'm still alive!! I'm sorry it's taken me SO long to post. Last weekend I had the opportunity to speak at the Oregon Cattlemen's Association annual conference. The topic of my talk was "Grass Based Health - Food for Thought." I'm very encouraged by how it was received. Their feedback was positive and helpful, and their suggestions for future talks and projects have given me lots of ideas. Now comes the follow up!! I took that material, removed the references to the Oregon Cattlemen and the beef industry in particular, and created an slide-and-audio video. It runs a little more than 16 minutes. I've posted it to Vimeo and YouTube: Vimeo and to YouTube ( Part 1 , Part 2 ). I welcome your comments. Some of us may find ourselves, at some point in our lives, at a place where we realize that a change is needed (there are the unlucky ones who'll never realize or admit that a change is, in fact, needed). Here is my “moment of clarity,” Christmas of 2007