New Drugs - Trial By Fire (anyone?)

Did you know that when a new drug hits the market, you should wait at least 2 years before taking it?

Well, how about this. Would you knowingly buy a lemon of a car? No, you would not want to do that.

Well, taking new drugs based on trials run by drug companies is reallly a little like playing Russian Roulette with your health.

While we're at it. This is another reason why I would stay as far away from a drug trial as the earth allows in distance. There is no such thing as a free ride in medication and many people have either died or been seriously, irreversibly injured on these trials.

Trials seems to be an appropriate term. We could just go ahead and call it Trial by Fire.

Hey, I'm not condemning every drug out there. I seem to remember that they used to actually do some good for people and there are still a few out there. Just don't be too quick to believe that popping ANY pill will be the dissolution of all your problems. There are bridges for sale to nowhere out there too.

Pizza Frittata (gluten-free AND tasty!!!

A few nights ago I went out to eat. I try to avoid eating breads and starches much so I thought I should try the gluten-free pizza. I figured it would be pretty tasty. I like many of the dishes from this restaurant. By the way a lot of restaurants now carry special menus which list items with gluten, msg, and other allergenic foods.

Well, I was sadly disappointed with the crust. It was not something I would ever order again. I will either just eat regular pizza and skip the crust or just order something else.

So, since all of you gluten-free people out there have my utmost sympathy. Plus it isn't really healthy for anyone to eat so much wheat particularly when it isn't properly soaked or sprouted. This is my recipe for gluten-free pizza.

The other great thing about this is that a lot of products on the market though gluten-free are still full of too many chemicals. That really isn't going to be a great idea since wheat is usually only one of our problems with food today.

I have another recipe called Pizza Quiche that is very tasty. It was concocted by a man who has lost over 100 pounds eating almost no starches. Yet it is kind of involved and has a lot of ingredients. I kept thinking, we need to come up with something quick and easy. I was hungry, NOW!

Then I realized VOILA! The italian omelette, the frittata. You can make anything into a delicious meal with a few eggs and some leftover ingredients. So here it is.

Pizza Frittata

Take 2-3 cage-free eggs and beat them til uniform with a fork. Season with a little sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Set aside.

Put a little butter and olive oil in a fairly large cast iron skillet and heat till butter melts.

Add chopped garlic, onion, any color slivered bell peppers and heat till nice and soft. I also throw in chopped turkey bacon and grilled eggplant from Trader Joes's at this point.  (It also has artichoke hearts which you can see in the picture. yum!)

Next add the egg mixture and try to get it a little on the thin side so that the outer edges get nice and crispy like a crust.

When underside is almost cooked, place under the broiler in the oven for 2 minutes until it starts to get bubbly.

Grab some marinara sauce (preferably organic with fresh herbs) and some shredded mozzarella and spread the sauce and sprinkle the cheese all over the omelette.

Place back under the broiler and watch till nice and bubbly.

Slice into pizza triangles and enjoy. For total decadence drizzle more olive oil on top just like Italians do.