Fiber is Your Friend ... Eat your Veggies!

Darlings, that awful Mary has had the Fab locked in the bottom drawer of the vidmar for the last few days.  The vidmar (in this case) is a heavy set of tool drawers, where Mary keeps her grinder.  Just as well darlings, Mary has spent a goodly part of the last few days with said grinder, inside a steel tank, removing rust and rough spots.  Great arm work out by the way. The Fab is thanking her lucky stars that she was nowhere near that dust.  No beehive do could withstand that amount of powdered steel, or the flying yellow hot sparks that come flying off the grinder.  The Fab's do would go up in flames!

Where was I?  Oh, yes, fiber.

Darlings, fiber is your friend. Fennel, celery, spinach, apples, broccoli, cauliflower, kale are all full of fiber.  It will keep you feeling full longer.  Plus Bonus!  The time you will spend brushing and flossing after eating these items gives your stomach time to let you know that it is full.

Now, Mary when she knows that she is going somewhere where the food pushers are going to be out in full force, grabs a glass of water and a tablespoon of fiber in a jar, mixes, drinks.  Takes the edge off.  Makes it possible for her to say a polite "No thank-you" to tempting treats instead of just, oh, say, grabbing that cookie or whatever out of the offering hand and stuffing it in her face as fast as she can.  Please note Darlings, I am telling you what Mary does, not suggesting that you do it.  Consult your medical professional, nutritionist, read and follow all label directions all the usual.  I mean, Mary also downs two shots of brown liquor before she goes out too.  She has social issues.  But she is as regular as all giddy-up.

Some of Mary's favorite ways to add fiber to her diet?

Green Goddess Smoothie


 

Fennel is Your Friend

Perhaps you have a wider circle of friends than does Fabiola, in which case Fennel may be a complete stranger. Let the ever gracious Fabiola introduce you.

The Fennel bulb can be eaten raw or cooked, it will give a very slight anise flavor to a salad or can be served as a hot vegetable. Fabiola thinks that steamed fennel with peas or carrots is lovely. Fennel leaves -- feathery and ferny, like dill, are nice on a sandwich.

Fennel calms a churning tummy and -- (Another thing that Fabiola doesn't talk about -- so she will whisper) fennel helps control gas. Now darlings, ... nevermind, Fabiola doesn't want to get the reputation of being a nag.

Fabiola believes that is enough not said.

Recipe for roasted fennel <-- link to elise.com

Fennel also goes well with fish and egg dishes, but mostly, Fabiola just slices it and crunches away.

Recipes From Comments - Acorn Squash

Anony has posted another recipe in comments! Because it looks Fabiolicious, Fabiola is re-posting it on her main page.

Anony's Acorn Squash -

How to cut and bake acorn squash:

cut em into(lenghtwise)- scoop the seeds out - put some butter and brown sugar in& bake em. (I put em on a cookie sheet with a little water in it.)

Fabiola's reply:

By some freakish convergence of vegetable cooking and consumption karma, Fabiola has an Acorn Squash baking in the oven at this very moment. Her's is being prepared almost exactly like Anony's except, Fabiola's is cut cross-wise and a generous sprinkling of coarse ground black pepper is added.