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Vegetables and I have grown super close over the years. Where I used to be terrified of Brussels sprouts and eggplant, now a meal doesn’t feel complete without a huge helping of something green. Or purple. Or cauliflower. While I am not a vegetarian by any means, I find going meatless once in a while stretches both my creativity and my shopping budget.

But what about hot dogs? What about the good ol’ frankfurter?

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Have you ever wondered what you did wrong when a supposedly crispy batch of hash browns turns out mushy and soft? Or when that piece of chicken doesn’t look as beautifully crisped as on the cookbook cover?

Perhaps you’re making one of the most common mistakes beginners make in the kitchen.

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pa title=”PrimalCon Oxnard 2014″ href=”http://www.primalblueprint.com/product/PrimalCon_Oxnard_2014/Events” target=”_blank”img class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/primalcon-oxnard-graphic_320.jpg” alt=”primalcon oxnard graphic 320″ width=”320″ height=”320″ title=”Join Us Next Month at the 5th Annual PrimalCon Oxnard” //aI love the late summer/early fall weather on the Southern California coast. The fog patterns of early summer have burned off for good, and while the inland valleys bake in the heat, the beach temperatures remain absolutely perfect. We enjoy sunny, temperate days and comfortably cool evenings./p
pWhy these ramblings about the weather? Because we are approaching our a title=”PrimalCon Oxnard 2014″ href=”http://www.primalblueprint.com/product/PrimalCon_Oxnard_2014/Events” target=”_blank”fifth annual PrimalCon event in Oxnard/a, but with a fall date for the first time. It’s happening Sept 25supth/sup-28supth/sup at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort, Southern California’s best-kept secret (and most affordable) oceanfront resort. They recently completed a comprehensive renovation and beautification of the entire resort and it’s in fabulous shape for our group. With a title=”Soutwest Airlines” href=”http://www.southwest.com/html/promotions/nationwide-sale-140805.html%3Fclk=HOMEHEROAUGMBS140805″ target=”_blank”Southwest Airlines’ typically great […]

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What’s the most important part of a nutritious diet? Most of us can automatically recite the answer: fruits and vegetables. And yet it can be tough to eat the daily recommended amount of produce, and most Americans simply don’t. I’ve certainly been among that 75% — the estimated percentage of us who don’t eat enough veggies.

I realized, though, that part of the problem was that I didn’t really understand how much we were talking about. What does a daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables look like? I decided to find out, once and for all. Here are 10 photos of fruits and vegetables, each one a complete daily serving. It might not be as much as you think!

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/mushrooms.jpg” alt=”mushrooms” width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”Smart Fuel: Mushrooms” /Neither plant nor animal, the mushroom usually gets lumped in with the former but genetically it’s closer to the latter. In fact, mushrooms and people are members of the same biological superkingdom, Opisthokonta, which excludes plants; we shared a common ancestor with fungus about 600 million years ago. But while mushrooms are an odd genre of organism, that’s nothing compared to what lies beneath and supports them. The mushroom is just the fruiting body of the underground network of fungal threads known as the mycelium./p
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pIt’s been called the #8220;natural Internet,#8221; transmitting data along its fibers using the very same neurotransmitters (serotonin, melatonin, and others) we mammals use to think thoughts. Other fungal transmitters, like psilocybin and psilocin from #8220;magic mushrooms,#8221; are similar enough to serotonin that they#8217;re able to interact with our serotonin receptors and […]

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Do you remember Magic Shell? Of course you do — it was one of the best parts of eating ice cream as a kid. Magic Shell is just what it sounds like: a chocolate sauce that, when poured over ice cream, hardens magically into a candy shell.

Well, the magic can be yours any time you like, even if you have no Magic Shell in the house. We have a new Tiny Video Tip for you. In just 15 seconds you can learn how to make your own Magic Shell, with only two ingredients.

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On its own, each ingredient in a salad is fairly unremarkable. Lettuce, cut-up vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, maybe some cheese or protein. What brings it all together, though, is the salad dressing, so the dressing deserves some extra care and attention. Here’s a tip on how to make sure your dressing is perfectly balanced and seasoned properly for your salad.

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/newparent.jpg” alt=”newparent” width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”Dear Mark: New Parent Issues, Corn, and Pains Purpose” /For today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/#axzz3AigGf5iM”Dear Mark/a, we#8217;ve got a three-parter. First, I draw on my experiences as a parent and observer of the new generation of Primal parents to tackle a big topic: how to maintain a Primal mindset as a new parent beset by all the crazy, often unreasonable demands of modern parenting. It#8217;s not as bad or as hard as you think. Next, I discuss whether or not corn tortillas are really an issue for someone who enjoys eating them for her a title=”Dear Mark: 80/20 Revisited” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-8020-revisited/”80/20/a. Are they as problematic as other grain-based foods? Finally, I explore the purpose of pain./p
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pI#8217;ve been searching your archives for some advice for new parents #8211; and I#8217;ve found a ton of great advice on breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and babywearing. I […]

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The slow cooker may be most associated with hearty fall cooking, but as we’ve mentioned before, it’s also a very handy summer tool for keeping your kitchen cool while you stay well-fed. Throw dinner in the pot, walk away, and come back later.

We’ve shared a few of our favorite slow-cooker summer meals with you, but we also asked you about your smartest ways to use this magic pot while it’s still too hot to cook. Here are 11 of the best smart tips and good ideas that number among our readers’ favorites.

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pa href=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/weekend_link_love2.jpg” rel=”lightbox[51595]“img class=”alignright size-full wp-image-47936″ src=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/weekend_link_love2.jpg” alt=”weekend link love2″ width=”320″ height=”282″ title=”Weekend Link Love Edition 309″ //aa title=”Episode #32″ href=”http://blog.primalblueprint.com/episode-32-listener-questions-and-answers-with-mark-sisson-2/”Episode #32 of The Primal Blueprint Podcast/a is now live, and I#8217;m answering reader questions about statins, CoQ10 depletion, the nature of hunger, and much more. If you have any ideas for future podcasts, please let us know by using the blue #8220;Submit a Question#8221; button in the sidebar!/p
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pa title=”Contamination of wines and spirits by phthalates: types of contaminants present, contamination sources and means of prevention” href=”http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19440049.2014.941947#.U-z3vIBdWBq” target=”_blank”Most French wines contain plasticizers/a./p
pWhen it comes to polyunsaturated fats, the animal-based ones #8211; DHA, EPA, and AA #8211; are a title=”Paradox of omega-3 PUFA oxidation†” href=”http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejlt.201400114/abstract” target=”_blank”far more oxidatively stable/a than the plant-based ALA and linoleic acid./p
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pScience-Based Medicine a title=”Antibiotics vs. the Microbiome” href=”http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/antibiotics-vs-the-microbiome/” target=”_blank”admits/a that antibiotics are a big problem./p
pThe effect of a title=”Slow […]

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