Taking a Little Field Strip

Looking for a way to eat paleo on the go...well when you are in a pinch and you are at Macca's, oh excuse me, as an American I guess I am supposed to call it McD's, you just order your burger, and field strip it. Meaning you just remove the buns and eat the burger. YES, YES, I KNOW, I KNOW, is this really paleo, not so much, but when one is traveling, on a lengthy road trip or just needing a quick bite on the go...this is a great way to keep to the diet. It also is a good way to transition into the diet, when you are still having the impulses to eat the foods you are used to, included the fast food and salty foods. Oh, and I also am very well aware that McDonalds burgers are consumed of variety of beef, if my memory serves its like 100 different blends, so that their burgers have the same signature taste around the world. It would be much better to have grass-fed beef burgers, but like I said, this is recommended only in a pinch. ***FYI*** The signature Big Mac was inspired by the Jalama Burger @ Jalama Beach in California. If one ever has the opportunity, I highly recommend making the drive out to Jalama Beach just to have one, its a delicious Angus burger (fresh from local farms) and while you eat it you can sit out soaking up the sun and watching surfers catch the waves out in the ocean. Along the drive you will spot the infamous California cows, and no, not the ones that are in the commercials on tv. Because those are actually filmed in Romania, from what I have been told. I am talking about the REAL California cows. When you are at home you can make your own field stripped burgers. Try turkey burgers wrapped in romaine or make mini sliders wrapped in lettuce. Also a burger along a nice bed of spinach with some red peppers is simply delicious, and nice way to get some added iron. So get to stripping, bare those buns and go topless! [Footnote: Macca's is the name of McDonald's in Australia, that is what Aussies have referred to it for years, and recently it was made official, that Macca's will be its' official name in Australia. ]

Self-Entitled

When you were growing up did you know what day your mom and dad got paid? And if so, do you know why you knew that? I am just wondering because a friend and I were talking recently and trying to figure out when this generation after the Y's and the X'ers came along that feels so entitled to everything NOW. I ask this question, because my friends' children got in their head that because their father got paid on a specific day, that it meant they were going to be able to go to the store and buy more toys. Mind you, this was after Christmas too. My friend, was deeply bothered that her children would even think this, as she has never taught them to assume they get whatever they demand. In fact, she teaches them to be frugal, to know that there are ways to stretch your money...she shows them how to shop for nice clothes at second hand stores, such as the Goodwill. So you can see why she was so troubled by their notion to spend their father's paycheck. We both discussed where they would have gotten this idea and thought, is it from their peers, is it from the commercials on t.v., where did they get this from? We both shared that we didn't know what day our father's got paid growing up, and even if it was mentioned, we would never have even thought of asking if we could spend their money. We knew better. We also talked about how this seems to be an epidemic that spreading throughout our society. I see it on a daily basis, young adults not only assuming their parents will pay for their wants, but demanding it. Somewhere we have lost this generation to what values, morals and ethics mean and why they are important. It is not simply that they feel entitled either, it is how they go through everyday life carrying this badge of entitlement like they are the law. Excuse me, but I thought to lay down the law you needed to be a judge, police officer, lawyer or military personel, all of which require some sort of training and/or education. My peers and I have often discussed how when we were growing up we were always told if we wanted something bad enough, we had to work for it. Meaning get a job and earn the money to buy what you wanted, our parents bought us what we needed: food, clothes, and kept a roof over our heads.