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I'm making teriyaki chicken skewers with peppers and rice tonight. I buy almost all local and organic from the farmer's market. Depending on where you are, now is a good time for greens and winter squash -- I have a recipe on my blog recently for a lentil stew with local vegetables: http://runwithknives.blogspot.com

If you can find organic eggs, they make for quick dinners, too.

Okay, so I read the patent, and when you simplify the jargon, it sounds like the process is to grind up the agave pulp (which is the cactus that tequila comes from) and spin it around really fast to get out the liquid. The liquid is filtered, much the same way water is treated, to remove undesirable particulate matter, and then boiled to concentrate the sugar syrup. Honestly, if you described in scientific detail the ways in which honey and maple syrup are processed, it would sound industrial and impressive. Agave is sugar, with maybe a little more fiber than table sugar.

Red or green cabbage? Red tends to hold up better in braises, with apple cider, onions, and maybe some spices (allspice and cloves), while green might be good sauteed quickly with some butter, salt, and a splash fruity white wine.

This reminds me of when I was in Stage Door in high school and one of the characters is on a diet where she eats nothing but bananas and milk.

I actually hate bananas, but if I did like them, I would find them to be excellent diet food because they prevent muscle cramps when you run for a long time. It's all the potassium. So eat a little banana and run for an hour and you'll probably lose some weight!