The two shall become as one

Starting out my blog today with a SHOUT OUT to my beloved hubby. It is our 19th wedding anniversary today and I can honestly say, he is my raison d'etre. Look it up. Love you baby.  He is also the reason I started this blog...when he had a stroke a year ago, I needed a format to let people know what was going on, as it is incredibly hard to take phone call after phone call. And repeat it ad nauseam. So this blog was born. It has since become a forum for health and good eating habits to heal yourself.

Today I stumbled on an article that made me so excited I nearly spewed out my broccoli. I will not reprint the article (for some reason that is against the law :-) but I will print the link below. Briefly, it is about "heat-shocking" fruits and veggies to prolong their life. It is the most exciting thing I have heard coming down the pike in a long time. No chemicals. No irradiation. No accepting less nutrition to eat canned or year old frozen asparagus. But, like the singing star who has been in the business 22 years being deemed an "overnight success", I was crazy dizzy when I read that this has been in the making (as in being studied) for 15 years! What the heck? And you didn't share?????
It is NOT like blanching, and really it's not heat in the classic sense, as in boiling...it is instead a gentle warm water bath for a specified time,

Right now I have lettuce, leeks, asparagus, tomatoes, apples, mandarins, celery, beets, and who knows what else in my fridge. So after the quick dash to the computer to share this incredible news, I will be treating my own produce.

I will share the results with you in the next few days, as I will leave some untreated to see what happens. My control will be asparagus, because it takes a beating in the fridge. I am so excited, I cannot wait. here's the link:
Heat-shocking for fruits and veggies

Now go and take care of those yummies!

Also, just a word to nefarious readers: If you would like to link my blog to yours or vice versa, please put that into the comments. I will check it out first before adding a link. This is NOT a forum for advertising. If there is a product I like, I will talk about it on a case by case basis. I will NOT link to your advertisement of your services or business unless there is a really good reason to do so. I was rather put out to get some links sent to me and they turned out to be bogus or just plain advertising. This will not be tolerated (she said with her finger wagging like a librarian telling you to "shush!")
Speaking of products, I did find one that has been extremely helpful. (If you see a product here, it's because I like it. I am NOT making any swag off my endorsement!)

Anyway, the product is called Calmoseptine. It is OTC, but it might be hard to find at your local RX. It can be specially ordered OR you can go online at Walgreens or Amazon or any one of another sites.
It is for diaper rash, or other adult-type problems "back there". (I am trying to be as delicate as possible) Here is a link if you want to read more. It mostly has zinc and menthol so it is healing and cooling at the same time. Link: Calmoseptine