This prescription is for me.

My husband says, "Eating for nutrition is like fornicating for reproduction,"  and that is what he told his doc after he found out his cholesterol levels were too high.

Doc says, "So what do you eat?"

"Well, I eat good", he replies." I have chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy and my wife makes me these little tater tots wrapped in bacon. She deep fat fries them and smothers them with cheese. She is a great cook." (Doc[she] frowns and huffs in despair)

"Well, I need to put you on cholesterol medicine."

"Oh no you don't," replies husband.

"Then take this home to your wife and promise me you will do it."

"Okay." 

In case you don't know what those little arrows mean, I will tell you.

The up arrow means increase, the down arrow means decrease. I know because I used to work on a cardiac floor as a secretary and I have learned how to read doctor's orders very well. However, this one is a first - sending home orders on a legal pad to the cook. I think I have seen it all, now.

So, I have been busted. No recipes here for awhile, because I cannot chance some of them going public. Yes, I still plan to cook, but only when I have something worth eating. It is a challenge making lettuce and beans look good, but I will give it a go. I don't want to be called "dangerous" like that horrible evil cook, Paula Dean, I am challenged to put out that savory dish that will not only clean out your clogged pipes, you will be under my spell before too long and believe that beans are the food to die for! Oatmeal for breakfast with a few blueberries and you will think you have gone to heaven after eating a week of lettuce, but hey, you are healthy and you must feel extremely satisfied staying away from all those sugary sweets! That is just poison everyone else is putting in their bodies!

I am going to starve you all and you will ultimately, thank me. I am also going to overload you with GUILT!

It's time for change and since I am master of the stove it's up to me to set standards, and not lend to early deaths and go down in history as a calorie and cholesterol overdoser.

I saw this great little salad the other day with a few kernels of popcorn on it, I will have to try that one! Prepare for change one recipe at a time!

And, just because it might be Valentine's Day, it's not permission to load up on that chocolate. Okay, maybe just ONE piece and no more Michelle Obama hotdogs for us, but I am not giving up those deep fat fried tater tots just yet!