I finished my detox last month and I’ve been trying to hold to the eating plan in a few key places.  I’ve found my body is much happier avoiding flour foods and processed stuff.  I’ve also been consuming dairy, but not doing the cheese ‘n crackers snacks that have been a go-to snack in the past, actually not doing much cheese at all.   

I’ve also been working my way around a bunch of whole grains, eating way more veggies and playing with the amount of protein that seem to work best for me.  The bonus in all of this is that my cravings are gone.  It’s the most amazing thing.  I’ll think, hmmm it’s 3:00 in the afternoon and a cuppa tea would sure be nice.  Which is way different from before which was more like IT’S 3:00 WHERE’S THE DAMN SUGAR!  In an Incredible Hulk kind of way.  And boy, that’s worth all the brown rice consumption in the world.

The other day I remembered barley, specificially pearl barley which is a nice whole grain low glycemic food.  I hadn’t had it in a long time and thought it was time to try it again.  I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it but went off to Planet Organic and found some organic barley in the bulk food section.  When I got to the check-out, the girl with the german accent picked up my little bag of barley and held it at face level like it was a valuable object she was offering to the gods.  She said, ahhh, barley, my mother used to make this all the time, I’ve forgotten about it! 

I said, yeah me too, i used to eat it and then i stopped but i want to get back on that horse.  And then i asked her how she likes to cook barley.  She said, it’s best as a risotto with lots of butter.  And i thought,  mmmmmmmm.

So when i got home I put a cup of barley in my rice cooker with 3 cups of chicken stock (I used Better Than Boullion which tastes amazing and saves you having to buy all those stupid little cans of stock) and a tablespoon of butter.  It took 40 minutes to cook and tasted great.  The kids loved it to.  I told them it was fat rice.