Beans have LOTS of Iron

I went to donate blood on Monday and when they tested me for Anemia the nurse was blown away at how high my iron levels were. I was at 15 which is apparently higher than most men. June had similar results and decided to start looking up foods to see where the massive amounts of iron are coming from. She looked up cabbage first since she has been eating a lot of it, but a serving only has 2% of iron. Then it hit her....BEANS! Did you know that a single serving of beans has 20% of your daily dose of iron? My New Mexican crockpots of beans are like vats of ironie goodness. Yet another reason to eat a burrito a day!

Amazing PIzza

I had been craving pizza for weeks and so I made some on Tuesday night. Ironically enough, on the same day, I was also reunited with about 5 Cooking Light magazines that had been sent to my old apartment, and one of them had a special feature on PIZZA. April and I made 2 kinds on whole wheat crust and both were amazing!

Type1:

Pesto, Mozzarella, Asiago, Chicken, Red Onion, Sliced Red Grapes...this was absolutely mind blowing, such an incredible combination of flavors!

Type 2:

The sauce was diced tomatoes sauteed with onion, cumin, oregano, cayenne peper. Topped with fresh mozzarella cheese and basil.