Staring into the teeth of 2010, I of course will not be making any foolish New Years Resolutions that involve giving up chocolate cake, a good steak or (god forbid) my beloved carbohydrates. But here is what I am looking to achieve.  And you dear reader have to keep me honest.

1. The only dietary tweak of ‘10 will be a true effort to pay attention to my cholesterol.  Yep, my number is SUPER high.  Think 75-year-old-overweight-male-smoker, and that’s me.  I will try to think when I’m eating. I’ll let you know how that goes…..(do I have to limit my cheese intake?)

2. I am taking a class called “Plant People Interactions.”  Most people take it as a science distribution credit if they are not “science minded” kids.  What to many is a joke class, Plant-People is my nirvana.  There is a unit called “Legumes.”

Ok, so the second isn’t really a resolution, but it feeds into the real one…

3.  I resolve to post every single week, incorporating ways to be heart healthy with my knew plant knowledge and of course keeping it tasty, well fed and fully imbibed.

All my love and I’ll be back at you shortly,

Ellie

PS:  Did you know that a turnip is not a tuber like a potato but actually the root?