Healthy AND Easy

Many of my friends look skeptical when I talk about eating only fresh meat and fruits and vegetables.  One of their concerns is that eating this way takes too much time and talent in the kitchen.  Well...I do have talent in the kitchen...but it's not necessary for grilling a piece of meat and steaming or sautéing some veggies.

Recently I made this recipe from Taste of Home, and it wasn't much faster than opening a can of Navy Bean soup.  I chopped a few vegetables and cut up the ham.  It was quick, and it was delicious.  Given that it called for so much cubed ham, this recipe is one of the few where I'd suggest using low-sodium broth rather than the good stuff.  The final result was saltier than absolutely necessary.  Otherwise, this recipe is a keeper.  Had I been able to find a ham hock in the grocery store, I'd have begun with dry beans, which really isn't that much more complicated.  It just takes longer...and you need that ham hock.  They can be hard to find in the Pacific Northwest once Thanksgiving and Christmas are over!

Doing well with the Wellbutrin, but upped my nightly dose of Nortriptyline to 20 mg a while back.  I still get breakthrough headaches, but most respond to meds and caffeine in time for work.