TRY STUFF, THEN REPEAT

This is the part of the vacation where we pretend to give a crap about healthy eating and calories and stuff. #haventevenlefttheairportyet #mofofamilyvacation #food #foodporn #homecooking

I love squishy squash (and Chinese eggplant). #glutenfree #food #foodporn #homecooking

Steak to meal ratio on point. #glutenfree #food #foodporn #homecooking #tbonesteak

Boy, I sure am gonna miss this place while we’re on vacation. FYI, flying to Kelowna, BC (Canada) on Friday of you wanna hang out. 🍻 #mofofamilyvacation #kelowna #canada

Sometimes ya gotta break out the Ro*Tel. #weranoutoftomatoes 😞 #eggplant #zucchini #glutenfree #food #foodporn #homecooking

Cravez. #cravez #food #foodporn #homecooking

Wifey made a delicious chicken-bacon-spinach-cheddar gluten-free spaghetti dinner for us after we released the boys’ tadpoles. Story on that to follow...after I eat. #glutenfree #food #foodporn #homecooking

Sloppy joes, sloppy sloppy joes. #food #foodporn #homecooking

Nice crust on the hunks of marinated chicken breast that I had to cook or throw away. Also, because of our farm box, we have a ridiculous surplus of beets. I steamed like a third of them. Also made some risotto from some remnant beef stock and sweet rice. Cleaning up excess ingredients as we clean the fridge out for vacation. #csa #farmbox #organic #glutenfree #food #foodporn #homecooking

Braised beef sandwich. #food #foodporn #homecooking

It’s sooooo good to be eating again. This morning’s colonoscopy was over in minutes. Seconds to my brain because I was out for most of it. My wife says that my online sense of humor sometimes doesn’t work in the real world. That’s probably why the doctor didn’t launch when I referred to his drugging me and shoving something up my a__ makes him an honorary Huxtable. 😳😒😒 What? Too soon? #colonoscopy #getcheckedout #cosbyjokesfordays #food #foodporn #homecooking #eatingagain

Hard to believe I was knocked out in a gown on a hospital bed just this morning. OMG, this beer is hitting all the right spots right now. #beer#medicinalpurposes #shuddup #itsnoonsomewhere

This little guy, and several fish we caught, helped me through the hardest part of my 36-hour fast yesterday. You see, we’re accustomed to skipping meals, not using the bathroom, and generally being unclean when we get on the water. The obsession of chasing fish takes over. So, if you think about it, going fishing for 5+ hours was the perfect strategy for a fasting day. And I get to do it while using a sock day from work! Win-win-win...well, except for the being hungry part. As always, my son took good care of me. And as often happens, he kicked my butt in catching fish too. #fasting #colonoscopy #getchedkedout #fishing #daddytime #family #kidsofinstagram #bass #largemouthbass #lmb

Still rockin’ the hospital bracelet but I’m absolutely unbridled at my favorite dim sum restaurant. No polyps or biopsies. Eating a pound of fresh veggies with every packed lunchbox for the past 15y seems to be paying off. My family is with me, we have the rest of the day to enjoy together. I can have coffee again. Life. Is. Wonderful. Thanks for all your comments, support, encouragement, and stories you shared on my #colonoscopy posts yesterday. And thanks to my wonderful family for putting up with me while I was fasting. I’m the most blessed feeling atheist you’ve ever met. #dimsum #finallyeatingagain #food #foodporn #homecooking

Since I can’t cook or eat, I might as well enjoy past meals. Mmmm, striped bass ceviche with mango purée. #food #foodporn #homecooking #fasting #prep #colonoscopy

Oh lord. I’ve been fasting since last night and just started taking the prep liquid. Wife is making dinner for the boys and I CRAVE EVERYTHING!!! #colonoscopy #getchecked #everybody #food #foodporn #homecooking

When I came across a deal on super lean ground sirloin at the store on the weekend, I bought a huge pack and earmarked it for our next burger night. Being a proud Californian, I also picked up some creamy Point Reyes blue cheese with the intent to make some grilled bacon/blue cheese/jalapeno burgers. Now, I know there are die hard grill masters out there who say that grill marks and the smoke from the juices dripping into the fire below will add a more subtle and natural burger flavor. But I'm an obnoxious umami hound and there's nothing like trapping those juices dripping off the burger and searing them into a crust of dark, crispy amino acids. Pan frying is also less stressful on the burger patty so I'm able to mix in some breadcrumbs to soak up internal juices and keep the burger soft & delicate... something I can't get away with on a grill because they'll quickly fall apart. That said, these burgers needed to be grilled and, with lean meat like this, that meant they had to be medium rare or medium. Anything even approaching well done would ruin them. I turned the grill to max and let it preheat. I cut the 2 lbs of beef into 6 squares and then carefully pressed into patties. You don't want to mix or knead ground beef at all if you're going to make them without fillers. Just cut into portions and then gently press into patties because this will keep them tender. And, unless they've got a significant amount of fat (i.e. ground brisket), you must not overcook! I tried to get the blue cheese to melt a little by placing it on the burger while it was still on the grill... but I - with no regrets - cut the cheese too thick to melt properly. I think that's a-ok, don't you? If you're not from here and want to find Real California Milk products, click the link in my bio. Or sit back and be jelly of my burger & me. 😒😒😍 #realcaliforniamilk #baconbluecheesejalapenoburger #sponsored #tasteslikesummer #cadairy @realcalifmilk