Duck and Blood Orange Salad May 7, 2008

I have a leftover duck carcass in the fridge. It still has a lot of meat on it. I was trying to think about what to make for dinner and I came up with a good idea:

Duck, Blood Orange and Kalamata Olive Salad on a Bed of Arugula with Blood Orange Vinaigrette

Sounds good, eh? I’ll serve it with some nice chilled Prosecco.

I’m going to pan fry the duck breasts (we ate mostly the drumsticks and wings and other meat the other night) in a little chicken fat (I’ve got a lot of that on hand these days, what with all this broth I’m making). Then I’ll prepare a bed of arugula (it’s growing in my garden), then arrange on that some blood orange, kalamata olives, and toasted pine nuts, maybe some thinly sliced onion. Dress with the vinaigrette.

Served with a side of — what else? Chicken broth!

This is good because I need to use those duck bones and innards to make some more stock.

Daily Photo: Kate and Me May 7, 2008

This was taken the day before Kate turned one. By my friend Andrea who was visiting from San Francisco. We were playing in the front yard.

Iodine Update May 7, 2008

I’ve been taking Iodoral for two and a half weeks now.

My resting temperature (taken first thing in the morning) used to range between 97.5 to 98.0.

Now it has stabilized at 98.6. It has been 98.6 every morning for four or five days.

And I lost 5 pounds. I was back up to 154 and am down to 149 now.

I suppose this could be the GAPS diet, too. But I think it is my thyroid. If your temperature does not get high enough, your metabolism is too slow and you can’t burn the calories.

I have a lot more energy. I can go all day now — gardening, running errands, working, whatever — instead of feeling like I need to rest on the couch.

The tingling/numbness in my hands/fingers is almost completely gone.

I am taking 50 mg of Iodoral each day (I will reduce this to 12.5 after a month or two).

I am also taking the following Standard Process products (3-4 tablets of each daily):

Catalyn (3 per day)
Cataplex F (3)
Thytrophin PMG (3)
Immunoplex (2)
Adrenal Gland (1-2)

I am taking 1 New Chapter whole food selenium tablet (to help with the iodine uptake). And 6 Solgar liver tablets. And 2 Biokult per day.

I may start taking a zinc supplement since I am reading a lot about high copper causing melasma. If my melasma doesn’t start to clear up, I will start taking zinc.