Firstly, I posted some photos over on LJ of my recent trip to Japan, along with a few pics of Sydney and New Zealand. You can view them here.

For the past few months, I have been frequenting a website aimed at encouraging people to live more healthily. It's not a bad site at all, and I've found the running forums particularly helpful. I have learned two things, however:

1. Most people cannot spell. It's easy to forget this in fandom, where we all read and write so much that a relatively high level of spelling is inevitable (at least on my flist).

2. People eat really, really odd things. Case in point: this recipe was selected as the editor's choice yesterday.

Ingredients
5 oz. washed, ready-to-eat, Italian-style salad (6 cups)
1 cup egg substitute
1/4 cup prepared pesto
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese

Directions
Place the lettuce in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 3 minutes. Place on 2 plates.
Mix egg substiitute and pesto together.
Heat oil in a medium-size nonstick skillet on high.
Reduce the heat to low or remove the pan from the heat; add the egg mixture.
Scramble about 1 minute, or until desired doneness.
Serve over the lettuce.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

I'm sorry - microwave the salad? Isn't the whole point of salad that you eat it raw? Also, what on earth is "egg substitute"? How is this "healthy eating" in any way, shape or form?

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Still on the subject of food, I found my first truly vegan cheese in Australia this weekend. It was vile :(.