Cooking show audition number...? I lost count....Maybe I should do a reality show

How do all these people get these ridiculous reality shows that show nothing, but......nope, they show nothing. Nothing I'm interested in viewing, but yet, there are millions of people who are interested. So maybe I need to stop doing what I've been doing and jump on the "Reality TV" bandwagon.

Frankly, if it was just me, my reality show would be really boring...Elizabeth wakes up at the ungodly hour of 3AM, eats some fruit (watermelon or cherries right now 'cause they're in season) drinks organic instant coffee (Mount Hagen, which I developed a taste for while working as a private chef for Peter Koral of 7 Jeans) with organic milk and cinnamon, puts her hair in pigtails with multicolored hairbands to keep the hair from getting tangled, (see Rudy's Gluten Free video for example), while listening to 94.7 the Wave and watching either The Golden Girls, 'cause I love Betty White, or I Love Lucy, 'cause, well, I just love Lucy.

I love Lucy because I've been watching her my whole life. I Love Lucy is the only show to never go off the air. What is her secret? I can't even get a show to go "on the air" and yet, like Lucy, I love to shop and I'm always trying to "get on the show." I guess I need to up my antics and find a cohort like Ethel to help me each day.

I also love 94.7 because I love songs like All This Love, by El Debarge and Bobby Caldwell, What you won't do for love. Plus I love the energy of the morning DJ's, Pat & Kim. They work so well together and always tell wonderful news and personal stories. Because of them, I was able to approach Julia Roberts and tell her something about herself that she didn't know; that there is a man in Mexico with 82 tatoos of her face on his body. She couldn't believe it when I told her while standing in line at coffee. When she left she said "Have a good day" and I added "By the way, I'm a big fan. I love all of your movies" to which she replied, "Thank you, but please don't get any tatoos of me." We both laughed and laughed and laughed and... OK, we both just laughed once. But I had just heard that story on 94.7 the morning before I saw Julia and I told myself that I would only talk to her if I had something unique to say. I even told her that I heard it on 94.7 The Wave. I guess I was plugging my favorite radio station.

Around 4:30 or 5, I put on my Camelback hydration system, run to Gold's Gym in Venice and workout for about 45 minutes. Sometimes I see Harvey Levin there, from TMZ fame. Then I run home and sometimes extend my run past the Santa Monica Pier although lately I haven't been running as far 'cause the bathrooms along the path have been locked even after 6:30 AM and it is not fun to run when you have to pee because you drank coffee and about 40 ounces of water from a Camelback while working out.

Harvey Levin...he really does workout

Well, life has changed and life goes on... but here is my recipe...

Greek Chicken Burgers & Greek Slaw

1 lb ground chicken breast meat

1/2 cup feta cheese

1 egg

1/4 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp ground pepper

4 whole wheat pitas, cut off 1/3 of each pita and chop into crumbs. Reserve the rest of the pitas for the final product.

1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, minced (3/4 cup total mint leaves, see below)

4 cups romaine lettuce

1 large heirloom tomato

1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, minced

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

Beat egg in a large mixing bowl. Add chicken, feta, sea salt, pepper, pita crumbs and mint. Mix everything thorough with clean hands. Shape into small, about 2/3 cup portions. Place on a heated skillet sprayed with cooking spray. Cook on each side about 5 minutes until no longer pink inside.

While burgers cook, mix Greek yogurt and mint in a small bowl.

Serve two burgers inside each pita with 2 lettuce leaves, 2-3 slices of tomato & 2 Tbsp Greek yogurt sauce. Eat with 1 cup Greek slaw and enjoy feeling very full and satisfied!!

$3.50 per serving: 2 burger, 1 pita, 2 lettuce leaves, 3 slices tomato, 2 Tbsp Greek yogurt sauce

460 calories, 38g protein, 45g carbs, 7g fiber, 17g fat. 50% Daily Value for Zinc, Selenium, B12, Iron, Vitamin C, Niacin & Riboflavin. At least 30% for every other nutrient.

Greek Slaw

1/2 head cabbage, finely chopped

1 carrot, grated

1 cucumber, quartered and chopped into 1/8 inch slices

1/2 yellow onion, finely sliced into 1/2 inch pieces

8 grape tomatoes, chopped

8 kalamata olives, minced

1 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Dressing

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

Juice of one lime (2 Tbsp)

1/2 tsp ground oregano

1 clove garlic, minced

Combine dressing in a small bowl and slaw ingredients in a large bowl. Toss slaw with dressing and serve with burgers or eat 1 cup servings of slaw as a filling midday snack!

$0.60 per serving, 1 cup: 80 calories, 2g protein, 6g carbs, 2g fiber, 6g fat, 50% DV vitamin C, 20% vitamin A.