Chlorella is a single-celled freshwater green algae that’s rich in nutrients, including protein, chlorophyll, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. It’s commonly taken as a supplement and is often associated with potential benefits like supporting detoxification, immune function, and overall nutritional intake. *In a discussion with my AI, I’ve decided not to pursue taking Chlorella or Spirulina (tablet form) as a supplement. I do however, like the flavor that Chlorella gives my egg salad so I may continue to buy the powder form periodically.

Well, it’s official. I’m an elderly man because that’s how ChatGPT described me.

I went on one of my little excursions yesterday. First to Asheboro and “No.1 China Buffet” for lunch. It’s in the Walmart shopping area. They have a Senior Discount on Tuesdays. Afterwards I went to the Main Library for a short while and looked through a cookbook. Then I drove up to Greensboro, about a 30 minutes trip from Asheboro, to a co-op store, Deep Roots Market, located at 600 N Eugene St, Greensboro, NC 27401.

I’ve visited this store before, maybe twice and had bought some spice, herb or teas there. I bought three items there yesterday and one was something new. Chlorella. It was almost a silky deep green powder. When I tried it this morning, just a taste from a wet finger, I was pleasantly surprised by the flavor. It was an earthy flavor and I liked it. After a while I realized that it reminded me of Knorr’s Pesto powder that I’ve used many times to flavor clams & pasta. *And in reading the description of Chlorella, I just realized that me eating a bunch of one celled algae is a lot like a whale eating plankton.

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I’ve already tried the Chlorella powder in my breakfast egg salad. Good. And, this afternoon I put it in some homemade hummus. Turned it green, as I thought it would, but did not take away from the flavor at all.

The other two items I bought were ground cardamom and fenugreek seeds. I use a little fenugreek almost every night to make a drinkable tea. It is for blood sugar control and I add fenugreek and a slice of dehydrated Bitter Melon to water, and heat for 30 seconds in the microwave. I let it cool and then I add vinegar, sweetener, turmeric and some ground black pepper and then reheat it once again for 30 seconds. This warms it and makes it a pleasant sweet vinegar drink. The vinegar masks the slight bitterness of the fenugreek and Bitter Melon. Why the two step process? If you add the vinegar at first it keeps the fenugreek seeds from rehydrating and they remain hard.