Inspired!

Just listening to Michael Pollan talk with Oprah about his new book  Conscious Eating.   All I can say is "Amen" to many of his thoughts and ideas.  Podcast with Michael Pollan

We live in a society where eating is an unconscious process.  We no longer take the time to prepare home cooked meals for our families.   We bring home take-out,  we eat bars for breakfast,  we sit in our cars and eat fast food for lunch.   There is no love in our food-  factory workers aren't putting the love and care we would into our soups and sauces.   We are all missing out on a sacred part of life - the love of cooking and eating.

Did you know that meals have been tested and proven to taste better when prepared by someone who is thinking loving thoughts?   Some crazy (smart) researcher put two cooks in the kitchen and gave them the same ingredients and same recipes - they told one cook to think about people they loved and happy thoughts.    The other cook was to think about people he didn't like and think about sad/negative thoughts.    Food prepared with love just tastes better and ultimately is better for our bodies. 

What fond memories do you have of your childhood?  Of your grandparents?   Many of these memories are usually found in the kitchen or around the dining table?   Maybe your grandmother was like mine and made the absolute best Sunday meals.   What memories are we passing down to our children and grandchildren when we eat out all the time?  Will their memories be of the video game they played at Chuck E Cheese rather than the delicious dumplings that mom used to make.

Eating is a ritual best done with people you love.   It is so much more than putting fuel in your tank.   It is a time to come together, a time to relax and enjoy the food you prepared just for them.   Eating should bring families together, they should eat from the same "shared" menu or plate.   This is the essence of healthy eating - this is how we pass on the tradition from generation to generation.

This is our cookbook inspiration.  Sharing home cooked healthy dinners.    No matter your time restraints, regardless of your families dietary restrictions or allergies, it can be done!   It must be done.     We are nourishing growing bodies and minds -  it is so much more than filling a belly.