I have noticed a theme recently and that is one of food. The only thing is since I have been trying out new foods the craziest thing has happened. I am down 20 pounds from just a few months ago. So, I am going to continue to write about the different food I find along the way.
There are a couple of things I love doing above everything else – spending time with my family, travelling, and eating. Some of my best childhood memories have been travelling with my family and eating. Every summer we would travel to my grandparents house and grandma Bobby would teach me how to cook something new. My favorite for some reason was making Beef Stroganoff with my Auntie Mary. It felt so grown-up. It wasn’t a kids dinner it was almost exotic.
So, this morning I whipped up a batch of my favorite 4 bean salad and thought about all these fun times with family.
Recently, I was introduced to a great book. I have to track it down and post it here. It is a series of rules for eating. There are tons of books out there (mostly written by skinny people) about how to eat and what to eat. But this book is really good. One of my favorite rules is “Eat as much junk food as you like – as long as you have prepared it yourself”. So, if you want french fries then you have to cook them from potatoes. If you want brownies you have to bake them yourself. Another great rule is “don’t eat anything your grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food”.
So preparing the 4 bean salad was even more fun this morning because it is going to taste really good at dinner tonight and it is super healthy. I rewarded myself with a lovely chilled glass of pomegranite juice and toasted to a new adventure in travelling and eating.