To Beautiful Food

suffering through Tuesday
buffered by healthy home cooked food
shifting slightly away from struggle


My co-worker, Melissa, has grown increasing health consciousness.She listens to what sound like excellent pod casts from the Nutrition Diva.So far what Melissa has shared is excellent information, i.e. Basmati rice is a little lower fiber than brown rice it, also, lower in sugar content and higher in minerals.


I am now benefiting from some delicious cooking experiments due Melissa's intelligent creativity. She reframed the adage of eating more vegetables for a healthy diet and weight. She brought in a stunningly beautiful "salad" with adzuki bean(cooked) raw spinach, whole wheat fresh cooked pastas of different shapes, small tomatoes, cheeses, and a can't remember what else at the moment. Ah, yes, real bacon bits, and more. She called it her "Lynn" salad.
She decided the more beauty there was in the food she seemed be more satisfied, eat less, and healthier. I know I think this supposed to be what the gourmet chefs in the fancy restaurants may proclaim. However, the gourmet restaurants I often see scarcity along with beauty which is followed by the real or imagined continuing hungry.


With meals, Melissa has brought in have indeed been healthy and filling. I am admiring her creativity and joy in being willing to experiment as well. Last night, she told me there were multi-colored beans sitting at home in kitchen soaking in water with garlic cloves waiting to become part of some larger. Which means that there may a beautiful dinner awaiting me at work.