Food preparation, Diets and other thoughts

Another thought on Diets and what they say about us not only as a country but as a race. In some ways, I feel diets display a de-evolution of us as humans. Having lost touch with the simplicity of growing and cooking our own food.

I know, its a hustle & bustle world today, "on-the-go", gotta grab something quick. I was there. All the time. I live the same life now and somehow avoid needing to grab something quick. So I looked at what I had done and am no currently doing.

Preparation. In the same amount of time I used to sit at a drive-thru, I prep my snacks and lunch for the day in the morning. On Sundays we prep a lot of food to have throughout the week.

And we don't really need half the food we eat anyway.

Yeah I'm off track, but back to diets for a second, it's like waiting for a voice to talk to us fro the sky. We buy books, buy products, exercise equipment and nine times out of ten, all of this ends up covered in dust and useless.

The truth is, we don't need any of this stuff. What we need is fresh food and dedication to preparation. It's rewarding. Inspiring.

I used to not think much of cooking. Oh, it's something mom does. I was completely wrong.

Now, and I'm far from a pro, but I love it. I can't stand not to do it. It's magical. Yeah that reads corny, but it's true. And, it's so simple.

You grasp the basic spices and herbs and really you can do anything with them.

It's kinda amazing to walk through a grocery store. Yeah we run in and get things or hit our certain aisles for weekly shopping but have you ever gone in when you don;t need anything? Just to look at it all. It's quite eye opening. It's all another way we've been bought & sold through marketing and advertising. Come to think of it there's so much we don't need in this country it's scary as hell.

But as far as food is concerned, we gotta take it back. This has certainly rambled on all over the place, but had to share. I'm striving for more clarity.