You're Not Going to Believe This, Carol & Katherine

 

 

Last night I couldn't sleep & so, because I've been feeling old (34 & Not getting younger) & unhealthy lately (fast food for the 3 squares And in-betweens: thank you Kaplan for your grueling study schedule), I downloaded Michael Pollan's Food Rules & read it all (it's a crazy fast read- and that's not just compared to the contract outlines I've been mired in for 3 days now).  What, Mr. Pollan, no cereal that changes the milk another color?  Some of the Other rules won't be so bad: I've never been sucked in by the low fat or low carb diets. Butter is awesome.

No time to take photos lately so I drew a tomato & some peas for you.  You're welcome. 

I had resolved to change my diet once bar study was up, but screw bar study (not altogether, just a little), I'm changing it now.  I could very well fail anyhow, & it's not worth completely neglecting my health.  Because of bar study, it'll be a slower change, but I'm not waiting around for my arteries to do whatever bad things they do when one's diet is primarily fast food.

 

 

The first difficulty is that I hate wheat bread and milk and spinach and lots of other healthy foods.  I like coke, chocolate muffins (hello, breakfast!), and cheeseburgers.  The second difficulty is I like to jump into things head first- no taking it step by step.  As in, if I had my way, & didn't have other concerns (like studying), I would start a garden, begin composting, canning, hunting game, and all that --all at once.  If there was a little failure here & there, no big deal.  A little failure is okay when I know my plan is insanely ambitious because even then I've achieved ambitious, right? 

Anyway, today I quit coke and will buy a healthy cookbook.  Then I'll make a menu & shop properly this weekend.  It's on.  Oh, I need advise: what cookbook & what stores have decent produce here in El Paso?  P.S. It's not the least bit ironic that I began my healthy cookbook search yesterday while I was eating Ruffles & French Onion Dip.  See, this is not going to be easy.  Here's to hating what I eat for a good while, Sara

Comments

[Jason Schmidt]

Excellent, Sara!! The two Menno cookbooks that get the most use from Carol and me are "Simply in Season" and "More-with-Less." Enjoy cooking!

[Sara]

Thanks Jason! Ok, how do I get Menno cookbooks in El Paso? Surely you guys have some sort of online distro-thingy set up? I'll google!

[Mom]

I have used the "More with Less" cookbook; it has the oatmeal cookie recipe that I like in it.
Well, daughter, I guess I will eat the chocolate covered cherries that I bought you tonight and not worry about mailing them to you. Love, Mom

[Sara]

Mom, you could always mail me the book with the cherries! Love you.