Feasting…. not good. Right?
Well, feasting according to some people…….. eating a plate piled high and everything on everyone’s plate, that might not be a good thing.
But I think we need a definition for feast.
When I gather chick peas, lemon, garlic, red pepper, tahini and blue corn chips and carrots…. I think: “Now that’s a FEAST”!
Here’s a great but simple recipe from someone I’ve only met once, but really admire and would like to partner with on a project one day: Ina Garten ~ a member of my tribe….
And just like I’m thinkin’ that, is how I’m thinkin’ thoughts to consider thinking ~ like considering a new idea of feasting.
Do all these ingredients spell feast for you? It’s only hummus and chips and carrots….
But let’s take this story back one page.
You’re sitting at home, working at your computer, getting hungry. You don’t have time to cook, don’t have the inclination to order in, but you’re hungry. You’ve been eating so well lately that you don’t want to go for even the coconut bar in the freezer.
And all of a sudden you realize you have chick peas…. tahini…. lemon…. garlic…. get the idea?
You throw all of these things into a quick food processor. ZZZzzz. ZZZZzzzz. ZZZZZzzz. An entire minute or two of your life used to make this.
As you scoop it into a bowl, you’re thinking about all the good stuff you have in there…. how good the lemon, how good the garlic, how good the veggies and chick peas….
Now if you do an entire can of chick peas, you realize you can’t eat the whole bowl you’ve created right?
YES, CHEF MARIAN!
Ok good. I’m just checkin’ in on that one with ya.
So you take half and save half. And I’m telling you, as you go to dip a half dozen chips and a half dozen carrots into that hummus, you feel like you are feasting.
Am I brainwashing myself to feel like I am feasting? Sure! And it’s a vegan feast?
YES. CHEF MARIAN. IT’S A VEGAN FEAST.
And didn’t we watch Forks over Knives to find out that less animal protein promotes a longer life?
YES. CHEF MARIAN. YES WE DID!
Ok then…..And guess what?
When you eat like this, making foods like this your main meal or just an 11am or 4pm snack…. you do great things for your body.
Life is short.
Feel good.
Live your best life!
Happy Eating,
Chef Marian