Anastasia Alston
10-19-2007, 01:52 PM
I never used to care much about food, especially if: a) it involved dead animal parts or dairy & b) I had to cook it. Needless to say, I ended up doing a lot of grazing/snacking throughout the day & just grabbed "whatever" for lunch at work so long as it seemed reasonably healthy. I couldn't bring myself to do the fast food/sugary junk/chips thing; I had a hard time thinking of that stuff as edible & besides, it made me feel AWFUL. I hated going to the grocery store: if it had anything at all to do with food, I wanted nothing of it. As a matter of fact, if I could have managed to live without needing any food at all I would have been quite happy. I never gave much thought to food & totally couldn't get the "comfort food" thing: how could anyone get COMFORT from FOOD???? I ate when I was undeniably hungry (as in I'm-about-to-pass-out-from-hunger-I-have-ignored-my-signals-for-so-long) & forgot about food the rest of the time. Then I went raw.
I now find myself frequently thinking about food, dreaming about food, scouring book stores for new raw uncook books to browse (I previously avoided the cooking section like the plague), scanning raw food sites for more recipies, living in the cooking section of stores (all those nifty gadgets & OOH! silicon bakeware! I don't have to bake in it, but I can still use it!).... I even watch cooking shows & look at cooked-food recipies to see if something looks tasty enough to try making a raw version! :D I am addicted to the produce section of the grocery store. I really have to stay away from the grocery stores because I always end up in the produce section & I end up easily spending $30 or more. This isn't a problem once a week, but I am at the grocery store SEVERAL times a week now! Almost everything gets eaten quickly, so it really isn't a problem in that respect, but now my husband thinks it's funny that I spend so much time in the grocery store when he used to have to practically bribe or blackmail me to even go in with him.
My cabinets are now taken over by bags of grains & beans for sprouting, my freezer is overflowing with nuts & select frozen veggies/fruits that I didn't get to eat as quickly as I wanted to & other farmers market items that I bought in season just for the purpose of freezing for later use & the occasional dessert. We need 2 fridgies to hold all of our food (my family isn't raw... yet) & my fridgie is full-to-bursting. I love making things & tend to make stuff all the time. My husband isn't complaining; at least there's always something to eat now! My dehydrator, blender & food processor all stay busy. I loose track of time playing with food in the kitchen & bum that sometimes I am just not hungry (I still only eat if I'm actually hungry - not much change there) so I can't eat all the stuff I come up with in my head or eat all the recipies I find that look really good.
I'll give it some time (only been raw 3.5 months), but I may need to start throwing parties or catering or something just so I can play with food all day & it won't go to waste! A few people have already asked me if I'd be willing to make them stuff if they pay for it, so I do have a potential customer base if I go this route. All this in just a few short months - who knew, huh? :D
- Stasi
I now find myself frequently thinking about food, dreaming about food, scouring book stores for new raw uncook books to browse (I previously avoided the cooking section like the plague), scanning raw food sites for more recipies, living in the cooking section of stores (all those nifty gadgets & OOH! silicon bakeware! I don't have to bake in it, but I can still use it!).... I even watch cooking shows & look at cooked-food recipies to see if something looks tasty enough to try making a raw version! :D I am addicted to the produce section of the grocery store. I really have to stay away from the grocery stores because I always end up in the produce section & I end up easily spending $30 or more. This isn't a problem once a week, but I am at the grocery store SEVERAL times a week now! Almost everything gets eaten quickly, so it really isn't a problem in that respect, but now my husband thinks it's funny that I spend so much time in the grocery store when he used to have to practically bribe or blackmail me to even go in with him.
My cabinets are now taken over by bags of grains & beans for sprouting, my freezer is overflowing with nuts & select frozen veggies/fruits that I didn't get to eat as quickly as I wanted to & other farmers market items that I bought in season just for the purpose of freezing for later use & the occasional dessert. We need 2 fridgies to hold all of our food (my family isn't raw... yet) & my fridgie is full-to-bursting. I love making things & tend to make stuff all the time. My husband isn't complaining; at least there's always something to eat now! My dehydrator, blender & food processor all stay busy. I loose track of time playing with food in the kitchen & bum that sometimes I am just not hungry (I still only eat if I'm actually hungry - not much change there) so I can't eat all the stuff I come up with in my head or eat all the recipies I find that look really good.
I'll give it some time (only been raw 3.5 months), but I may need to start throwing parties or catering or something just so I can play with food all day & it won't go to waste! A few people have already asked me if I'd be willing to make them stuff if they pay for it, so I do have a potential customer base if I go this route. All this in just a few short months - who knew, huh? :D
- Stasi