One of the things I dearly love to do is cook (and of course eat...), so some of the changes I have been making in my life have been a little difficult.
For one, I had to learn how to cook things without frying them, or at least without frying them in like 3 or more inches of oil...
In the process of learning healthier cooking methods I have realized that I really enjoy coming up with recipes myself. OK, maybe I always knew that, but some part of me wanted to start with an existing recipe and then just tweak it, but lately I have been just grabbing things out of the pantry and refridgerator and hoping that by god they would taste good when i am done. For the most part they have, the only thing I had to throw away was a chicken and rice dish that had WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much rice in it and was irreparably dry and underseasoned.
What has impressed me the most about this process is that I have been able to put together meals and spice profiles that perfectly complement foods I have never eaten. This is exciting for someone who loves to cook and hates to throw food away.
The other thing I have noticed is that I have started CRAVING foods I have never tasted. That I am literally tasting them before I decide to buy them and they have never passed by my lips before. That is only part of whats going on with these food cravings though.
the other thing that is happening with my food cravings.... being a good little seeker, I have been researching the foods that I am craving, and finding that EVERYTHING I have been craving lately deals with an area of my health currently being managed by medication, and I have discussed with my doctor starting to wean me off the meds.
It's just a little strange to me, that our body can tell you exactly what you need even if you have never had that item.
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