Sometimes I feel just like a huge, pink alimentary canal! So much of life is food related and I love to eat, of course, but I can't help but see my similarity to a wooly bear caterpillar which is, basically, an alimentary tube - put in leafy vegetation at one end and see what comes out the other? Frass! (Really - Google it!!)
So much of my life is involved with buying food, washing fruits and vegetables, preparing food, consuming food, thinking about food, etc., and then starting all over again. I can understand why someone who's very busy (a working Mom with a lot of hungry kids, for instance) would succumb to convenience foods! Eating healthy (especially fresh fruits and vegetables!) requires some time for prep work!!
If anyone asks me my nutrition plan, it's basically to eat as many fruits and vegetables as humanly possible with some fish, beans, whole grains and nuts thrown in here and there! Just today, I bought so much fruit at Smith's that it will be a race for spouse and I to eat it up before it spoils (don't worry - I'll freeze it before that happens!) but I'm up to the task!! I bought peaches, nectarines, a cantaloupe, bing cherries, blueberries, mangos, on the vine tomatoes, green onions and avocados! Yay - yummy, summer fruit season is in full swing!!
Apparently I'm not the only one who adores summer fruit. In Smith's today, I met a charming, young Asian woman who was as fruit crazy as I, piling her cart with bing cherries and blueberries! She says she sometimes eats just fruit for supper and feels so good! We both got a good laugh at ourselves! Seriously, though, fruit is a true convenience food - wash it off and it's good to gobble!
No matter how ludicrous the idea of me being a giant alimentary tube may be or how repetitive the food cycle is, I don't think I'll quit eating anytime soon! Like I said, I love eating!!
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