Essential Eating, Essential Life

In the New Year, we have the new start attitude. This leads to lots of promises to ourselves, probably the same one year after year! And, I would wager that losing weight, or eating healthier is the most common promise.

Last year, I connected with Janie Quinn, through my Library work at the New England Small Farm Institute.

Janie has a web site EssentialEating.com. Note that title. Essential! How much of what we put into our mouths, or put our money into is not essential? And...how much essential are we not eating? The website is wonderful! Comforting!

I have been reading her book, 'Essential Eating The Digestible Diet'. In this book, Janie talks about the need to eat sprouted grains and beans, and provides a chart of more easily digestible foods. I won't feed you the whole story right now.

I have included more wild rice into my diet, and decreased the short grain brown a bit. I have been eating multi-grain sprouted breads, which are delicious! I feel better just with this little switch!

Eventually, I will make a healthy pancake batter. I have always eaten many good foods, but now see that even though a food may be high anti-oxident, or high nutrition density, if it is not easily digested...not getting the goodies!

So, this year, I am back to my enzymes from Simplexity Health, the Bifidus for the winter, the Algae, and more wild rice.

I may even get it together to grow the sunflower greens for salads, and toast the sunflower seeds to put on top, with a bit of balsamic vinegar...All Set, and delicious!

I highly recommend checking out Janie Quinn's books, and website!

For the bakers out there, you can get sprouted grain flour from Janie.