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When I say Healthy Eating - what comes to mind?
What do you feel in your body?
When someone tells me they're going to start "eating healthy", I almost always feel a constriction in my chest. The weight of their planned restriction, over-thinking, exhausting (and BORING!) effort, crushing my chest bone.
I shut down.
I don't wanna know.
I definitely don't want a lecture on why I should be cutting out lectins or casein or PUFAs or jimnoes. Ok, fine. I just made that last one up... but it's all become so complicated, who would know?!
The funny thing is, if someone were to tell me they were going to start eating "abundantly", I'd feel a totally different feeling in my body. Openness. A desire to know more...
What are you going to eat?
How do I get me somma dat abundance food?
The reality is that those two people could be eating EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS, it's just that the word "healthy" has been so tangled up with restriction, rules, and ZERO FUN that - even though I want to feel good - the very thought of it makes me want to run for the candy covered hills in that weirdo, Willy Wonka's, factory.
The opposite might be true for you. You may find comfort in restriction and rules and fear abundance, even while desiring more satiation and freedom when it comes to food.
Healthy-ish is about finding a way of eating that balances out your need for nutrients and boundaries AND your need for ease, satiation, and fun.
I, personally, love food that's beautiful and feels a bit luxurious. Think: gorgeous loves of bread, fresh ripe fruit, green juices, aged Irish cheddar, roast chicken, crispy potatoes, good chocolate, olives, a perfectly fried jam donut, a salad with arugula, parm, pear and walnuts...
Deeply nutritious.
Incredibly abundant.
Following that desire for beauty has led me to my Healthy-ish place.
I wonder what will lead you to yours?
Finding your middle point isn't easy. You've been deeply brainwashed to see food as good or bad, clean or dirty, nutritious or junk -- and the guilt and shame you feel about certain foods - as well as the challenges you might have with healthy boundaries, structures, and the word "no" - will keep you from finding your happy place.
But knowing Healthy-ish exists is a good place to start.
Here are three recipes I've made recently that tread the healthy-ish line for me - nourishing, delicious, and abundant.
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