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Food Prep Drama

Leah Lefkowitz
 

Hello!

I'm several weeks into step 3 now.? It's a wonderful thing that learning to plan, shop, and prep balanced meals are skills embedded in this step.? I'm finding it challenging but the efforts are well worth it.? It is a huge mind shift for me compared to the unstructured meals I grew up with and am used to.? When I started step three, I was wildly enthusiastic about 'doing it right' and cooking all types of new recipes but that kind of momentum is obviously not sustainable.? As I settle into my step 3, I'm noticing that simple meal prep is so much harder than routine no fuss prep.? The idea of simply keeping a tray of hard boiled eggs in the fridge is so unappealing.? Easy doable meals somehow repel me.? I find myself searching through cookbooks and making complicated grocery lists (I don't have extra time or money).? This behavior feels very familiar.? I grew up with either halfhearted or overdone meals.? There was no balance then and I am what I am experiencing now with my food prep dilemma is eerily familiar.? I'm wondering if this is something that changes or it needs to be worked on and how?

Also, spelt flour was mentioned as a good alternative to wheat flour in the 'Sugar Addicts Total Recovery Program'.? I was wondering, I've been using spelt flour in bread and pastries for years and it is no different from regular white flour.? Maybe you meant whole spelt flour or lite spelt flour?? Those are darker flours.

Leah
 

Hi Leah,
i found your post interesting. ?I enjoy the creative outlet that cooking can be. ?You are right, though, that it is has to be the right day/time for it or it isn’t actually enjoyable. ?In my food thoughts, I also have staples I like to cook when I have a few minutes. ?I know they will be waiting for me if life gets busy. ?For example, it only take a few minutes to out a pot of brown rice on the stove and 40 minutes for it to cook. ?I can be doing other things for that 40 minutes. ?Then I put it in the fridge and it keeps for days. ?I also wash a couple sweet potatoes and put them in the toaster oven to cook and go off and do other things. ?Again, I stick those in the fridge and I have browns ready. ?I also keep canned chicken and tuna in the pantry for easy access to protein. ?All or nothing thinking either way (I have to make all creative, beautiful meals or no creativity but just functionality) is not sustainable for me. ?I like to look at the reality of my days and make decisions from there. ?Or, if I feel like being creative in the kitchen, I might need to set some boundaries with myself or others in order to do that. ?
I hope that helps some,
Pam
Leah Lefkowitz
 

Hey Pam!

I love your thoughts on this.? Your balanced perspective is so helpful.? I guess it also takes time to get into a rhythm of discovering options that work for you (through journaling and trying new things) and learning to estimate prep time so it can fit into your schedule without creating chaos.? This is certainly?a process ;)

Leah

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:12?PM Pam Bishop via <pjb4life=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Leah,
i found your post interesting.? I enjoy the creative outlet that cooking can be.? You are right, though, that it is has to be the right day/time for it or it isn’t actually enjoyable.? In my food thoughts, I also have staples I like to cook when I have a few minutes.? I know they will be waiting for me if life gets busy.? For example, it only take a few minutes to out a pot of brown rice on the stove and 40 minutes for it to cook.? I can be doing other things for that 40 minutes.? Then I put it in the fridge and it keeps for days.? I also wash a couple sweet potatoes and put them in the toaster oven to cook and go off and do other things.? Again, I stick those in the fridge and I have browns ready.? I also keep canned chicken and tuna in the pantry for easy access to protein.? All or nothing thinking either way (I have to make all creative, beautiful meals or no creativity but just functionality) is not sustainable for me.? I like to look at the reality of my days and make decisions from there.? Or, if I feel like being creative in the kitchen, I might need to set some boundaries with myself or others in order to do that. ?
I hope that helps some,
Pam
 

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Thanks for your post, Pam.
I microwave sweet potatoes on the potato setting and they come out well quickly. I jab them them with a fork before I put them in microwave to keep them from exploding. I jab them if cooking an oven, too.
A wonderful brown for the am

Laura

On Mar 13, 2023, at 1:06 PM, Leah Lefkowitz <lylefkowitz@...> wrote:

?
Hey Pam!

I love your thoughts on this.? Your balanced perspective is so helpful.? I guess it also takes time to get into a rhythm of discovering options that work for you (through journaling and trying new things) and learning to estimate prep time so it can fit into your schedule without creating chaos.? This is certainly?a process ;)

Leah

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:12?PM Pam Bishop via <pjb4life=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Leah,
i found your post interesting.? I enjoy the creative outlet that cooking can be.? You are right, though, that it is has to be the right day/time for it or it isn’t actually enjoyable.? In my food thoughts, I also have staples I like to cook when I have a few minutes.? I know they will be waiting for me if life gets busy.? For example, it only take a few minutes to out a pot of brown rice on the stove and 40 minutes for it to cook.? I can be doing other things for that 40 minutes.? Then I put it in the fridge and it keeps for days.? I also wash a couple sweet potatoes and put them in the toaster oven to cook and go off and do other things.? Again, I stick those in the fridge and I have browns ready.? I also keep canned chicken and tuna in the pantry for easy access to protein.? All or nothing thinking either way (I have to make all creative, beautiful meals or no creativity but just functionality) is not sustainable for me.? I like to look at the reality of my days and make decisions from there.? Or, if I feel like being creative in the kitchen, I might need to set some boundaries with myself or others in order to do that. ?
I hope that helps some,
Pam

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