I actually have read Skinny Bitch. I followed their plan, as an experiment, for a couple of months. I did actually lose weight, but more interesting, I opened myself up to new food possibilities and learned a lot. But then we went to France, and there’s nothing vegan about France. *le happy sigh*
When I started reading about this latest book, I started thinking about Skinny Bitch again, and the refined flours and sugars sections. I’d love to see a book more about whole foods that didn’t completely ignore or vilify meat and dairy. Unfortunately, whole foods and veganism seems to go hand in hand so often. I have nothing against vegans, I just don’t think it’s for me.
It is harder and more time consuming to eat healthier. Then again, I wonder if we’ve just been conditioned to think that way by the overabundance of “convenience” foods? I think I’m going to start a post looking for convenience food replacement suggestions. For example, we just had oatmeal for breakfast this morning. It’s not really any harder than cereal – it does dirty one more big dish in the microwave, but then we added chopped nuts, currants, honey, and cinnamon, none of which required any more work than opening a bag.
Do you still ever use the book Saving Dinner? They’re more time consuming than a frozen pizza, but all in all they’re easier than some other things.
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Date: 2009-05-08 03:21 pm (UTC)When I started reading about this latest book, I started thinking about Skinny Bitch again, and the refined flours and sugars sections. I’d love to see a book more about whole foods that didn’t completely ignore or vilify meat and dairy. Unfortunately, whole foods and veganism seems to go hand in hand so often. I have nothing against vegans, I just don’t think it’s for me.
It is harder and more time consuming to eat healthier. Then again, I wonder if we’ve just been conditioned to think that way by the overabundance of “convenience” foods? I think I’m going to start a post looking for convenience food replacement suggestions. For example, we just had oatmeal for breakfast this morning. It’s not really any harder than cereal – it does dirty one more big dish in the microwave, but then we added chopped nuts, currants, honey, and cinnamon, none of which required any more work than opening a bag.
Do you still ever use the book Saving Dinner? They’re more time consuming than a frozen pizza, but all in all they’re easier than some other things.