A Rare Treat: Breakfast For Supper / Listen To Your Body

Song:  Hey You 

(Harp Guitar cover of Pink Floyd)

Artist:  Jamie Dupuis

Every month or two...

I will cook a meal typically associated with an American breakfast...

for supper.

We rarely eat sausages, bacon, or eggs...

but when we do...

we like to stuff ourselves with them  :)

I usually scramble 10 - 12 eggs at a time...

and I add one half quart of milk to the mixture.

This makes the eggs exceptionally light and fluffy.

I had my mother in charge of turning the sausages (Lil Smokies).

Once in a great while...

we just get a craving for the good old fashion smokey goodness of these great little treats.

I also made some fluffy biscuits.

The three of us polished off this meal

(my mother, Hana, and I).

We also had a glass each of this great 100 % pomegranate juice.

It tasted as if one just took a mouthful of pomegranate gems and bit down.

Although my mother loves this meal...

it is just a very occasional meal for us.

We had polished off this dessert bowl of fruit on the sofa as we watched TV...after supper.

These particular strawberries were so sweet and juicy.

They were the best I have ever eaten.

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Although I ensure my mother eats a very healthful diet...

we sometimes eat a steak, breakfast for supper...etc.

Why?

The first reason...

eggs and red meat are very healthful if eaten in moderation.

They are high in certain compounds and fats which are difficult to get 

in other foods.

How often do we eat these meals?

I go by how my body craves certain foods.

Huh?

When you eat healthful meals for the majority of the time...

you will occasionally crave a red meat dish...

or lots of eggs.

If you eat them all the time...

not only will this not be so healthful for you...

you will not develop a feel for your body's cravings.

Eat mostly fish...

and lots of fresh fruits and vegetables...

occasional portions of poultry...

and eat red meat only when your body deeply craves it.

A few times a month should be about right.

What you shouldn't do is to completely neglect a food category

out of fear of any of it being unhealthful.

When you mostly eat healthfully...

sometimes your body is short of certain fats...

or the compounds readily available only in red meats...or eggs.

Once you do so...

you will find that the cravings are sated for weeks at a time.

If Americans would substitute the majority of breakfasts...

from eggs and bacon or sausages...

to fish, rice, and lots of vegetables, fruits, and nuts...

they will feel so much better...

in both...

the short run...

and in the long.

If they would also ensure they do not eat within 6 or so hours of bedtime...

and within an hour or two of bedtime...

they would exercise...

shower...

and then go to bed with nothing more afterwards but water...

they would lose excess weight...

and they would sleep the sleep of the gods.

In order to develop this body feel...

you must reset the body by eating healthfully for the great majority of the meals.