You have to love the fact that Blogger isn't quick to delete inactive blogs. Let's give this one another go, shall we?
There will be a slight change of focus. I still hope to blog for accountability - to myself that is - but I probably won't be posting everything I eat or pictures of every meal. That's too much of a commitment. Instead, I'll just post things as I feel like it. I think that's doable.
The new focus will be on the following:
1. Trying to choose local and sustainable foods.
2. If those aren't available, trying to choose organic over chemical/factory farmed.
3. Making it myself. I spend way too much of my food dollar on drive through and takeout "meals".
In any event, not a tremendous amount has changed in the three years it's been since I used this blog for anything. My eating habits haven't improved much, but I have a new interest in working on them. I read a lot and a couple of my recent reads have been The Omnivore's Dilemma and Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle -- both highly recommended. Even if you don't agree with every last detail, the overall logic is inescapable: Our current food system is crazy. Crazy in many ways - in its incredible dependence on oil, in the lack of care taken to ensure quality, in its lack of respect for the soil, in the way it diverts money away from the people that actually grow the food.
That won't change overnight, and let's get some things out in the open.
I'm not a revolutionary. I'm focused on improving things for myself.
I'm not a purist. While I will be trying to "do better", I will probably still eat the occasional Big Mac. And I will not be beating myself up for doing so.
I'm not interested in criticizing the food choices other people make. If Kraft Mac n Cheez works for you and your family, great.
I'm not a vegetarian or vegan. It doesn't work for me. See the above points.
With that out of the way, I'm going to try and have some fun with this.
There will be a slight change of focus. I still hope to blog for accountability - to myself that is - but I probably won't be posting everything I eat or pictures of every meal. That's too much of a commitment. Instead, I'll just post things as I feel like it. I think that's doable.
The new focus will be on the following:
1. Trying to choose local and sustainable foods.
2. If those aren't available, trying to choose organic over chemical/factory farmed.
3. Making it myself. I spend way too much of my food dollar on drive through and takeout "meals".
In any event, not a tremendous amount has changed in the three years it's been since I used this blog for anything. My eating habits haven't improved much, but I have a new interest in working on them. I read a lot and a couple of my recent reads have been The Omnivore's Dilemma and Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle -- both highly recommended. Even if you don't agree with every last detail, the overall logic is inescapable: Our current food system is crazy. Crazy in many ways - in its incredible dependence on oil, in the lack of care taken to ensure quality, in its lack of respect for the soil, in the way it diverts money away from the people that actually grow the food.
That won't change overnight, and let's get some things out in the open.
I'm not a revolutionary. I'm focused on improving things for myself.
I'm not a purist. While I will be trying to "do better", I will probably still eat the occasional Big Mac. And I will not be beating myself up for doing so.
I'm not interested in criticizing the food choices other people make. If Kraft Mac n Cheez works for you and your family, great.
I'm not a vegetarian or vegan. It doesn't work for me. See the above points.
With that out of the way, I'm going to try and have some fun with this.
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