Food Trends at home - Lite

[Too Tall]

We all pay some attention to the things going on in pro kitchens and what is coming from the better minds in the nutrition world. It is very difficult for me to make any wholesale changes to our daily diet. What does work for me is to either go on a food genre jag for a couple weeks or focus on one "thing" until I get it right. After the dust settles I've become facile with a few really well done "things" that become regular guests on our dinner table. The latest "jag" was PHO and before that I was gone on Dal now I'm zero'd in on RAW. Obviously there is a commitment to the RAW lifestyle implied, banish that from your minds. I've not got the will power or patience to be at odds with most of the USA. Baby steps yo. I'm starting with breakfast, it is easy and gives me something that is already accessible. Talk to me. Here is what's for breakfast last couple weeks:
Bowl of walnuts, dried cherries, Thompson raisins, quick oats, ground flax and a bottle of water. I thought this was going to be unpleasant, just the opposite.

That's working for me, happy stomach and nice level energy until lunch.

Next up, looking for a dinner.

PS - on a humorous note I might cautiously expand my world to include food genres that have four letters ;)

GO!

[AntLockyer]

What's RAW all about? Uncooked foods? Veg only?

[robin3mj]

handful kale slaw
1 banana
splash lime juice
plain yogurt
in the blender

that, and a cup (or two) of coffee get me to lunch

[Too Tall]

handful kale slaw
1 banana
splash lime juice
plain yogurt
in the blender

that, and a cup (or two) of coffee get me to lunch

Righteous.
I'm not sure how or where the modern versions of this began.

[WadePatton]

eff me, i'm catching up on all 10 years of Julia Child's show.

mmmm butter.

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but i was healthiest when i went about 75% of the 80/10/10 Diet, which is "raw fruitarian" if it must have a label. like this: huge ass green smoothies every morning, fruit snack, mono-fruit lunch, fruit snack, huge salad/chips/salsa supper-often with cooked beans or rice-minimal cheese or other added fats. then weekends-no limits nohow.

Biggest problem with the above is that the caloric density of raw fruits and veggies is soooo very low (and our bodies so efficient at processing them) that you have to eat mass quantities in order to support a moderate cycling life-style. gotta get back to that for a bit...

but not before i make a quiche or two...

hells yeah, that's the ticket... I'll fruit all week and French Chef on the weekend. Thanks for the plan.

[rec head]

I know there is a tomatoes thread but they are just now getting red in my backyard so I will be obsessing on those for a while. I'm the same way though, going crazy with one variety or cooking style for a couple weeks.