"Pass the comfort, please"

     

     I've heard it said, "Some eat to live, while others live to eat."  In our land of plenty, I think the latter probably best describes most of us.

     It's amazing how pervasive the subject of food is. Every second commercial we see on TV is advertising the latest food. Restaurants abound in every city and town, and 20- foot high billboards shout out the latest hamburger concoction; all encouraging us to centre our socializing around food. 

     Eating is always a decision, and what kind of a diet we choose is up to each one of us. 

"It has been said, 'You are what you eat.'" 

     Someone has added to that thought, "We are much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are." 
     That may take some thinking! Not only for physical stamina, but also, for mental stimulus, food choices are important. 

     

"I think most of us could admit to enjoying comfort foods from time to time. "

     A comfort food is described as one that soothes the psyche, invokes feelings of nostalgia, safety, security and increases positive feelings. 
     For some, it might simply be a hot cup of their favourite tea, after which, things begin to look brighter and they once more feel, all's right with the world. 

     To illustrate, I share this precious story of my 18-month-old great-granddaughter, Evie. Already very active, a few bumps and bruises have already begun to happen in her life. 
     After a recent fall, the tears finally subsiding, Evie requested her favourite fish-shaped crackers — her very own comfort food — obviously, feeling they would help make everything OK again.

     
     I agree with this quote from Dorothy Draper: 

     "Eating is really one of your indoor sports you play three times a day. It's well worthwhile to make the game as pleasant as possible." 

     
     So, sensible eating folks!

Beulah's note: Check out a new blog I've started, RECIPES from Beulah's kitchen. 
     There you'll find regular postings of some of my famous, or infamous offerings over the past years. 
     Some are Grandma's signature dishes, others are just long-time favourites of one child or another. You'll also find recipes of dishes from my family and friends who have shared their wonderful culinary skills with me. My potluck pals share in my enjoyment of eating. 
     If you have a recipe you'd like featured in RECIPES from Beulah' kitchen, send me a Facebook message and I'll check it out.

      My new RECIPES from Beulah's kitchen blog is listed on the home page of this blog, Seeds of Love. It's in the links listing. You can also choose the option within that blog to follow with regular email postings to your inbox whenever I post a new recipe. The same goes for this blog too. Located in the sidebar, top right.
     Happy noshing.

— beulah