I love Google Reader and how it presents my RSS feeds. I’ve learned a secret to keeping up with posts from my favorite blogs: use Google Reader smartly. Smartly I say because Google Reader can inadvertently keep me from doing something that might be a tich more important: work, write, cook, relax with my family, etc. My kids, and the best male cook I know, don’t enjoy looking at the back of my laptop lid anymore than I enjoy looking at them with a remote control or Nintendo DS in their hand. During times we’re together that is.
Lately, one of my favorite blogs is Zen Habits. A few days ago, guest blogger Scott Kustes (from Louisville, KY – yeah!) wrote about Keeping Eating Simple. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from his writing:
1. When it comes to healthy eating, you just can’t beat your own kitchen. In fact, I’ll guarantee that the more you cook at home, the healthier you will be. Obviously though, having healthy foods on hand is imperative.
2. Here’s another aspect of cooking that seems to scare many people off: you don’t have to be competing for the title of Iron Chef to cook delicious, healthy meals.
3. Pick a few smart vices (like dark chocolate, good beer or wine, chips and salsa, ice cream, probably not Dunkin Donuts) and pepper them throughout your life to make things enjoyable. Frankly, life is too short to give up everything, but by being good 90% of the time, you’ll find that the other 10% doesn’t really hurt you and is far more enjoyable.
We’re “iced in” here in my part of the world, with another 3 to 6 inches of snow predicted today to top off the ice. I’m hunkering down, not reading Google reader, but working with 2 cookbook authors on their cookbook projects. Have a good day! I’ll be back soon with another tasty recipe or more food for thought. If you have a minute, click over to Zen Habits to read more about Keeping Eating Simple.