First Post, Oh Boy!

"Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"

Yummy Eggplants from the Trout Lake Farmers Market

          This quote by Hippocrates has really led the way in how I now think about food. Eating a diet of whole, unprocessed, organic foods is high on my priority list for many reasons. First, foods that are whole and unprocessed such as fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts and seeds are high in vitamins and minerals; when we have taken in all the nutrients that we need, they trigger our stomaches to tell our brain that we are full quicker. Refined carbohydrates like white flour fill our stomaches to the brim without triggering the brains to say stop and cause us to overeat. When we don't over eat, this gives our digestive systems love in the form of time; time to break down and process the food into fuel and medicine.

         Whole foods are Karma foods. This means eating foods that are lower on the food chain. By doing so it uses up much less energy in its production. Plants come from the soil, making it only one degree of separation between them and your belly. Meat and dairy products on the other hand have a much larger footprint, and are much higher on the food chain. We must first grow and harvest plants, feed the livestock, deal with its toxic excrement and of course process the meat (mostly done in conditions that are on a mass scale, crowded and inhumane).

        Just like you, food has life force! And when you eat foods with a healthy happy life force, it is in turn projected through your body with added energy, alertness and balance. So this is why I decided to start a food blog - to help people learn how to prepare and ENJOY the delicious food options that are accessible to everyone and oh so easy to make!

        My lovely blog partner Melanie and I (Sarah) will be sharing with you delectable recipes, mouth watering photos as well as nutritional knowledge so that eating well and feeling well is that much easier! Since I have many roommates that love being taste testers, they have conveniently asked us to be our official recipe raters and will comment on each dish that comes out of the Karma Kitchen.

Now to the good stuff!.... But what to cook first!??