July 11, 2103 - Chocolate, Chocolate Everywhere

Good morning family, I am in Warm Springs this morning and out of the mountains. I will finish my vacation here with my mom and stepfather. I pray your week is going well. All is great here. I had a friend who used a term yesterday that grabbed my attention - "clean eating." I pondered that statement last night and considered how often we add "everything" to our food so it tastes good. I thought about how often we forget what "real" food tastes like. I forget sometimes - how about you? That is why I try to eat raw veggies as well as cooked in my daily plan. Don't get me wrong - I like good taste - but we have to watch how we add "taste" to our food. I am working with fresh herbs and spices as opposed to oils and fatty substances, like bacon. I heard a chef on one of the cooking shows comment that bacon "makes everything taste better." While I LOVE the taste of bacon, I have also come to realize what bacon grease looks like when cooled. Just me... In fact, he had bacon wrapped around a piece of cheesecake. Really? Found this today and thought it might make you smile. What do we really want our food to taste like? CHOCOLATE! Are we really eating clean? Good questions, PK. LOL Have a wonderful day!