More about the wisdom of simple eating

More eating wisdom from Helen Nearing’s Simple Food:

“Simple eating need not be monotonous. Every meal of every day can vary if you like, but don’t be afraid of sameness. If you find a good thing you like, stick to it. Variety is not necessarily the spice of life, or of cooking. Appetite is. If you have excessive variety you eat too much. You flit from one thing to another and go back to the first, starting all over again and eating more than you need. All goes slopping down in quick time, with little chewing. In cooking as in eating, give your attention to fewer items and learn to appreciate them.”

“Simple foods (fruits, nuts, vegetables), simply grown (organically), simply prepared (with little peeling or cutting up), simply cooked (lightly braised, blanched, steamed or baked), simply garnished (with chopped up tender greens and no sauces or gravies), simply served (from stove to table in saucepan, with one wooden bowl for each person for the whole meal), or, better still, eaten raw: What could be simpler, unless you eat standing, and pick from the trees?”