In today's blog, you state
"If I want to make an interesting and satisfying raw meal, it takes me a good 30-45 minutes. If I just want to satisfy my hunger quickly, I can whip up a green smoothie in a few minutes or just down a bunch of bananas. If I favor the efficiency side, I won’t go hungry, but I’ll end up eating virtually the same thing day after day. That gets monotonous really fast and seems to magnify cravings for something different. "
Just a couple comments: I have a vitamix, too, and use it often, but I'm aware that sometimes it is a time waster rather than a time saver - I could actually eat the food faster without the blending time & vitamix cleaning time. I don't have a juicer, but suspect the same may be true for that.
As for the worries about monotony - that passes very quickly. When you're used to stimulating yourself with food, you feel a need for that stimulation and crave it. But, like other forms of stimulation (spices, caffeine, television, etc.), it really doesn't take long to lose the desire for it. As long as the meals are good enough to taste good when you're hungry, that's all you need. Any more than that, and you're just asking for trouble (to paraphrase a line from the movie Defending Your Life). Or, at the very least, you are eating for purposes (entertainment, reliving boredom, stimulation) that can be satisfied by other activities.
Really, there's plenty of variety just eating different fruits in season, even if you are primarily mono-mealing. And that reduces the prep time to just about zero. I think it's Dr. Graham who recommends meals utilizing 5 ingredients or less that take 5 minutes or less to prepare.
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