Depends on what is in season. In FL right now, there are mangoes, melons, bananas, peaches, lychees, and many more. I do mono-meals primarily. For lunch I am eating as much watermelon as I care for (1-3, depending on size). Dinner will be mangoes, fresh OJ, and romaine.
As far year-round staples go, bananas and plaintains are the clear-cut winners. Cheap already, by calories they are by far the cheapest food. Plaintains take a little time to understand when one is truly ripe, but you should be able to squeeze it all the way to the middle (really mushy), and the outside will be black long before. It should be soft all the way through. If the center is hard or cruncy-ish, you haven't waited long enough.
The way I eat my romaine, typically, is I cut the ends off of 2 heads (usually 2 or 3 pounds), and then make romaine wraps. I stack 8 or 10 leaves on top of each other, and then roll it together as tightly as I can. It tastes great, is nice and crunchy, and is the fastest way to eat them besides blending (though greens need lots of chewing). This will tire your jaw at first, but the jaw will get stronger. One should be capable of eating 2 heads in about 20 minutes once the jaw is strong.
Rose of Cairo, I agree with what you are saying about listening to your body, but after a lifetime of abuse, our body has no idea what it needs. All it takes is one time of weighing each food before one has an understanding of how many calories he/she needs to consume of that particular food. The eating part is the most foreign part of Natural Hygiene and 811, and requires the most conscious effort and reprogramming. Once a body is truly congruent with the mind, for instance to the point of knowing what a need for greens feels like, then everything's all good. If someone eating this way is craving salty food, or avocados, or pizza and meat even, that doesn't mean that it is what the body wants. It is the craving of the mind. Do you agree?  |