Ideal Bite

Sometimes it takes a lot to try something new. Last year, I did a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat-we ate breakfast very early in the morning, ate lunch mid-day, and drank tea in the late afternoon. The food was vegan and healthy to the max, which meant no caramels, no wine, no goat-cheese-and-asparagus tarts, no Zachary's pizza. But oh, my, were there condiments and flavorings galore, and after 10 days of brown foods and variations on water, you start getting experimental. Braggs Liquid Amino in mint tea? Why not. Nutritional yeast on raisin toast? Sure. Potatoes slathered with almond butter. Um, OK.

I'd love to say I munched upon an unexpected miracle like bananas and peanut butter, but after a few days of "Hm, I can see why no one else is eating this," I went back to mint tea with...nothing, butter on raisin toast and potatoes, and, yes, nutritional yeast on popcorn.

-Jenifer Morgan...off to eat something tried and true...

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