Food is something we have to eat, but it’s often a chore to prepare it. You have to buy the ingredients, then mix everything together, then wait for it to cook, and then, finally, sit down to eat it. By that point, you’re probably tired from a long day at work, and you just want to go to sleep in your bowl of pasta. Don’t do that, though. It wouldn’t be very comfortable, and you might burn yourself to boot.
Refresh the menu
Speaking of pasta, it’s one of the easiest dishes you can make. You boil some noodles, you throw some canned sauce on it, maybe throw in some veggies or meat, and you’re done. It’s both easy and easy to get sick of eating. You may be so tired of it that you’re tempted to go low-carb, but even if you don’t, you should expand your palate. Many people like seafood but don’t feel like they’ll be able to get it fresh, especially if they live a few hundred miles inland. Thanks to the Internet, though, you can get fresh seafood delivered right to your door. Don’t settle for the farm fish; go for the stuff that’s caught in the ocean, processed in Alaska, and then sent in a specially-packed box with dry ice. Whether you like crab, salmon, halibut, or something else, you’ll be able to taste the difference, and so will your family.
Seafood also provides some health benefits that can be hard to find in other dishes. Oily fish like sardines, trout, and mackerel are high in Omega-3 fatty acids, also known as the good fats. Seafood can contribute to positive heart health and joint health, and it may even lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. So while eating seafood is no substitute for carrying enough health insurance and visiting your doctor regularly, it’s still a great thing to include in your diet.
Dinner is served (on fancy dishes)
When you sit down to eat, what do your dishes look like? Are they the faded, chipped dishes you got for your first apartment in college? Are they even proper dinnerware at all, or are you eating on flimsy paper plates? If your dining set is drab and uninspired, it’s easy for you to also feel drab and uninspired. It’s long past time to upgrade the contest of your china cabinet and start searching for some unique dinnerware, like Bernardaud dinnerware for example, that really expresses who you are as a person.
A lot of people get fancy plates as a gift and then decide to store them for a “special occasion” that never really comes. Don’t do that. If you’re going to invest in some quality dishes, you should enjoy them. Dishes are made to be a part of dinner (unless you’re in a Disney movie, in which case they’re also made to sing and dance).
Whether you live to eat or simply eat to live, dinner doesn’t have to be a slog. Treat it like an occasion instead of a burden. Put away the phones and actually talk to your family members. Food can nourish your body, but it takes more than that to nourish your soul.