Re: #Fibermaxxing, and other millennial, midlife things.

I saw a video clip recently about how one of those Silicon Valley billionaires who thinks they can MAXX themselves into immortality saying that they pay a personal chef $500 per meal to cook them a diet with 30% dietary fiber, 20% more than what the average American gets in the Standard American Diet.

Y'all, this rich fool is spending $1500 per day to eat grains, beans, and vegetables. And he thinks it'll make him more immortal than your average Old World grandfather. Wherever your Old World is, they're all eating like this, with regional variances.

Also, I think wanting physical immortality is very immature. I thought Anne Rice's description of being a living witness to history was very romantic when I was young, but about the time I realized the immortality of the soul and what that entails, I sure as hell didn't want to be limited to this body forever and ever. Ew. I need more variety than that.

Anyway, I'm exploring grains outside of rice and oats, because there's only so much rice one person can eat without wanting to explore other grain options. I'm polygrainimous, what can I say? I picked up quinoia, sorghum millet, and barley while I was out shopping the other day.

Speaking of Quinoia, does anyone else remember the lady on Pinterest who kept the parody account for "Quinoia," her millennial beige hipster baby model imaginary daughter? Little Quinoia would be in high school now, and you know that kid would be a clean girl skincare influencer destroying her teenage skin with retinol and "baby Botox"...

Back from that little sidetrack - I also got a sprouting lid to sprout some of the 8-ish pounds of lentils I have in the pantry. Considering my White Bean Bread Dough recipe makes a really soft, flexible flatbread wrap, I'm looking forward to veggie wraps with hummus and sprouts all spring and summer. #LEGUMEMAXXING. Thank God soy and peanut are the only ones I have problems with, I wouldn't know how to eat without the other legumes out there...

With my success with my diet on both my health and my weight, my mom has decided that she wants to start eating my meals with me. Which means I spent a big chunk of the afternoon taking stock of what I have in the fridge and the pantry, and I set up a meal schedule for the week. I actually set up a public blog to record my recipes before I set up a weekly meal plan, y'all. I have been feeding myself on vibes and inspiration this whole time. And I love over-planning shit like this!

I put my planning document together as a Google Sheet document, so I can share it with everyone who's eating. I'll probably blog about how to put a personal plan together in a few weeks, when I have it worked out.

Dinner tonight is Mujaddara, if you were wondering.