I am trying to wrap my head around the idea of not eating bacon and eggs for breakfast. I have gotten to the point where I have two breakfasts that I've been going to, but both involve either eggs or pork. The first is huevos a la mexicana. I make it with no meat on the side, only three corn tortillas. The second breakfast is two frozen waffles and turkey sausage. Oh wait, that isn't pork! So I guess I've progressed a little. But it's a pork substitute. I mean, I still want pork.
I've been looking at the DASH diet stuff on and off ever since the dietitian at MacDill told me about it last year. But today before I went to the store I decided to just think through how I do breakfast without eggs and bacon. There are so many alternatives for lunch and dinner, but I just didn't have a whole lot of ways of thinking about breakfast. Now I have a few. For one, I don't have to have what I've considered a meal. I've always had this idea that a meal had to be balanced, as in it had to be three things. I'm letting go of that idea. I can eat one thing. So I can eat porridge for breakfast like in days of old. And by porridge, I mean grits. But I can also eat beans. I can see beans going up in rank. DASH says red meat is a no-no. Of course, I'm still going to eat it, but probably not as much. Although I don't think I eat it all the time now. The big thing is cutting down meat in general, and upping the beans is a good way to do that.
What else? Yogurt. Yes I'm lactose intolerant, but it doesn't matter during COVID. And it's pretty hit or miss anyway. I guess I can keep some of those pills on hand. Put them on the list. And fruit. And fish has always been in the back of my mind. And eomuk. So I definitely have more options. Let's do this.
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