What to Eat Right Now

An "elected" choice -- an Embodied Eating roadmap, recipes & rituals for autumn

If you live in the US, and especially if you live in NYC, tomorrow is a significant day, Nov. 4, election day. Voting is the power of choice. And so I’m hinging today’s post on the topic of ‘elected choice’ and am going out on a long-reaching limb likening our choosing of a mayor who (fingers crossed) will embody the ideals and progressive needs of our current city to our choosing of what specific ingredients we are currently purchasing, the foods we are currently eating and cooking and how those will also serve our body’s needs (physically, emotionally and mentally) in the present—meaning the season we are in deep with right now, Autumn.

Aligning our bodies, mindsets and stomachs, with the energy and environment of “now” is one of the best, most effective (and hopefully enjoyable) ways of ensuring a good meal, good nourishment, and a good immune system (I see you lurking in the corner cold/flu season) day in, day out. So what exactly does this all translate to. Well, many things, but if we break it out to down to sound bytes (err…”choices”) along with a quick “hit list” of autumn ingredients to be seeking out each grocery / greenmarket trip, it becomes a whole lot more digestible and attainable. So, below, I’m giving you the Cliff notes’ rundown—some serious “meat” from the latest edition of my Embodied Eating series.

You’ll find below:

1. A Roadmap: a framework of how to choose to shift your daily routine and amplify your meals, your mood, and your general energy/wellness.

2. My top ingredients to be consciously purchasing and consuming for this current season, right now (and why - what impact and value they bring to the table, literally)

3. & 4. If you’re a paid subscriber, you get a further preview of just how to incorporate this framework and all these ingredients into a practical, realistic daily pattern. AND a preview recipe (there are about 20 more in the PDF itself).

If you’re looking for all the recipes in Embodied Eating edition 02 you can find them in the PDF (22 pages full of good seasonal info & recipes) here!

In the complete PDF of Edition 02, you’ll also find:

• the 4 core daily rituals I am finding really beneficial at the moment to cement my day

• the essentials of any dish (a quick & dirty cooking checklist that results in seasonal dishes with big flavor and lots of nurturing self-care nutrients)

• nourishing foundations (the handful of items I keep around at all times to root my eating and cooking routine all autumn long)

I’ll leave you thinking about ‘elected choices’ and will be back later in the week with the very simple, craveable, super energizing autumnal recipe that I can not stop eating for lunch. Now for your “meaty” preview…