Quotes About Nourishment

I learned to cook because I want to know about the food and the ingredients going into my family's bodies.

Getting home-made food cooked by mom is a blessing. I feel I inherit my creativity through the food she cooks for me.

I like to eat a whole lot. I have an inner chubby girl, and her name is Mabel, and I feed Mabel a lot. I give her what she wants. If Mabel wants a honey bun, she gets it. If Mabel wants Krispy Kreme, she gets it. If Mabel wants fried chicken or ham hocks, she gets what she wants.

Many live to eat, instead of the other way around.

In our house caring about food is pretty instinctive.

Make food choices that honor your health and taste buds while making you feel good. Remember that you don't have to eat a perfect diet to be healthy. You will not suddenly get a nutrient deficiency, or gain weight from one snack, one meal, or one day of eating. It's what you eat consistently over time that matters. Progress, not perfection, is what counts.

Listen for the body signals that tell you that you are no longer hungry. Observe the signs that show that you're comfortably full. Pause in the middle of a meal or snack and ask yourself how the food tastes, and what your current fullness level is.

We define healthy eating as having a healthy balance of foods and having a healthy relationship with food.

Quality fats—fat is also a nutrient, required by the body. Notably, when the essentiality of fats was first discovered, they were called "vitamin F" (Evans et al. 1928). Too bad this nomenclature didn't stick—if it had, it would help remind people that we do need some fat in our diet.

See the chart below.

Above all, do not bribe, reward, or attempt to comfort with food. Food is for hunger, satisfaction, and nourishment. Help your children learn how to endure feelings. Let them know that their feelings are real and valued and that there are ways to be comforted without using food.

Jenny beamed at him. She liked to see a man eat. Well, she liked to see anybody eat.

This is my home now. I like it. Nothing happens here. I know what to expect from one day to the next. I can control everything, and I can eat. I like eating.

A cake can be very life-affirming.

Sangre que ve la luz se la bebe la tierra.

Food keeps us alive, as we all know. Nourishment allows us to grow and be healthy. But good cooking takes us beyond survival and into the realms of culture and pleasure.

Mothers are generally starvers or feeders

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Break the bone and suck out the substantific marrow.

Oh thrice and four times happy those who plant cabbages!

It is meat, drink, and cloth to us.

The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.

We need to encourage new believers to feed on God's Word—it is nourishment for the soul.

Nothing but God ever completely satisfies, because the soul was made for God. Don't starve your soul.