Rethinking Your Relationship With Food

Become a member | Learn more | Member sign in   March 10, 2015 Welcome to The New Sonoma Diet Daily, where every day we bring you the best, freshest ways to reach your goals. Rethinking Your Relationship With Food Mealtimes can be among the most relaxing, enjoyable parts of your day, but few of us treat food with the kind of reverence it deserves. If you're grabbing fast food or prepackaged microwave dinners on the go, it's time to make a change. Here's what one Sonoma Diet member has to say about her new outlook on food: "Isn't it ironic? We've gained weight because we 'eat too much,' but most of us don't know how to really savor a great meal, much less cook one. Most of the time, the food is gone before we realize what happened. I think one of the best things about this program is that it is teaching us to make friends with food — really delicious-tasting food — and to enjoy the whole process. I'm determined to become a gourmet healthy cook. For now, I cook the more adventurous things on the weekends and then use the leftovers for a couple of meals on the weekdays. If I'm not doing anything special with the protein portion, I jazz up the vegetables. Plain green beans will never appear on my plate again!" —Sparkle Members Get More! Sign Up Now! Tomorrow:  Applause for Avocados  Enjoying this newsletter? Sign up for other free newsletters. More from The New Sonoma Diet!   Connie's Tip of the Day A Better Solution for Beans Before you boil all the flavor and nutrition out of those green beans, try roasting them instead. Use a little bit of olive oil and some garlic for flavor, and you'll never go back to boiled beans again! Your Sonoma Diet Tools   500 Recipes   Wine Guide   Online Dietitians   Weight Tracker   Message Boards   Shopping Lists