The secrets in the sauce

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"These beans taste so good."

"Nobody can do broccoli like she does."

"Give me a second helping of those potatoes."

"The restaurant cooks up that squash so much better than I can."

"I can't believe I like tofu, but the way she prepares it..."

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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

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It's not the beans, the broccoli, the potatoes, the squash, the tofu, or even how it's cooked. It's the sauce.

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The Now-Next Conflicts about food

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For most of us the Now-Next squabbles over food rank higher and of more consequence that many other Now-Next conflict areas in our life such as work, study, or even drug use.

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For Americans, just one of the in-our-face consequences of the lack of Integrity between Now and Next regarding what we will and will not put in our mouths is revealed in this 2023 assessment: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that approximately 73.6% of adults aged 20 and over in the United States were considered overweight or obese based on their Body Mass Index (BMI). Specifically, about 42.4% of U.S. adults were categorized as obese."

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Even putting the weight issue aside, the health epidemic both in the USA and the rest of the world, is at least an 80-85% nutritional issue. The average American is estimated to die 7-10 years earlier than they otherwise would because of their generally poor nutrition. This doesn't even touch on the quality of life issue for those of us who aren't dead yet, but are living with nutritionally-affected conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart attacks, and cancer.

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We are dying of malnutrition, not the on-the-edge-of-starvation type of malnutrition, but malnutrition of the well-to-do caused by the removal of natural fibers, vitamins, minerals, and phyto-chemicals by the dearth of whole, unrefined plants foods in our everyday eating.

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Steps to more Now-Next Integrity in how we eat

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Let me share with you a recent breakthrough that I've had in upping the level of both my Now and my Next getting what they both want whenever I eat.

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Most people would look at how I've been eating and think I'm already doing "good enough." Notwithstanding that, I've noticed a certain level of dissatisfaction between both my Now and my Next. Let me explain. My breakthrough idea (which is rather simple) may work for you too!

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The problem

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Regarding how I was eating, Dwight-Next was fairly happy most of the time because I was eating at home using only the ingredients typically have in my home: those that are whole-food vegan. Dwight-Now was typically okay with this, but once or twice a week, he would just "rebel" and insist on going out to eat some restaurant food that "tasted better." Even though this restaurant food was most often vegan, it was not whole-food vegan and often included eating white rice or noodles. Dwight-Next was not so happy about this. 

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How to solve these now-and-again kerfuffles?

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Breakthrough: both Dwight-Now and Dwight-Next got more of what each wanted

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Here is how it works.

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I ordered three liters of broth that my local vegan restaurant uses for their hotpot customers (it cost me about $7 USD, delivery included). 

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This photo shows the first time I bought 1.5 liters of broth when I last ate there (which will probably be the last time for a long time since my Dwight-Now is no longer insisting that we go out).