Being Brainy and Frugal ~ Food Combinations!

This blog has always been about being brainy in the frugal sense first. Whether we like it or not, most Americans eat what they can afford. Good quality meat, vegetables and fruits get more expensive everyday. Its hard to cut back on one to enjoy another without loosing the benefits of the one you cut out brings.

Most meals on this blog are frugal first and foremost. Thus, all basic meals prepared for this blog have a simple protein 'meat' serving with a side; usually, rice or buckwheat, pasta or a potato. Today, there is much discussion about what to combine and what not to. We want the most for our money and for our tummy. We also want to be happy and healthy. So while serving 'meat and potato' is sometimes poo pooed in food combining (concentrated protein and concentrated starch) it is one way to have good satisfying food. What to do and yet remain frugal.

Having learned a lot about cooking while in eastern Europe, another vegetable side can be added and in eastern Europe that is usually a fermented type. By adding a fermented vegetable such as sauerkraut or pickles one aides in the digestion of the concentrated proteins and concentrated starches - meat and potato combination. You can also serve fresh sliced tomatoes and fresh green parsley which also aid in digestion.

For those like myself who have sensitivity to fresh fruits and vegetables as such foods cause bloating, gas and irritable bowel syndrome to flare up, the recommendation is limit those foods and do food combining. Though the most given advice for fruit consumption is on an empty stomach, there is no way I could do that without suffering for it. I prefer to have fruits just after a meal in small amounts either just after breakfast or just after dinner but never before bed... too much sugar let alone the bloating and gas.

The combination of food is important and the amounts! Be brainy and frugal. In this way, you can make food combining choices that let you be a brainy 'frugal' gourmet, getting the best out of the food you can afford and the best results regarding your well being.