Challenging Love to Be Unconditional - Part 34

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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Quinn and I were super delighted to share our food reality with others as many had never had food created with so much flavor or so much love.  

At one of our gatherings of about 30-40 people, a woman (who I had never met before and had not seen the entire night) came to me in tears.  I couldn’t immediately tell if they were tears of joy or tears of sadness.  Through her sobbing she said to me “If this is food that you're sharing right now...I don’t know what I’ve been eating all of my life!!”  We hugged in long embrace, she whispered “I’m forever changed”, she then disappeared into the night.

Chunks of homegrown pumpkin banana bread, chopped apple, candied pecans, cranberry sauce, cinnamon, raw homemade chocolate chips and almond milk!!!!! BREAKFAST CEREAL! - a bit messy for just fingers!

Brie platter

I must admit that our food was really quite spectacular.  Not only were we using the freshest of ingredients and our unleashed imaginations, but we also made our food infused with the most potent and important ingredient - love.  Our guests got in on eating with their fingers and together we shared years of fine food.  Not only were we hosting people at our place, but we also began catering events, (including the Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson), and always took food with us for sharing no matter the occasion.

Seeds from the garden okra. Tried them several ways...seasoned and baked like pumpkin seeds...then they began to pop! So I tested popping them in oil like popcorn...yummy, but liked them baked better. I also brined a huge bowl of them to make okra capers!! 

I had eaten healthy all my life and knew that the closer I could be to my food source, the more potent the food was for my body.  Eating food grown locally, especially in my own backyard grown by my own loving hands, was as close to pure as I could get.  I continued my own practice (as I grew up with) of turning my own food waste into soil for growing my own food again, instead of creating waste to be hauled to the curb that magically disappeared.

Quinn brought even deeper awareness of the energetic reality of food than I had ever considered.  I never before thought about how all the food offered from corporations (supermarkets, restaurants, etc.) is encoded with all the energetics of those who have been a part of it….people who were supplying us our food  because they were getting paid to, not because they loved what they were doing. Even health food stores didn’t really care about our health, but were in the business to make money by tapping into the trends of a healthier lifestyle.  All the energy from everyone participating in a food reality, including the sadness, fear and obligation of employees working for minimum wage struggling to feed their own families, put their imprint on the food.    Where is the love?

Quinn helped open my eyes to the even deeper realities involved in the chains of energetic input and waste created by all the people and resources going into making the plastic, boxes, styrofoam etc. for packaging,  all the resources and manpower for making the fuels, roads and trucks for shipping, all that is required to make and deliver the electricity, freezers, etc. for refrigeration and storage, as well as everyone and everything involved in making and applying all the chemicals for preservation.  This was only a smattering of what is truly happening beneath the surface of the food available throughout the globe.  Not to mention the earth having to deal with the leftover waste from all of those realities that pollute or deplete our earth’s resources.

It became very obvious to me that I  I would rather eat a small portion of love infused food from an inspired chef with homegrown ingredients, than lots of less expensive food from someone who is just doing their job and has no real interest or investment in the quality, or outcome of how it is received.

Gratefully at the GOE we put our loving hands into our food from the soil to our mouths, and we simply make compost or feed the chickens from any waste to give back to the earth.  No packaging, no shipping, no storing, no refrigeration, no chemicals, no waste….only LOVE!

Food scraps headed for the compost to create more food for more people!

There is a reason people really love our food….

Literally---”We Are What We Eat!”

Go with me on the journey toward Unconditional Love!

Stay Tuned for Part 35