BPS.2

I get a lot of joy from cooking from scratch, healthy meals, mostly vegan, always vegetarian. It's meditative. The kitchen is clean, organized, and I feel confident and proud in what I'm making. I bake bread from scratch, make almond milk, lebnah, and have an amazing and organized collection of spices. We eat very well and very healthy. I understand the term "food is medicine" now. It smells fresh, the kitchen door is open and the breeze, sun, rain, clouds - whatever the weather, it feels restorative and freeing. We eat a lot of vegetables because they taste good and make our bodies feel nourished. I bring things I make to work and share them with coworkers and they enjoy eating them too. I feel at peace, simple, and like I am truly taking care of myself. Food doesn't go to waste, our grocery bills are small but go a long ways due to how many things we choose to spend time on making instead of purchasing out of convenience. Andrew and I go to local farms and farmers markets to get our ingredients. We both love cooking and baking now, he has confidence in his skillset and we collaborate on new things we want to try and have our favorites. We cook and bake for one another as a surprise. We find recipes from our ancestral backgrounds or take childhood comfort foods and create them in a way that still feels nostalgic but provides us with deeper physical nourishment. We eat in moderation and are satisfied, our blood pressure, heart issues, diabetes worries are gone due to how well we are treating ourselves. We eat outside as much as possible, it's leisurely and we take our time. We feel no need to rush. We are in the process of starting a garden of our own in our new home and we plan to have flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, and an amazing natural sanctuary for ourselves and the local ecology. The kitchen is bright and welcoming and large, it has cute decor that feels safe and warm and encourages creativity and love - we host a lot of meal get togethers with our friends, co-workers, and neighbors. We laugh a lot during these get togethers and they are a staple of our social life. They happen at least once a week.