I came across an article that could be a way to apply Nordic Walking Guy’s 3rd rule, “Don’t eat like a teenager!”
Key idea:
Today, cooking is trendy in Japan.
Instagram is full of pictures of delicious dishes, and people love clicking through online recipes. Cookbooks are in high demand.
[Japanese private chef Shima] Tassin says Japanese people need to stop feeling pressured to make elaborate dishes.
Major points:
- “’Japanese recipes are generally very complicated to make as you need a lot of ingredients that you end up not really having to use again. But people still choose to cook like this because they want to get as many likes on social media as possible,’ she [Shima] says.”
- “The French, on the other hand love simple dishes, she says. For breakfast, for example, adults like to have a coffee with milk and toast, while children might eat cereal. The simple meals give families more time to spend together.”
Tassin’s simplicity principle is designed to increase the quantity and quality of time families spend together. There could be another benefit. For people who are fine tuning their diet, the simplicity principle could be a boon. I’ve noticed the more convenient foods tend to have less nutritional value and meals that have maximum nutritional value take more effort to prepare.
Maybe simplicity ideas from people like Shima Tassin can motivate us to upgrade our planning.
