Words of My Stomach

Some people might find the dishes we cook heavy and greasy. As for the weights we gain, I believe that when we eat the so called low caloric and tasteless food, we never feel actually full. As we keep on eating and eating more the "low caloric" food to feel full, we make our stomachs upset. Moreover, we put on weight anyway for eating a lot. Just feed yourself with good food, and make your stomach happy. We need fat, too.

As for comfort, if anyone concerns about just feeling bad after eating so much fat, note that eating "good food" do not make you feel bad. I can actually sleep like babies after this dinner--and it is not only tirit, but we also had keşkek and salads and sweets. Coming soon!!

The key here, of course, is to find the quality food, especially the quality fat. It is not really possible to find the veggies, or the lamb and kettle which are quality-wise equal to the ones grown up in the Anatolian mountains. But still there are things could be done. We constantly avoid processed market meat, especially anything possibly containing the GMO. We prefer the once in a week farmers' market during the summers and our local organic food store for the rest of the year. We also have a little garden in our backyard where we have cucumbers, tomatoes, arugula, parsley, basil, eggplants and snow peas.

I was grown up with the stories about my mom's grandfather who used to eat animal fat just like that, and drink melted butter with honey even when he was 95 years old. He lived a healthy life throughout these years. His stomach was happy, so is mine :)