You Know That Food Group...The "Just Cuz" One?

There is this whole other food group that no one talks about called "The Just Because Food." For me, this is the left-overs that someone else didn't eat, the chips that someone is sharing, or the it's-in-my-plane-of-sight-so-it-must-go-in-my-mouth food. Being vegan has a nice way of cutting these "Just Cuz" foods out for the count. I'm totally relieved about it too.

In the past, I would have just eaten the extra slice of toast with butter and jelly I made for my boyfriend's breakfast this morning, but not this morning. It had butter, so it's not for me. I'm really against wasting food. I acknowledge and give thanks for how blessed I am to have fresh water and healthy food at my fingertips, so the idea of having to throw something away creates a bit of guilt. 

Yet, if I were to have eaten it, after I already had my fill of breakfast in the proportioned amount for my body, I'd feel physically and emotionally worse. Fortunately, I am left with a new opportunity to have better judgement when cooking to ensure that I minimize waste.

My Mom's motto has always been "better to have too much than not enough" and this I agree with for foods that can be eaten as left overs. Something like toast? Easier to make one more if he's still hungry than to toss the extra.

So now I say, with great joy...GOOD BYE to the extraneous group of "Just Cuz" foods! No more cheetos, left over cheese fries, pizza bites, uneaten toast or whatever other superfluous dairy filled snacks that may enter my experience. ‪#‎FeelingFree‬