When people hear the word “whole foods,” I think a cloud of buzzwords typically attached to the phrase makes the concept more obtuse than it needs to be. A whole food is simply a natural food that hasn’t been processed, and thinking about it this way makes it a lot easier to incorporate whole foods into your diet.

The healthy whole foods easiest to throw into your routine are raw fruits and vegetables. Realistically speaking, you won’t always eat what’s local and in season, but by seeking out a variety of fresh produce you’re bound to step up your nutrition and improve your palette. You’ll also stock your kitchen with colorful and flavorful ways to stave off hunger – what’s simpler than washing off a carrot or peeling an orange?

Good grains constitute another diverse whole food group that is easy to incorporate into daily eating. Cathy has gone into the bounty of grains more than once her blog, and I regularly buy two whole grains – brown rice and Russian kasha – that have great nutritional value, distinct textures and good flavor. There’s no big mystery to preparing these foods, either – buying a small rice cooker will make cooking whole grains effortless.

My favorite whole food, though, has to be the egg. I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with brunch a couple of times on this blog, and one of the causes of my aversion to brunch is that as soon as I learned to make my own eggs, I had no desire to wait for twenty minutes and pay an arm and a leg to have someone else do it for me. I don’t mean to say I’m ready to compete in the short order olympics (O, Lord, why do these not exist yet?). Once I demystified the presentation of eggs, though, I learned to enjoy them and their many subtleties way more than I did when I was at a different brunch place every weekend.

That said, today’s video isn’t about how to make the perfect egg, but about how to just get up and do it for yourself, in two easy ways. I’m a bit worried that a lot of our readers this have no use for the actual information it contains, but I’ve met enough people who are intimidated by the mere thought of flipping their own eggs to keep me motivated.

Tuesday’s Meals
-Yogurt with frozen berries and granola
-Banana
-Fried egg and toast
-Omurice
-Vegetable soup
-Roasted beet, sweet potatoes and green beans
-Sauteed sirloin
-Blood orange

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 8:49 pm and is filed under New York.