Eating Your Feelings

This time of year brings a cornucopia of feelings. We're either stressed out from shopping, tired from all those parties or even "Hangry" at ourselves for indulging in too many holiday goodies. Luckily there's a new book that helps us eat ( yes, eat!) through our feelings. This new diet will help us and our bodies feel better.

The food and inspirational blogger Lindsey Smith has written, this funny and insightful book, Eat Your Feelings : The Food Mood Girl's Guide to Transforming Your Emotional Eating with recipes (Wednesday Books 2017).It's definitely the must have and must give gift for anyone that has issues with diets and moods. Ms. Smith is one of us, She eats junky food, she scrimps to save calories, the book could have been written by anyone, from millennial to baby boomer. The first half of the book offers explanations of why we eat what we eat. It even includes ancestry as one of the reasons for our tastes in food - not surprising  because genetics affects every other part of our lives. What I love about this book is how she parses out what makes us eat, how hormones and moods influence our meal and snack choices. Cravings are also spelled out  and it helps that she explains why they happen as well as the recipes that will help ease them.A big plus in the book is how not to rely on the scale but on our jeans.If they're too tight, then diet.Another bonus is how to create your food mood for the day. This includes making your bed right away along with planning the night before and setting your intentions.Comncerned foodies will also like the food additive descriptions and how they can mess up lives and diets.

Yes, this is a recipe book, but it also has explanations of every fruit, vegetable, nut, and grain. It's an excellent guide to bring to the supermarket. It's a great way to plan out meals and snacks. Another plus is the basic cooking guide that even the most novel of novice chefs can follow.  She also has a flavoring guides for the most popular cuisines, right now, from Italian , Chinese and Thai to Greek, Indian and African.The recipes themselves are grouped according to what they can do. If you're feeling sad then make peanut butter chip banana ice cream or dark chocolate sea salt brownies (that would cheer up anyone) There is also spinach lasagna soup to lift spirits too, Feeling exhausted and tired this holiday season? Then whip up a happy quinoa bowl full of mood boosting grains, cinnamon and blueberries or fun mini quiches made with an almond meal-Parmesan cheese flour. Boredom can be relieved with a quick nut butter fudge or a falafel burger with za'atar fries. This is the time of year when many feel stressed or anxious.Make  cookie dough contraband  complete with chocolate chips or a warm soothing bowl of comforting coconut curry to combat those feelings. Hanger pains get soothed with chunky monkey banana bites or the more filling roasted cauliflower mash,

Lindsey Smith had come up with the perfect recipe book.Eat Your Feelings is a great way to eat healthy and to train yourself not to always rely on food. It is fun and insightful - the perfect book for those who want to improve their lives and moods.