please allow me to introduce myself...

[ohmy]

....

I live in Vienna, Austria and have been "flirting" with MB for a few years now. I love the food but have one big problem - my job.

I leave the house at 7:00 in the morning and do not return until past 6pm most days - can't cook at work - don't want to eat major meals that late in the evening.

Is it ok to cook something in the evening for lunch the next day? It would be great to pack a lunch, especially as I try not to eat solid food after 5pm.

Any hints and tips are most welcome,
thanks

[Bruce Paine]

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and fame..."

ohmy,


Soak your rice and beans sometime before retiring for the evening.

Boil some oat groats and allow to soak heated overnight.

If you need 8 hours sleep go to bed at 8 and get up at five and start cooking the rice and beans (separately).

While the grain and beans are cooking make a nishime vcegetable dish, or steam some squash, carrots, or daikon.

Bring the oat groats up to a boil again and then simmer until creamy (this is your breakfast!).

Steam two hearty leafy green vegetables (separately) and also make a miso soup.

Pack a lunch and dinner when everything is cooked, eat your breakfast, and go to work.

As you eat macrobiotically for a while, you'll probably need less sleep and then you'll be able to adjust your sleep and cooking time.

Do you have any current macrobiotic cookbooks?

These two will help you learn to cook those fabulous meals that help make us feel so good and comfortable with ourselves:

The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and a Fabulous Body http://store.cybermacro.com/hipchicks.php by Jessica Porter

The Self-Healing Cookbook: A Macrobiotic Primer for Healing Body, Mind and Moods With Whole Natural Foods http://store.cybermacro.com/Self-Healing-Cookbook.php by Kristina Turner.

Are your hills really alive, with the 'sound of music' ? ;-)

Thank you, very much.

Bruce Paine

[ohmy]

oh dear, "oh my", thanks for the answer Bruce!
(unfortunately) getting up very early is no problem, it's rare that I can sleep past 5 in the morning.
I had been thinking about just "cooking ahead" - that would not even really be the problem - I was more worried about eating lunch that was cooked some 5-6 hours before being eaten. But I am glad to find my notion that it is better to eat pre-cooked good food than to eat warm questionable food.

Will stop surfing in the mornings and start cooking - I have a few books, one is even Austrian with many good recipes and am all set to go!

Thanks again, and no, right now our hills are more likely to be alive with the sounds of snow-boarders or drunken tourists, or, worst of all - tinned "modern yodlers" broadcast along the ski lifts (gag) - than real music - it makes me pine for Julie Andrews and that is truly a bad sign ;-)
....oh my!