Is It Taco Tuesday Yet?

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joyous and yummy gift. Sometimes it can be as simple as heating up a can of refried beans and we’ve got bean and cheese tacos/burritos. Sometimes I’ll have a crockpot full of red beans cooking up with some delicious spices all afternoon, there might be sliced veggies and brown rice. And did you know that a crockpot full of red beans cooked with simple spices costs well under $2.00 total and lasts for days?!?! Those are my favorite nights.</p><div id="22db" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-were-saving-a-ton-on-groceries-64bc24fc7e75"> <div> <div> <h2>How We’re Saving a TON on Groceries</h2> <div><h3>While eating more whole foods than ever before</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*D8ocovVtORIjuZYvR0F7Ng.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8907">But, however involved or not those taco nights are, they are still nearly energyless to prepare and that gives me a respite to recover from the weariness of the work week.</p><p id="501e">Those extra chill evenings help me make it to work the next day, or have the energy to take the dog for a walk. Those extra chill evenings give me space from making decisions and feeling a need to be creative in the kitchen. Those extra chill evenings are a bit of a haven for this chronically ill b

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ody of mine.</p><p id="c24e">I appreciate knowing I will eat well — especially on Tuesdays — with minimal work.</p><p id="3e08">Feeding myself healthy foods help keep me going. It may help keep my illness from progressing. It also serves to continually tell my PTSD to fuck off because I am worthy of good, nourishing, yummy foods.</p><p id="9a5a">Those three reasons are more than enough for me to stick to my ‘boring’ food routines.</p><p id="79e5">Thank you for reading.<i>❤</i></p><p id="8e9d"><a href="https://katherine-grace.medium.com/membership"><b><i>Wanna read more stories like this? Join Medium today</i></b></a><b><i> and unlimited access to all my articles and thousands of other writers. </i></b>If you <a href="https://katherine-grace.medium.com/membership">sign up using my link</a>, I’ll earn a small commission which I truly appreciate.</p><div id="3877" class="link-block"> <a href="https://katherine-grace.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link — Katherine Grace</h2> <div><h3>Read every story from Katherine Grace (and thousands of other writers on Medium). Your membership fee directly supports…</h3></div> <div><p>katherine-grace.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*xGk-gWGF-VexPdy-)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Why ‘boring’ food routines are actually forms of self-care, especially for people with chronic illness

I love the freedom to cook what I want, when I want AND I relish knowing I don’t have to put brain power into figuring it out every day of the week.

Taco Tuesday?

Hell yes. I love tacos. My husband? Not so much, but he loves burritos so he has those. Yum.

Friday Pizza / Movie Night?

Yep. A gluten-free for me and a veggie for him. We take turns picking the movie.

These two nights are also two of the three most fatigued for me on a regular basis. It helps me protect my energy when I already know what’s what those nights.

Especially since pizza is no more work than popping whatever brand of frozen gluten-free pizza I have on hand in the oven and picking a movie (which is sometimes hard depending on how worn out and triggered I am that Friday).

And Tuesdays? They are so free form as to be a gift, a joyous and yummy gift. Sometimes it can be as simple as heating up a can of refried beans and we’ve got bean and cheese tacos/burritos. Sometimes I’ll have a crockpot full of red beans cooking up with some delicious spices all afternoon, there might be sliced veggies and brown rice. And did you know that a crockpot full of red beans cooked with simple spices costs well under $2.00 total and lasts for days?!?! Those are my favorite nights.

But, however involved or not those taco nights are, they are still nearly energyless to prepare and that gives me a respite to recover from the weariness of the work week.

Those extra chill evenings help me make it to work the next day, or have the energy to take the dog for a walk. Those extra chill evenings give me space from making decisions and feeling a need to be creative in the kitchen. Those extra chill evenings are a bit of a haven for this chronically ill body of mine.

I appreciate knowing I will eat well — especially on Tuesdays — with minimal work.

Feeding myself healthy foods help keep me going. It may help keep my illness from progressing. It also serves to continually tell my PTSD to fuck off because I am worthy of good, nourishing, yummy foods.

Those three reasons are more than enough for me to stick to my ‘boring’ food routines.

Thank you for reading.❤

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