Solving the “What’s for Dinner” questions, or better, Solving the “What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snack” crisis?
Isn’t this the most stressful part of the day, trying to figure out what to eat? There are so many factors and people involved that it can get rather complicated if you have not planned it out. When mom comes home after a busy day at work, this is probably the last thing she wants to deal with. Trying to please everyone’s taste and diet can be challenging.
Our family eats out a lot. This summer, we rarely ate at home. You would think that makes meal time less stressful, but we have a difficult time agreeing on the same food cravings or on the same restaurant. Sometimes, half of the family wants hamburgers, others want pizza or burritos. I usually want vegetables or Southern food like fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Many nights we will go to two or three different places to pick up food.
Typically, it is me who wants to eat healthy and also watch my fat and caloric intake. If we eat at home, I stay away from butter and eat my yogurt butter. You can also watch your sodium intake if cooking your own meals. I prefer not to eat meals from a box or from a freezer. Fresh ingredients taste better and are a much healthier choice.
From growing up in the seventies, and becoming a vegetarian for eighteen years at the young age of fifteen, I have a sense of what eating healthy means. I spent years reading books on healthy foods and I spent most of my time shopping in health food stores and having meals in juice bars and vegetarian restaurants.
Last year, I tried my hand in packaging raw nuts and making fruit and nut bars to snack on. I called the line, Love Organic Foods. If I had it to do over again, I would have started with my original plan to produce my line of dry veggie burgers called, Love Burgers. All you do is add water, form patties and bake and you have a healthy meal choice.
I have several ideas for making portable, healthy foods to eat when you need something right away. Besides putting Love Burgers in a pita pocket and adding sprouts or lettuce, I have ten other burgers to eat the same way. Love Burgers can be prepared with your choice of rice cheese, havarti, cheddar, swiss, monterey jack or parmesan.
Love BurgersMillet & Mushroom PattiesMillet, Cauliflower, Sesame PattiesLentil & Carrot PattiesLentil, Almond PattiesBrown Rice, Mushroom, Carrot PattiesQuinoa, Mushroom, Carrot PattiesQuinoa, Spinach, Arugula, Chickpea, Tahini, Brown Rice PattiesThai Oatmeal, Chickpea, Peanut Butter Patties Black bean, Sweet Potato, Ginger Patties
Patties seem to be more friendly than burgers and they have an island feel to the name.
Portable foods is what I have spent many hours thinking about. I want to create a line of foods we can eat anytime we are hungry and need an energy boost. When you get hungry, you usually grab whatever you can that is fast and close by. Many times, that means fast food that is full of fat, calories, sugar, salt and chemicals. What if we could reach for one of Tony’s Healthy Patties or a Love Burger or a Flower Power Bar made with ten different organic nuts, fruits, seeds, honey and bee pollen? Or what if we could just have a bee pollen snack in place of a candy bar?
I am thinking about launching a Healthy Food Delivery business and am exploring the possibilities to find out if there is enough interest. This is what I am considering. I am in the Marietta area but will consider delivering to Atlanta, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, East Cobb.
Every day that I could get fifty orders for healthy patties, I would make them available.
These are the questions I have for you.
How many of you are interested in trying some healthy food options?
How many of your coworkers would be interested?
Where are you located?
What time do you want this delivered?
How many days a week would you consider eating healthy?
How much do you typically spend on lunch?
Would you pay a couple of dollars more to have it delivered to you?
Do you ever buy lunch from food truck?
Do you have any food allergies?
Are you on a special diet?
Are you a vegetarian?
Is organic food important to you?
Organic food costs more, is it worth it or would you prefer something healthy that may be less expensive?
Have you ever tasted lentils? mung beans? quinoa? millet?
brown rice? tamari? chick peas?
Do you want to eat healthy foods and be a healthier person?
If so, this new delivery service could be great for you and your friends.
