Comments on: Minimalist Food: One Bowl Eating

By: Steam

Steam — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:44:53 +0000

It’s called oryoki!

By: Steam

Steam — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:31:42 +0000

There is a word for this in Asian culture and a ritual to it. I’ve been trying unsuccessfully to recall it. Are you familiar with this concept? Many thanks. Today’s lunch: some roasted vegetables (sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, turnips), black beans and rice all in a 5 inch round bowl about 1.5 inches high and a cup of tea. Plenty!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:04:32 +0000

s.f., your comment about “mimimalism or just laziness” reminds me of the dad from “Cheaper by the Dozen” (the book, not the Steve Martin movie), a motion-studies expert who helped factories streamline and speed up their production processes. On starting a new consulting project, he apparently always asked the foreman to point out his laziest worker; because the laziest worker wouldn’t want to expend any more energy than he had to on wasted motions and therefore, was the most efficient at eliminating unnecessary steps. Works for me.

By: Janna

Janna — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:31:30 +0000

I have read several posts that speak to making your own yogurt. I am following a special diet for my digestive illness and I recently began making my own yogurt. I LOVE it. I end up with a quart of plain yogurt. I use the yogurt to substitute as cream in tomato basil soup, I mix it with strawberries, bananas and honey and freeze for a yummy homemade sherbert and many other things. I would definitely suggest it.

By: Book Bite: One Bowl (Don Gerrard) | The 7th Rock

Book Bite: One Bowl (Don Gerrard) | The 7th Rock — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:55:44 +0000

[...] While researching I found this excellent book that helped me structure my self-study: One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit by Don Gerrard. You can also check out Ann’s review and Francine’s take on Minimalist Food. [...]

By: s.f.

s.f. — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:49:57 +0000

Well… this is a two bowl daily menu but you know… men tend to eat a little bit more than women The prep time for each meal is 3-4 min., and during the day you can/should eat any amounts of leafy greens that you want

Breakfast
Miso soup (pour hot water over one teaspoon of miso and few dried wakame flakes)
Rice with 2 cubes of fermented bean curd

Lunch
Tom-yum soup (pour hot water over one teaspoon of tom-yum paste)
Rice with one umeboshi (pickled apricot plum)

Dinner
Tamarind soup (pour hot water over one teaspoon of tamarind paste)
Rice with few tidbits of fried gluten

You can find all these at a decent price in any asian grocery store. I use a simple rice cooker and Nishiki rice – not only because it tastes soooo good but also because you don’t have to wash it Hmm… now I wonder – does this count as minimalism or just laziness? I’ll go with minimalism

By: Bethanie

Bethanie — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:38:54 +0000

I’m so happy to have found this blog, and the people on it. I have always had the urge to purge (stuff, I mean) and my friends and family have a tendency to treat me like the crazy aunt. I’m glad I’m not as alone as I thought! And I like Mark’s bowl!

By: Kayleigh

Kayleigh — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:47:53 +0000

This sounds like a really good idea. I’ve been following your blog for a while now and it has really inspired me to be more minimalist. So far i have de-cluttered most of the junk from my room (I’m still living with my mum till i can move into my own place), purged my wardrobe and have taken to being a lot more clean, tidy and organized in my stuff and life, and this blog has really helped me thanks
As for the eating out of one bowl idea i don’t eat big platefuls anyway, im a student so i practically live off small frequent meals, and eating from just one bowl would make all the washing up so much easier. Plus depending on the size of said bowl it would be a lot easier to control portion sizes and whatnot so you don’t overeat, like i usually do :@

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:23:59 +0000

I absolutely LOVE this idea on so many levels! I will have to give this some serious thought and implement this change. I agree that it would be more natural to really appreciate what is in this one special bowl dedicated to sustenance! And less dishes is always a good thing : )

Heather

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:32:55 +0000

Great post.

I eat everything out of one bowl. But my bowl is somewhat flatter. It’s a sort of plate/bowl. Works for everything.

There’s a picture at http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aUVRDsWnQVU/TUsp7uUHNlI/AAAAAAAACcI/NE3hT9kbmJI/s1600/DSCN1653.JPG