A breakfast that holds

The first breakfast of a retreat is eggs, something green from the garden, real fat, and something warm to drink. It is not clever food. It is food built to keep you steady until lunch.

That is most of what we mean when we talk about nourishment here. Enough protein to hold you. Enough fat to satisfy you. Vegetables that were pulled from the ground nearby. Nothing that requires a rulebook.

Women often tell us afterward that they were not hungry between meals for the first time in years. Usually nothing exotic caused that. They simply ate enough, early, and their body settled.