Introduction

In January 2001 we were asked not to eat beef. That put a limit on our cooking repertory, so it was decided to compile the best, most-loved, and tastiest recipes available, allowing us to improve the quality of the food we eat, to try new recipes, and even improve our cooking skills.

Here is some good advice found in The Missionary Handbook: "Learn which foods are available and safe to eat and provide a balanced, nutritious diet. Eat foods regularly from all of the basic food groups" (33). The Missionary Health Manual teaches us that "eating right does not mean eating until you feel full; it means eating foods that give your body the proper nutrients and help you maintain an appropriate body weight" (3). We learn from Joseph Fielding Smith that, "There would be less disease and mankind would live longer if all would also heed the counsel of the Lord concerning the use of wholesome foods " (Quoted in Missionary Health Manual, 3).

In closing, we quote a talk about the Fall of Adam by Elder James E. Talmage at the 84th semiannual conference of the church, 6 October 1913.

...He was told that he must not take into that body certain things which were there at hand. He was warned that, if he did, his body would lose the power which it then held of living forever, and that he would become subject to death. It was pointed out to him, as it has been pointed out to you, that there are many good fruits to be plucked, to be eaten, to be enjoyed. We believe in enjoying good food. We think that these good things are given us of God. We believe in getting all the enjoyment out of eating that we can; and, therefore, we should avoid gluttony, and we should avoid extremes in all our habits of eating; and as was told unto Adam, so is it told unto us: Touch not these things, for in the day that thou doest it thy life shall be shortened and thou shalt die.

Elders and Sœurs, let's take good care of one another. Since we're all obligated to eat, let's do it well. Drink lots of water and be happy.