21 Days of Hygge: Comfort Food - Bring on the Soups

"Hygge is about creating lasting moments that will make you feel good, a kind of relaxed comfort. The season for soup, stews and home-baked bread started in autumn. Sharing soup and bread is hygge." ~ The Guardian

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Do you crave comfort food during the winter?

Maybe soup can help. Whether it's wild rice soup, or loaded baked potato soup, it could bring comfort this winter, along with a handy increase in serotonin.

The comfort food cravings come along because you're not getting enough sunlight, and your brain becomes deprived of the serotonin it needs.

So those cravings are a request for comfort & instead of trying to ignore them,  I think you should listen to them. Maybe even plan your eating around them. Especially if you have winter blues or seasonal affective disorder.

If you already have soup, or mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes, etc., on the menu, and you feel warm, full and satisfied after eating, then the high-fat or sweet treats may become a little less compelling. Might that work for you?

If you are working with a nutrition professional, then you can get professional guidance about how to do this in the best way. But while doing research for this post, I read that the best idea is to eat carbohydrates throughout the day. So, for example, you might eat oatmeal for breakfast, soup for lunch and sweet potatoes as part of your dinner.

What do you think? If you do crave comfort food during the winter, do you think that adding soups and rice and sweet potatoes and other rich & filling sources of carbohydrates to your meal plan might help to lessen them?

I have found it helpful, but would it work for you?

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine