The Organic Tank blog: A Healthy Late Night Snack for Overeaters

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The genesis of me becoming an OVEREATER? 

As a boy, my mother demanded of me: “Don’t get up from the table until you eat everything on your plate.”

Mom further “guilted” me with a logic that many American parents hurled at their children: “There are starving kids in Africa. You’re lucky you have food to eat — so don’t waste it!” 

My mother meant business.

I was a skinny child, and my frail frame bothered her. In many Italian-American families in the 1970s, being fat or overweight wasn’t a sign of obesity — it was a sign of prosperity. It was a sign of “salud” or good health. 

As crazy as that sounds to the ear in 2019, there are many cultures who think like that — especially people who lived through the economic misery and quasi-starvation of the Great Depression and 1930s (or were the offspring of those haunted by the Great Depression).

If I didn’t eat EVERYTHING on my plate, I was in big trouble. Mom would punish me. Yell at me. Threaten me. Force me to stand in the corner, stare at the wall with my arms raised to the sky until my shoulders ached in pain from being in the same position (try it sometime; it’s a lot harder and more painful than it sounds after about 5 or 6 minutes … and being forced to stare at the wall gets incredibly boring. 

So being an OVEREATER was drilled into me — pain being the penalty. 

To this day, I have a bad habit of eating late at night — 10, 11 p.m., even after midnight. 

Last night, again, I was guilty of this indulgence, but to lessen the blow I at least ate super-clean. 

My LATE NIGHT SNACK: 

Healthy late night snack? Anti-aging and longevity guru Frankie Forza has a guilt-free, super-healthy option for you — served up in 10 minutes!

Diced tomatoes (Vitamin C);

Sauteed mushrooms;

Yellow bell pepper (High Vitamin C);

Cucumber slices (fantastic for skin health);

… and topped with sage leaves, thyme, oregano, onions, rosemary, Redmond sea salt, black and cayenne pepper. 

If it wasn’t so late night, I probably would have added some almond slices and served the tomatoes and mushroom concoction over some basmati brown rice. 

Super healthy, and tastes a heck of a lot better than it sounds!

Mangiare, Happy Eating and may the Forza be with you!