Try something new today

I love to try new things, generally, in most areas of life and food.

Apart from when it comes to yoghurt.

For some reason, I've only ever been able to eat strawberry yoghurt (occassionally raspberry) and, with all the new ad campaigns going on about the nutritional benefits, have been eating a mini pot a day.

So, becoming a bit bored with strawberry but apprehensive about not liking my new choice, I decided to branch out. Just with a four-pack. And strawberry and rhubarb made a delish trifle so maybe...

And I'm happy to report that it was lovely.

While I'm no freegan (the adventurous souls who forage for food in skips and generally have an incredibly varied diet of fresh produce as a result), it felt quite liberating.

Can you think of something you always choose by default? It may be in your shopping list (or maybe you wing it without a list but still buy the same things over and over) or places you visit on holiday, the kind of person you befriend or date, exercise plans... What might happen if you tried something new?

Start small with something (like yoghurt) where the risk factor is pretty low. Who knows what you'll build up to!

© Eve Menezes Cunningham / www.applecoaching.com 2008.