Part of my journey with healthy eating is realising that I need to eat the foods that make me feel good and make me happy. I actually really adore kale salads with roasted veggies, so I make a point to eat that a few times a week. But eating home-baked chocolate banana bread also makes me do the happy food dance in my seat, so I balance them both.
All the food I eat sparks joy for me, whether it's because it tastes tremendous or because it makes me feel energized (and not bloated). I mean, why eat food that doesn't bring me pleasure? That means you won't find me spooning into chia seed pudding (eww, the texture!), but you also won't find me polishing off an entire apple pie because I'll just feel terrible after. Food = joy in my life.
To help inspire joyful, delicious healthy eating, I've recently gotten into collecting cookbooks. My all-time favourite right now is Oh She Glows Every Day by Angela Liddon. And yes, all my cookbooks are neatly stacked in a glass cabinet in my kitchen — just seeing them all lined up brings me joy.