Even if you don’t have an eating disorder, chances are you’ve had more than a few meals on go. Perhaps you are a practiced drive-and-diner, grabbing your order from drive-thru window and perfecting your food balancing technique. More likely, you’ve eaten an entire lunch while simultaneously answering phones and typing out email messages—and not really tasting a single bite.

Don’t curse your go-go lifestyle. Instead, choose to savor a slow-slow moment—even if it’s just a two-minute yogurt break.

Your divine desk dining experience starts with a couple of deep breaths and a commitment to focusing for two—count ‘em, TWO—minutes. Feel your belly, and pay attention to any hunger pangs. Check in to see if you are eating now because it’s lunch time, because you are ravenous, or because you know you won’t get a chance to eat for several more hours. Take note.

Then, take a bite. Put down your fork, spoon or sandwich, and simply chew your food slowly, relishing flavors and textures, just like Mom taught you. Do this for one minute, and then pause. Feeling better now? Sometimes simple act of chewing mindfully for just a moment can help us slow down enough to recognize that we’re not that hungry.

Savor another minute of mindful mastication without getting wrapped up in thoughts of work or anything else. Come back to “just this bite” until your two minutes are up. After that, feel free to eat at your normal pace, and even if you get caught up in type-and-swallow routine, simply note it.

We spend a lot of time and energy bemoaning our busy lives. Instead, spend two minutes tasting mindfulness right there at your desk.

It’s simply divine.

The performance and maintenance of your refrigerator is of utmost importance. Check temperature of your refrigerator with an appliance thermometer. To keep bacteria in check, refrigerator should run at 40 degrees F; freezer unit at 0 degrees F. Generally, keep your refrigerator as cold as possible without freezing your milk or lettuce. When you prepare food, keep everything clean and thaw out any frozen food you plan to prepare in your refrigerator. Take it out of freezer in advance and place it in refrigerated section of your refrigerator. Always wash your hands in hot soapy water before preparing and handling any food as well as after you use bathroom, change diapers, handle pets, etc. Remember, too, that bacteria can live in your kitchen towels, sponges and dish cloths. Wash them often and replace dish cloths and sponges you use regularly every few weeks.

Be absolutely sure that you keep all raw meats, poultry and fish and their juices away from other food. For instance, wash your hands, your cutting board and knife in hot soapy water after cutting up chicken and before dicing salad ingredients. It is best to use plastic cutting boards rather than wooden ones where bacteria can hide in grooves. Don't take your food out of freezer and leave it on kitchen counter to thaw. This is extremely dangerous since bacteria can grow in outer layers of food before inside thaws. It is wise to do your marinating in refrigerator too.