"Preparation of Food It is wrong to eat merely to gratify the appetite, but no indifference should be manifested regarding the quality of the food or the manner of its preparation. If the food eaten is not relished, the body will not be so well nourished. The food should be carefully chosen and prepared with intelligence and skill. MH 300"
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."
The EGW passage emphasizes the importance of preparing and consuming food with care and intelligence, which aligns with the broader principle in 1 Corinthians 10:31 of doing everything to the glory of God, including eating and drinking.
"The meals should be varied. The same dishes, prepared in the same way, should not appear on the table meal after meal and day after day. The meals are eaten with greater relish, and the system is better nourished, when the food is varied. MH 300.1"
"And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live."
Just as man does not live by bread alone, varying meals can be seen as providing a more complete nourishment, both physically and perhaps metaphorically.
"For use in breadmaking, the superfine white flour is not the best. Its use is neither healthful nor economical. Fine-flour bread is lacking in nutritive elements to be found in bread made from the whole wheat. It is a frequent cause of constipation and other unhealthful conditions. MH 300.3"
"Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof."
This verse describes a bread made from a variety of grains, suggesting a more wholesome and nutritious approach to breadmaking than using only fine white flour.
"The use of soda or baking powder in breadmaking is harmful and unnecessary. Soda causes inflammation of the stomach and often poisons the entire system. Many housewives think that they cannot make good bread without soda, but this is an error. If they would take the trouble to learn better methods, their bread would be more wholesome, and, to a natural taste, it would be more palatable. MH 300.4"
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"
The passage warns against harming the body with unhealthy substances, aligning with the principle of treating the body as a temple.