Eating Your Way to Better Health – and a Better You!

Yoga and Spa Magazine – July/August 2017
Author: Martha Buckley
https://issuu.com/yoganadspa/docs/y_s_julyaug2017_4web_final (page 56-57)

Each year a new diet comes along touting that it will create a healthier, better you. Of all the trends, past and current, “Eat Clean,” “Raw”, “Mediterranean”, “30 Day”, and “Paleo” have one defining mantra in common – Eat natural, whole, unprocessed foods for a better, healthier, happier YOU.

We talk about this in our Kitchen all the time. How can we create, or re-create, our recipes to eliminate artificial or highly-processed ingredients? While we aren’t 100% “clean” or “raw”, we do make every effort to use fresh, simple ingredients in our catering dishes as well as our Pantry items and limit the amount of artificial anything that goes into our food. As a result, the food tastes better and we feel better.

When you’re cooking in your kitchen, think about how you can customize the recipe to make it healthier. There’s no reason to blindly follow a recipe. By using a little creativity, creating a healthier version of an old standby is an easy thing to do.   Perhaps you exchange plain Greek yogurt for sour cream. Does a sauce call for a lot of butter? Use half extra-virgin olive oil and half butter. Eliminate or reduce the salt called for in each recipe and add herbs and spices to lend flavor and your own signature to dish. Does a recipe call for a canned soup? Make your own cream of mushroom soup! It’s easy and healthier.

Whatever you choose to do, remember that making even small changes in your kitchen can add up to a healthier – Better – you.