Storified by Jackie Lou Smith· Mon, Mar 04 2013 21:04:28
Cooking recipes are a great way to plan healthy meals, bond with family, and also save money. All it takes is a bit of research, a trip to the grocery, some time, patience, and a bit of creativity to create delicious home-cooked meals for the family.
Storified by Jackie Lou Smith· Sun, Feb 24 2013 23:14:26
For more reassurance as to the nutrition you give your loved ones, why not prepare your own snacks and meals at home? The key is to keep things simple and delicious. Examples are simple treats like high-fiber cereals, cookies using wheat flour with dried fruit and nuts, avocado dip served on crudites or crackers. Allocate as much time as practicable. If you have five minutes, chop up a bowl of fresh fruit and top with yoghurt. If you have an hour or so, bake a batch of cookies or a cake.
An epitome of a healthy snack would be trail mixes, a combination of dried fruits, nuts, grains and seeds with the addition of other ingredients like chocolate bits, pretzels and chips. The later are innovations made by snack manufacturers to make the product more appealing and affordable. It was coined such as it was originally meant to be taken during hikes due to its light weight, ease of storage and energy boosting qualities derived from the carbohydrates content of the starchy components and good fats from the nuts.
Make your own power trail mix by using super food like dried blueberries and goji berries, raw nuts (soaked and dehydrated preferably). Or keep it simple by just using one or a couple of ingredients.
A very simple snack that has high amounts of dietary fiber are roasted almonds flavored with your favorite spice. Eat this in moderation because even though it’s very nutritious, it still has a considerable amount of fat and calories.
When preparing healthy snacks, an important factor to consider is to use wholesome nutritious ingredients and prepare in a way that maximizes their qualities.
Storified by Jackie Lou Smith· Sun, Feb 24 2013 23:07:53
Storified by Jackie Lou Smith· Sun, Feb 24 2013 22:57:40
In cooking, the healthiest way is to have fish steamed, as steaming does not leach out the essential nutrients or incorporate more fatty substances into the meat. If steamed anything gets to be too boring, appetizing dishes like Bass back cooked in juniper and almond is a more flavorful option that you can do the next time fresh bass is caught in the next fishing trip. If something light, healthy, and with a lot of variety is the choice, then antipasto di mare is a hearty salad which combines greens with sole, shrimp, and other seafood like oysters, prawns, crayfish, clams, and mussels. Lemon and pure cold-pressed olive oil are used both as garnishing and dressing, making it a very simple and light dish for lunch or dinner.
These healthy fish recipes help those who are very conscious with their health and diet to still stick to their meal plan by providing them with appetizing recipes that are easy to do as well as easy to love. Diets do not have to be perpetually just eating tasteless and colorless food. Eating healthy means choosing the right ingredients and combinations and cooking them in ways that are healthy and flavorful.
