5 KITCHEN RULES TO EATING RIGHT

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 at 7:00 pm

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Cooking wasn’t exactly one of my favorite things to do a couple years ago. I preferred to eat out or eat what my mother cooked (my mom is not the best cook in the world by the way). This eventually led me to a very bad diet and couple pounds of fat. I wasn’t obese or anything, I just had some baby fat on me. In college I started to get interested in the kitchen. I started to make my own recipes ( they weren’t very healthy by the way) and as time went on I had discovered a new hobby. This eventually led to me wanting to eat healthier, I’m almost at single digit body fat percentage, and I fell better than ever.

If there is something I can take from my experience its these 5 rules:

1. Season To Taste: You don’t have to abide to everything a recipes says. I usually don’t have some of the ingredients so I have to improvise (I just love this about cooking). Learn what it is your mouth likes the best. Experiment a little and discover what it is you like most in your food.

2. Utilize the advice of others: Talk to people that are in the food business. They know about the best cuts of meat, the freshest meats that have just arrived or the freshest produce. Particularly the butchers can also tell you how best to prepare a certain cut of meat or fish. Utilize their expertise to enhance your dinner plate.

3. Create your own recipes: Recipes or ingredients aren’t set in stone. If you have some extra mushrooms in the fridge or a red bell pepper throw it into a recipe you think it would fit into. Don’t let good food go to waste. If you don’t like a recipe that has chicken in it and you think it would taste good with beef then switch it out. You will be amazed at how many new recipes you can come up with by adding or swapping out various ingredients. Expand your options and start experimenting a little and you just might come up with something amazing!

4. Shop for the best: Be picky with the quality of fruit and vegetables you buy. Inspect them and don’t be afraid to ask the produce manager for the freshest product. A fresh piece of fruit or quality vegetable can make all the difference in the taste of a meal or dish.

Same goes for meat or fish. Grass fed meat costs more, but you get a much healthier piece of meat richer in Omega 3 fats. If healthier food leads to a healthier body then why wouldn’t you spend a few extra dollars on higher quality food.

5. Utilize your local farms: Since we are on the topic of quality generally if you buy from local farms you will get fresher produce or meat and it is likely to taste better also. Not to mention if you buy organic or buy right after it comes out of the field you get a food with more nutrients in it.

If you implement these 5 Kitchen Rules To Eating Right your food will taste better and you body will thank you.