Convinced healthy food has no flavor? Not so!
Here’s how to make healthy food taste impressively gourmet.
You’ll be surprised to know that it doesn’t take hours in the kitchen to make it happen, just a little know-how.
2. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
Convinced healthy food has no flavor? Not
so!
Here’s how to make healthy food taste
impressively gourmet.
You’ll be surprised to know that it doesn’t
take hours in the kitchen to make it
happen, just a little know-how.
3. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
1. Keep it simple
The simplest cooking methods
bring out the food’s natural
flavor and retain most of the
nutrients
– steaming
– poaching
– Boiling
– en papillote (in parchment
paper
4. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
2. Herbs are the icing on the cake
• If you want to make your taste
buds sing, really sing, add some
fresh herbs —
dill, thyme, rosemary, mint, cilant
ro — the possibilities are endless.
• Chop them up, sprinkle them on
your fish, add them to your stir
fry and blend them in your
sauces.
5. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
3. Sauce is where it’s at
Use this sauce to transform veggies, meat
or fish:
• 1 inch peeled and diced ginger
• 2 garlic cloves (peeled and diced)
• 2 tablespoons of tamari or soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons of tahini
• 1/2 teaspoon pure maple syrup
• the juice of 1/2 a lemon
• dash of cayenne pepper
Throw ingredients in a blender or food
processor and blend. If it’s too thick add a
little water and blend again.
6. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
4. Once you’ve mastered
seasonings, eat with the
seasons
Fruit and veggies taste
better in season because
they are fresh and haven’t
traveled around the world
to get to you.
7. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
5. Presentation is more than
half of it
• The eye informs the brain.
• Be proud of your
creations, use your best stuff
and arrange your food artfully
on your plate.
8. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
6. Color and Texture Count
• Think of it like fashion.
• Mixing colors and textures
like topping cooked food
with raw garnish or crunchy
veggies with creamy sauce
adds depth of flavor and
makes food more
interesting.
9. 7 Simple Ways to Make Healthy Food
Taste Gourmet
7. No matter what you do, do it with love
• A lot of passion and love go into home cooking
and that’s something you usually don’t get in a
restaurant.
• You may find you eat less and don’t feel bloated
post-meal.
• Leftovers are another bonus.