SIMPLE FOODS FORTIFIED WITH HERBAL PLANTS FOR A SIMPLE HEALTHY EATING LIFESTYLE

LEMON GRASS

TURMERIC

MINT

Frankly I don’t indulge eating classy foods like beef steak, the one that is rare but could actually give you heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and of course colon cancer. Also, I don’t cringe on junk foods and soft drinks to avoid that sagging belly fats and extra weights that form part of a baggage of obesity.

But gastronomically speaking I never totally turned my back on eating meat dishes simply because it is more than hard to abstain from eating meat especially when it is cooked with herbal plants as ingredients. When added to meat dishes, the herbal plants acts as flavoring and as antidote to lessen or control the forming cholesterol and fats of meats. This is where one can have a simple food yet a healthy eating lifestyle.

That green leafy herbal plants like lemon grass, mint, turmeric, oregano and others can be used in different cooking styles and dishes. For example, lemon grass is best added to boiled chicken or boiled fresh fish. The lemon grass smell has a unique presence and the broth taste really good perfected by the extraction of lemon grass juice during the cooking period. The cooked lemon grass in a casserole of chicken or fish soup can also be eaten.

Like lemon grass, turmeric and mint are also good to have it cooked with chicken, fish and other sea living things and vegetables. In a tropical country like the Philippine Islands, the three herbal plants are commonly used in cooking meats and vegetables with coconut milk. Cooked chicken meat with coconut milk fortified with mint or turmeric is a total relish for food trippers or is it cravers?

For vegans and semi-vegans, the three herbal plants & coconut milk and vegetables like pumpkin, squash, jackfruit, string beans, eggplant, bitter melon, bamboo shoot, sweet potato tops and other green leafy vegetables are the best combinations of simple foods for simple healthy eating lifestyle. Bon appétit!!!