Our Healthy Choice...Cooking without guilt……

that’s what I want to share with you..I am not a professional chef nor a nutritionist, I am just trying to cook something healthy based on what I have learned.

I did not spend much time in the kitchen before I married my husband whose love for good food is undeniable since he’s from France. I was a workaholic accounting professional working abroad and never had a chance to cook . Now as a devoted housewife it is very challenging for me to try some recipes.

Every time I try a recipe, my husband always asks me : “Did you follow the recipe or did you alter the recipe according to your conscience? (He knows I am avoiding some ingredients and using less butter or none at all, fatty parts of meat, etc.). Anyway bottom line, I just want to cook something healthy but at least acceptable to his taste.

I started my healthy lifestyle from knowing the daily food that should be served on the table and I started looking around…organic food(veggies, pasta, grains, fruit etc.),

… how to cook the food… I have already learned a lot of recipes from recipe books and magazines, from my beloved mother and from my mother-in-law and started to do some alterations to make each recipe a healthy one and started inventing my very own recipes…without guilt..so I am inviting you to take a look, read on how I prepare each recipe and it’s up to you if it’s making a healthy sense to you….what ever your comments..thank you..and if you can share something healthy please do….but remember it’s up to you how would you like your recipe to be prepared…it’s your choice…….

Please note…….Extra Virgin Olive Oil(first cold pressed)…

You will obviously have a question on your mind why I use extra virgin olive oil and using them as fresh as possible..well there’s a reason why I keep on using olive oil…I have used different types of oil, and I have been to fast food before but I always had gastritis problem after, the doctor asked me to avoid fried food…I tried olive oil for cooking and had no problem ever since. I believe that the Olive oil might be the right oil for me..what I do is I listen to my body and if my body is telling me(thru aches and pains) something is wrong with what I consume I make a list of them and avoid them(but not completely avoiding them like raw garlic…I can’t eat it in raw form but I know it’s very good for health but since I still want to consume garlic I always eat cooked garlic and I am always pain free. I heard a lot about VCO Virgin Coconut oil, I haven’t tried it for cooking but I am applying it on my skin. As I have read before, cooking with oil or butter is okay as long as it does not reach it’s smoking point so it’s up to you to make a choice.