Loving food and chasing down the flavors that make us particularly joyful is a natural experience. We all need food to survive and we all prefer to enjoy the food we introduce into our bodies. Food can be a healthy form of energy or it can be an unhealthy obsession. When your love affair with food starts to add girth to your middle it is time to check the manner in which you love your food.
Many of us did not learn healthy food ideals as children. We were generally taught to love it incessantly and use it to fill our souls as well as our bodies, or we were taught that food makes us fat and we need to be cautious. There is a wonderful middle ground for the food lover that is in conflict. Eating too much isn’t healthy but neither is denying your body food. The basic requirement of healthy eating is rainbow eating, where you simply make sure that the foods you eat come in all kinds of varying natural colors. Rainbow eating does not imply that you choose twelve different colors of candy. It means that when you look at your plate you should see brown and red and most definitely, green. This means that you are introducing your body to some of the healthiest tastes available while eating in a balanced manner.
As you cook your food, remember that how you cook creates either a healthy or unhealthy meal. If you saturate and drown your foods in butter, salt, oils, and artificial flavorings you are killing the nutrients and the healthy effects. However, if you rely on natural flavors and you bring out those flavors by adding nominal amounts of additional cooking ingredients, you are creating a healthier option for your body.
DELICIOUS FILIPINO RECIPES:
* Beef Nilaga
The nilaga is an all-in-one meal that combine meat and veggies in one satisfying dish.
* Beef Tapa
Filipino version of Beef jerky usually served with garlic fried rice and fried egg.
* Bicol Express
You will need plenty of rice to go with this very spicy pork dish from the Bicol region.
* Binagoongang Baboy
Delicious pork recipe with shrimp paste, but not recommended for those with hypertension.
* Bistek Tagalog
The Filipino version of the beef steak made from very thin slices of beef cooked in soy sauce and calamansi juice.
* Chicken And Pork Adobo
This is a classic recipe with as many versions as the islands of the Philippines.
* Chicken Tinola
There’s nothing like a hot Chicken Tinola to warm you up especially when you are under the weather.
* Kare-Kare
Native recipe of meat cooked in peanut sauce and served with shrimp paste (bagoong).
* Menudo
This dish is obviously derived from Spain that colonized the islands for more than 300 years.
* Paksiw Na Pata
Pork leg (including the knuckle) is used in this favorite sweet-sour recipe.
* Pork Barbecue
The tangy sweet favor of this grilled street food is a favorite among Filipinos.
* Sizzling Pork Sisig
An original recipe from the Pampanga region. Delicious eaten with steamed rice, but also popular as ‘pulutan’ to go with beer.
* Tokwa’t Baboy
This dish goes well with porridge or a cold bottle of beer.
Delicious Juicing Recipes:
Always use organic produce whenever possible. Wash your fruits and vegetables. Drink slowly, remember to “chew” slosh the juice with your saliva for healthy digestion.
Delicious Soups:
* Corn Soup
* Creamy Carrot Soup
* Chilled Leeks and Potato Soup
* Fish and Spinach Soup
* Avocado Soup
* Onion Soup
* Cheese Soup
Orieantal and Meat Dishes:
* Shrimp Pork Dimsum
* Whole Fish in Black Bean Sauce
* Brasied Abalone with Chinese Cabbage
* Fried Pork in Szechuan Sauce
* Braised Pork Fillet in Peking Sauce
* Stir Fried Bean Curd with Szechuan Sauce
* Honey Lemon Chicken
* Sweet and Sour Sesame Chicken
* Smoked Chicken
* Beef and Broccoli
* Braised Lamb
* Fiesta Paksiw a Filipino Dish
* Oxtail Stew Recipe
* Pork Leg Estofado a Filipino Dish
* Beef Stroganoff Recipe
* Turkey Vegetable Chili
* Wine Poached Chicken
* Spicy Tofu in Indonesian Peanut Sauce
* Korean Chicken
* Beef Stew
* German Sauerbraten
* Mexican Meatballs
* Lamb Curry
* Lemon Chicken Grass
* Porkroast with Cherry Sauce
* Stirfried Mango Chicken with Almonds
* Prawn in Whisky
* Potroast Garlic Chicken
* Whisky Steaks
* Lamb Ribs with Mango Mint Sauce
More Delicious Recipes:
* Carne Cocido Spanish Recipe
* Egg Sarciado
* Chicken Adobo, Filipino Recipe
* Buko(Coconut) Chopsuey, Filipino Recipe
* Tulingan sa Gata(coconut milk) Filipino Recipe
* Longganiza, Filipino Sausage
* Mussel Gambas, Filipino Recipe
* Sweet and Sour Fish and Tofu
* Chili Shrimps
* Clams with Coconutmilk
* Anchovies and Squash Okoy
* Carrot Springrolls
* Mussel Sisig
* Pork Shrimp Friedrice
* Sweet Pork
* Sausage Surprise
* Spaghetti with Anchovies and Tuna
* Baked Sausage and Chicken Pasta
* Spaghetti with Clams and Mussels
* Pasta Putanesca
* Tomato Pesto Pasta
* Pansit Molo
* Old Fashioned Soup
* Bachoy(meat internal organ) Special, A Delicious Filipino Recipe
* Fish Menudo
* Sweet and Sour Fish and Tofu
* Budget Paella
* Lengua con Salsa
* Embutido
* Morconitos
Snacks and Breakfast:
* French Toast
* Pizza Supreme
