I really love food. It’s true that I’m mostly concerned with health, and I’ve been known to do things like go on all-raw stints or drink a lemon juice/apple cider vinegar/water cocktail, supposedly good for the liver. Or maybe the kidneys. I even grow my own parsley for use in the I green veggie juice I drink in the morning. While I do all these things in pursuit of health, I have a secret: I am a foodie.
I buy chocolate based on the region in which it was grown. My husband has visited the dairy farm that produces the milk we buy, and we make a point to note the different flavors in the milk depending on the time of year. Once we shceduled a vacation with friends entirely around where we would eat our meals, and as a result we ate our way through Sonoma County. So, besides in interest in organic food and sustainable business practices, my foodie-ism is another component to what motivates me.
Eating Well is a magazine that, for me, combines both of my food-loving persuasions. In particular, I’d like to point out that EatingWell.com is a good resource for those of us who want our food to be as good for our health as it is pleasing to the taste buds. They have an arsenal of recipes, all of which can be altered to use sustainable, local ingredients and healthy fats. For example, in the Chicken Mulligatawny recipe currently featured, I would replace the canola oil with organic coconut oil, and I’d be sure to use organic chicken and vegetables.
One of my favorite parts of the site is the list of Kitchen Tips and Techniques. When I was first learning to cook, I would have killed to have access to such a list! They have good, simple directions on stuff like roasting garlic and how to properly cut a mango. These things are second nature to me now, but towards the beginning of my career as a cook I embarrassed myself many, many times by cutting a mango like a fool.
Also, if, like the folks over at The Ethicurean, you’re getting really sick of winter’s assortment of greens and root vegetables, here are some interesting recipes for sweet potatoes one Eating Well’s site that you might enjoy. So hold tight, buy good citrus while you still can, and use variety in cooking methods to maintain your sanity until berries are in season again.
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