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Dominic

These days, it is very hard to get teens to eat healthier foods. With all of the fast food and junk food that is available to them, it is difficult to get them to want a salad for dinner. However, by taking some simple steps and implementing them in your home, you can greatly increase the chances of getting your teenagers to eat healthy.

The first step is to make cooking a priority in your home. By cooking at home more, you will make everyone healthier and save money at the same time. Get the teenagers involved by choosing healthy recipes together and teaching them how to cook at the same time. Let them make some of the decisions about what you will cook and give them some of the responsibility.

Also, try to find alternative ways to make their favourite meals. If they love chicken tenders, for instance, try to find an alternative recipe that makes them a bit healthier. If the do not like salad, add things to it that they do like and have them try it. Letting them experiment and try new foods is also important.

Most of all, educate them on why they need to make these changes while they are still young. The key to healthier is understanding the reasons why it is so important. Kids and teenagers tend to think they are invincible, so it may take some time and energy to get them to understand why healthy eating is even important at their age.

To your food heaven

Dominic

Remember when you were a child and your mother always made sure you had three hearty meals throughout the day? Well, this has changed somewhat over the years as health experts have found that eating 5 or 6 smaller meals is a better option for most people. However, another change has also occurred with the size and timing of these meals. One might wonder: Has lunch become the new main meal?

Whereas dinner has historically been the main meal of the day, that seems to be changing. More and more people are having their largest meal of the day at lunch and opting for a small snack for dinner. When you think about it, the reasoning behind this change is actually pretty sound.

Eating a big (and often carbohydrate-laden) meal right before bed is not a great idea. Because most people do not exercise at night, it is not a great idea to eat that much food and then go to bed a couple of hours later. It is also not a great idea for your digestive system because it is supposed to rest at night. Therefore, you will end up with a stomach full of food just sitting there until morning. This leads to weight gain as well as messing up your digestive process due to having large amounts of food sitting for hours on end.

It is a better idea to eat the majority of your calories in the middle of the day (or even at the beginning of the day) so that you have time to burn them off before going to bed. By just having a healthy snack at dinner, you will have time to digest your food before going to bed. Another strategy is to always eat your dinner snack at least 4 hours before going to bed as well.

To your food heaven

Dominic

I have decided to put together my best beef curry recipe for all you beef curry fans out there. I used to have a lot of asian customers in my old days so I have put together my secret recipe that used to have them coming back for seconds. This recipe is very easy to follow and will have you wanting your own seconds.

Ingredients:

500g diced steak
1 tbs margarine
1 lge onion,finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tbs ground coriander
1 heaped tsp ground turmeric
½ tsp ground black pepper
6 thin slices fresh ginger
2 fresh green chillies, finely chopped
pinch of ground chillies
2 tsp desiccated coconut
1 1/4 cups water
salt
½ cup coconut cream

Method:

Melt the marg in a large heavy pot, then gently sauté the onion & garlic for 3-4 mins. Add the coriander, turmeric, cumin, pepper, ginger, chopped and ground chillies and the steak. Stir to coat the steak and let it cook for another 5 mins. Pour in the water, cover and simmer over a low heat until the steak is tender. When it is almost cooked, sprinkle with the coconut and stir in the coconut cream.

Continue cooking until the steak is soft but doesnt break up.
Just before serving add the salt to taste.

Enjoy making my best beef curry recipe

Dominic

It seems like life is moving so fast these days that eating healthy is a hard task to accomplish. People are working, carting kids around town and generally just trying to get by with their daily lives. However, in order to encourage and maintain optimum health, it is so important to know how to start eating healthy and what to eat.

Although every person has slightly different dietary needs, overall we should all be eating a variation of the same healthy diet. This includes eating fruit, vegetables, complex carbohydrates and lean protein. However, there are some rules even within the “good” food list. For instance, one should try to eat the fruits that are not as high in sugar. Grapes, for example, are high in sugar. That does not mean you should never eat grapes, of course, but you do not want to eat them in large amounts or every single day.

As far as carbohydrates, you want to focus on those that will break down into sugar at a slower speed in the body. For instance, a sweet potato would be preferable to a white potato because of the rate at which it breaks down.

With vegetables, you want to eat a variety which includes every colour of the rainbow. Do not focus on just one vegetable that you like. Instead, aim for several servings a day with greens and vibrant colours alike such as spinach, red peppers and carrots. The more variety, the more nutrients you will receive.

To your food heaven

Dominic