HEALTHFUL GOURMET
Fantasy Foods These recipes highlight colourful, texture-rich ingredients that combine into treats for the palate. They are quick to prepare and easy to cook.
Indeed, the road to health can be paved with good intentions. The following three recipes, concocted by Publisher Max Brennan and his partner Jess, follow their plant-based philosophy of healthy eating with a tasty twist. They spend hours together shopping, learning,
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and preparing meals for themselves and the ones they love. The more you cook, the more you see patterns of what works and what may be combined in your own signature dishes. They have taken standard recipes, including ones that use meat, poultry, and fish, then added experience and experiment. Follow their lead. Keep notes. Over time, you will create your own recipes. Indeed, this is how all recipes and cuisines originated. Preparing food and eating together is one of the oldest and most basic cultural experiences. It’s bonding, life affirming. As they have followed others and developed their own style, so can you. Food is life. Enjoy the ride. © ISTOCK / MARJE
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Strange that some of the most nutritious, healthy, soul- and body-satisfying chow is also the tastiest. While fast-food purveyors from neighbourhood diners to megacorporations use science to highjack your taste buds—and your brain—with salt, sugar, and fat, nutritionists, chefs, and regular folks are creating just the opposite: dishes that look beautiful on the plate, taste wonderful, and provide your body with what it really needs.
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