The Happy Lemba

 Carbohydrates are easy to find in many foods, potatoes, quinoa, oats, and beets. During the last years, carbohydrates had had bad press, however, humans need carbs for their organism, they are a source of energy and many food that are high in carbs also provide fiber.  On the other side, added sugars are a serious issue in nourishment. Much of the food industry rely in sugars, like cookies, sodas, sauces, candies, and pastry, it is cheaper but unhealthy. Nevertheless, there are a difference in Carbs and added sugars; while the first is something we can find naturally in food, sugars are added intentionally in products to enhance the flavor.  Today, it is recognize that eat big amounts of products with added sugars, damage our health. "Eating a diet that’s high in added sugar is bad news for your heart, according to a major 2014 study. The researchers found that eating more than the recommended amount of added sugar may increase your risk of dying from heart disease".(D...

As a future chef I consider that nutrition is an important topic in cooking. Nowadays, this discipline is taking relevance in the cuisine world, since there is a growing trend about health food and take care of our body through what we eat. Breakfast, by Daniela Constantini Personally, I am really interested about healthy diets and how we can learn to improve our meals through better recipes and techniques. I discovered that is not so difficult to enhance our diet, however, there is this idea that make our own food takes too much time and effort; a wrong idea. I am confident that this way of thought is changing, and nutrition is taking an important role today. The increasing of obesity and health issues related with bad nutrition were the red flag to draw the attention about how we eat?, and what are we eating? Having a poor diet can affect our bodies in many ways, and it is not strange the high rates of obesity and heart conditions related with the food quality we eat. Nutrition is th...

 In my country, Argentina, preserves are popular in the whole country. We called it, " escabeches ", a word derivative from the Arabic that means " stew and vinegar ". We eat them mostly as an appetizer, especially before a great " asado " (Argentinian barbecue) or just as a snack over a loaf of bread with a glass of wine or beer. Eggplant preserve is one of the most popular recipes in my country, since it is cheaper, easy to do and the ingredients are really simple and easy to get. Eggplant preserve by Edle Julve During my childhood I was not very fond of eggplant preserve, I simply did not like the flavor, or maybe my maternal grandmother did not make it very tasty. As humans, we change constantly, and nowadays it is in my top list of preserves (I like very much, cucumber and veal tongue preserve). In some way, I can say this is "my version" of eggplant preserve. I really enjoy strong tastes in food, the combination of garlic, parsley, vinegar ...