Are You Fooling Yourself?

Many low fat, low calorie, low carbohydrate, low salt foods exist. Food manufacturers go out of their way to give the public what they want. You can find a diet version of almost every kind of packaged food. If you have dietary concerns that prevent you from enjoying sugar or full fat foods, then the lower varieties are perfect for you.

If you do not have dietary concerns, why do you buy the low fat or low salt versions? If you are trying to save calories when you buy baked potato chips you are fooling yourself. Admittedly, a serving of baked potato chips does have fewer calories than the fried ones, but the flavor is not the same. When the flavor is not the same you end up eating more because you are trying to get the taste satisfaction you crave. If you eat double or triple the amount of the low fat version, you defeated any value the low fat version had to begin with. You can justify it by saying they are better for you, but the “better” is gone if you consume too many.

Let’s Cook Tonight® teaches a common sense approach to cooking and eating for maximum health, flavor and enjoyment. Eating is a pleasure and it makes sense to enjoy all the foods you love, salty snacks included. It does not make sense to tamper with those snacks to give the false appearance of healthy. Potato chips are a snack food; they no longer have the nutritional value of a baked potato. Eat and enjoy the chips with full fat and full salt and, therefore, full flavor. Do not buy the low fat variety and fool yourself into thinking you are eating something healthy.

Cooking is easier than you think and you are worth the time and effort it takes.

Simple cooking idea: The smaller you cut your vegetables the quicker they will cook.

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