Very few things taste as good as a ripe piece of fruit. Think about a ripe peach that is so juicy you have to eat it over the sink while the juice runs down your arm. Can’t you just imagine the taste of a ripe pear or a piece of sweet, red, cool watermelon? How about an intensely flavored, luscious Clementine---it’s easy to peel, and perfect for a lunchbox or as a snack. When ripe and fresh very few things come close to the flavor of fruit.
I have never understood why so many people drink fruit juice instead of eating the fruit. Mother Nature gave fruit natural sugar and a lot of fiber. Juice by creation is a processed food. Most if not all of the fiber is gone and the taste is not as intense as the real fruit. Even if you squeeze your own juice or put your fruit in a juice machine, you are going to lose fiber and nutrition. Why go to the trouble of having to wash a glass and the juicer? Just eat the fruit out of hand. The chewing sensation will tell your body you have eaten and the fiber will make you feel full. It will help your colon too.
Eating for health and flavor is easy. Always go for the real food first. The one that doesn’t come with a label. Anything with a label has been processed in some way. If it has been processed than some or all of its nutrition and fiber is gone. Eat real foods as close to their natural state as possible. Eating should not be hard to do. Just think and let your common sense guide you.
Cooking is easier than you think and you and your family are worth the time and effort it takes.
Simple cooking idea: The more colorful your plate the more nutritionally balanced it is.
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