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Garlic: The Triple Threat In Your Kitchen

By the end of this blog I can almost guarantee that you will learn at least one thing about the benefits of garlic that you didn’t know before you started as well as the answer to this trivia question: Garlic is a vegetable otherwise known by what name? To find out the answer you’re going to have to read on and search for it…

Healthy Gourmet’s menu is inspired by world cuisine. We use garlic frequently in both fresh and powdered form to replicate authentic recipes from around the world. Whether your taste buds are attuned to Asian, African, European or American homestyle food, we’ve got you covered. You may be pleased to know that the garlic you’re eating is bringing more to the table than just flavor.

How Your Greens Can Help Beat Your Blues

good nutrition can help our brain deal with stress

Planning meals, feeding the family and thinking about food in general have become central to our daily routine during the Covid-19 lockdown. We are trying to follow the #stayathome mantra but in the process of doing so are finding ourselves in a predicament: We are almost always within close proximity of the kitchen and stress eating is becoming a temptation.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow…

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue and the Coronavirus Pandemic will end. In the mean time we need to focus on health and nutrition – in particular what to eat during lockdown to ensure we are consuming everything our body needs to keep our immune system and wellbeing in top shape.

Is Frozen Food Good For You?

Covid-19’s Frozen Food Fallout

You may have heard the expression “old age doesn’t come alone”. The Coronavirus is not unlike old age in the sense that it has brought with it a heap of household baggage in terms of its impact on our grocery expenditure and eating habits. Never has there been a time since World War 2 when as a nation we have given so much thought to planning what we are going to eat, where we are going to source our food and how much we are going to spend on food – after of course we have reassured ourselves that we have enough toilet paper in the house. Frozen food is occupying a bigger part of our grocery budget in the quest to combat empty shelves at the grocery store by planning ahead and frozen prepared meal delivery services such as EatFlavorly are becoming a household staple.

Almond Crusted Tenders with Buff-alo Sauce and Greek Yogurt Ranch

Buff-alo Almond Crusted Tenders Recipe

Healthy Highlights

At Healthy Gourmet, we often like to take American classics that lack the balanced nutrition factor, and tweak them to increase the benefits, and decrease calories. Our Buff-alo tenders are one of these popular items on our menu, here’s how we make it great.

We have substituted processed wheat flour with almond flour, made gut-friendly Greek yogurt ranch that’s better than the original (controversial stuff here). And added our goes-great-on-everything BUFF-alo sauce made from 3 ingredient hot sauce, grass-fed ghee (clarified butter), and coconut aminos, a soy-free soy sauce substitute.

Lower Carb
Gluten and Soy Free
Gut friendly Greek yogurt
Protein + flavor packed
No preservatives, nothing artificial

Food Allergies & Choosing A Meal Delivery Service

Living with food allergies requires a daily commitment to eating safely. Finding safe and healthy foods that fit your unique diet restrictions can be both pricey and time consuming. But what if there was an efficient and safe way to streamline even just one meal a day? Some gourmet meal services may be able to do just that and add to your overall quality of life in the process.

In addition to avoidance of your known food allergens, a few of the most important keys to eating safely when you have food allergies are becoming educated on the condition, evaluating important meal time considerations, and helping others keep you safe.Continue reading

Fruits You Thought Were Vegetables

We’re not shaming anyone here, there are multiple definitions of fruit and vegetables, and Healthy Gourmet is just here to clear things up. We explain what makes an edible plant a fruit and what makes it a vegetable below. To get straight to the point, here is a list of fruits you may have thought were vegetables.Continue reading

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What makes a “superfood” so super?

What qualifies as a superfood?

First of all, “superfood” is a marketing term. Basically, any food with multiple health benefits in relation to nutrient density could be considered a superfood. It is not a scientific term, so what qualifies as a superfood is up to the proponent to prove their claim.

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PCOS Diet Tips & Tailoring Your Diet to Meet Your Nutritional Needs

We met with Krystal Hammett, owner of Alternative Wellness Solutions and certified nutritionist to discuss what it takes to make a healthy diet. Krystal has helped clients with a variety of health and nutritional issues improve their health and lifestyles. When it comes to food, Krystal helps her clients tailor their diet to meet their nutritional needs.

One of Krystal’s passions is treating those with PCOS, a hormone imbalance common to women of reproductive age. Learn more about PCOS below.

Krystal Hammett
Owner of Alternative Wellness Solutions
Certified Holistic SpecialistContinue reading

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You Can’t Out-Train a Bad Diet

Do you like to go all-in on a workout and then reward yourself with junk food that completely negates all of the time, sweat and effort you just put in? Well, when put that way, it sounds pretty silly. Unfortunately, people do it all the time. A common scenario goes like this: you start working out to lose some weight and get in shape, but lose interest in the exercise because you fail to see the results. How does this happen? Why is it so hard to shed pounds and get shredded? Most likely, there is something going on with your diet that is slowing down your progress. According to our guest, “nutrition is 85% of the battle.” When you combine exercise with the proper diet, then you start see the desired results.Continue reading

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