Dietitian and founder of kitchen&pantry Charlotte Miller,
explains how to keep healthy eating simple.
t’s far too easy to become
overwhelmed with the thought of
preparing healthy meals for yourself or your
family. Recently, there has been a distinct
trend toward “health foods” that use specialty
ingredients. While many of these may be
healthy and delicious, the ingredients are
often expensive and difficult to source –
particularly for those living outside affluent
areas of main cities. What we hear is that by
eating these foods we attain optimal health
and nutrition, prevent disease and develop
control over our personal health – implying
the opposing message that by choosing not to
eat these foods we are becoming ‘toxic’ and
sick. The lack of a middle path message can
lead to guilt, anxiety and obsession with the
foods we eat and give to our families.
I
When training people to prepare and cook
food, I have found an overwhelming number
feeling stressed and anxious. The reasons for
this range from poor cooking skills, lack of
time and money or a feeling that they are not
preparing food that is good enough. They
fear the shame of preparing an inadequate
meal and the money and time this will waste
in the process. These anxieties are driven by
the messages we constantly hear about “clean
eating” as we \