The Amercian Club - Summer Magazine 2022

Eat Healthy & Tasty with Dan Durkin Dan Durkin, Director of Food & Beverage, dishes out tips and tricks on how to make healthy food taste delicious – even your vegetable-loathing munchkins will love it. FEATURE

Struggl ing to prepare healthy meals that not only are kind to your waistl ine, but also taste good on your fork? You’re not alone. Many home cooks have a tough time

and spices instead.

Into the Oven Many peop l e ha t e t he t a s t e o f s upe r- hea l t hy veg g i e s , s uch a s bee t r oo t .

figur ing out how to make healthy food taste del icious. And many assume that only unhealthy food tastes g o o d ,

Bu t you c an l ea r n t o l ove t hem and bene f i t f r om t he i r nu t r i t i ona l con t en t by p r epa r i ng t hem t he r i gh t way. Me l l ow o r ba l ance ou t t he ea r t hy f l avo r s o f bee t s by r oa s t i ng t hem. J u s t cu t o f f t he l eave s and s t em. Then , l i ne a ba k i ng s hee t wi t h pa r chmen t pape r, and ba ke t hem f o r a t l ea s t ha l f an hou r. Pee l and s e r ve wi t h mu s t a r d . Roa s t i ng wo r k s g r ea t

w h i l e h e a l t h y f o o d i s d o o m e d t o b e t a s t e l e s s and look a l ittle sadder on the plate.

For tunately, they’re wrong. Check out some of Dan's useful tips for making any healthy meal into one you’ l l savor.

wi t h o t he r veg g i e s , t oo . Mos t j u s t need t o be t os s ed wi t h a b i t o f o l i ve o i l and t opped wi t h s p i ce s .

A Little Goes a Long Way A l ittle bit of salt won’t hur t you. But don’t fal l into

The Trending Vegetable

the trap of adding way too much salt to make up for a meal ’s low fat content. Cut back on salt and tr y herbs

Steam and puree caul iflower, and use it in place of cream.

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