Chicken and Romaine Salad

Chicken and Romaine Salad

Ingredients:

1 no chicken breast

3 leaf romaine salad

½ no red onion (sliced)

½ no grilled red capsicum (peeled and sliced)

Grated parmesan cheese

Black caviar

Seasoning: pinch of paprika, salt and pepper

Balsamic dressing

Pesto

Methods:

Poached chicken in to rosemary water until cooked andsliced, let it cool. Take 3 nos of romaine leaf and sliced julienne. Mixed wellchicken, romaine and red capsicum together with seasoning. Put 2 leaf ofromaine as base on plate, put chicken mix in the middle. Scatter parmesan andcaviar on the salad and put dressing.

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What do we know about Healthy Diet?

A Healthy Diet contains a balance of food groups and allnutrients necessary to promote good health and a good health is one key to ahealthy living which consists of positive social activities, hygiene, stressmanagement and health care.  A healthydiet involves consuming all nutrients and adequate amounts of water.  Composition of nutrients that are needed forour health growth includes macronutrients(proteins, fat and carbohydrates), energy(chemical reaction from food), minerals,vitamins and fiber.

The concept of healthy eating in our country is never takentoo seriously by most of us because of our environment and lifestyle thoughthere is campaign run by the authorities and individuals to practice healthydiet.  It is also notified that chronichealth risks such as obesity, heart diseases, diabetes and cancer mostly causedby improper eating habit.

How do we maintain healthy diet?        

·       The basic principle of healthy diet is to eat awide variety of foods from natural sources. It is important because differentfoods contribute different nutrition. Apart from fruits, vegetables, grain,legumes (foods high in complex carbohydrates), fiber, vitamins and minerals.Low fat food and cholesterol free should make up the bulk of calories youconsume. The rest should come from lean meat or poultry and fish.

·       Maintain a balance between calorie intake andexpenditure, for example, do not eat more then your body can utilize orotherwise you will gain weight.  Moreactive or do fitness activity (sports) balance to your leisure activity (watchingTVs etc).

A healthy diet doesn?t mean to eating foods that are blandor unappealing or in other words you can?t eat cheeseburger but just be sure tolimits how frequently you eating such foods.

In long terms our body got effected from what we?re eatingeveryday from the day one. The foods that we eat influenced our dailyactivities so does it effects our health. A healthy person have a healthy mind and body, there it continues tobuild happiness too.

The British Heart Foundation said ?you are what you eat?and have guidance towards what is recommended for our daily eating habits.

Today, most restaurants operators or food manufacturersdon?t really bother about nutrition content of selling food product as long asthey making profits. It is important for us to have knowledge of what to eat ondaily basis.

I hope you enjoy, till next time? Have a great day? ?)

Chef Nash