Brite Beauty Tip: Tantalize your taste buds while trimming those hips!
Keeping your waistline trim can be such a bore sometimes. Chicken, chicken, chicken, salad…insanity! As my grandma would say, “A taste on the lips is added to the hips.” Well, I’m over it grandma – my taste buds have been wrapped in ceremonial linens and buried beneath the remnants of bland food. I need them to awaken and dance once again to to the taste of glorious spices, tantalizing textures and mouthwatering combinations.
How do I do this and keep a flattering waistline? Travel across the sea to a nation that has had this figured out for centuries…
Lebanese cuisine includes an abundance of starches, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood; animal fats are consumed sparingly. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat, and when red meat is eaten it is usually lamb on the coast and goat meat in the mountain regions. It also includes copious amounts of garlic and olive oil, often seasoned by lemon juice.
Rarely a meal goes by in Lebanon that does not include these ingredients. Most often foods are either grilled, baked or sautéed in olive oil; butter or cream is rarely used other than in a few desserts. Vegetables are often eaten raw or pickled as well as cooked. While the cuisine of Lebanon doesn’t boast an entire repertoire of sauces, it focuses on herbs, spices and the freshness of ingredients; the assortment of dishes and combination are almost limitless. The meals are full of robust, earthy flavors and, like most Mediterranean countries, much of what the Lebanese eat is dictated by the seasons. - Wikipedia
Finally taste buds! It’s the perfect dance; a divine partnership that waltzes between health and taste. To get you started on on this happy taste bud, slim-hip combo, check out the Mayo Clinic’s healthy Fattoush recipe.
Arise dear taste buds, unwrap those linens and dance once more!
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