Eating is a multi-sensual pleasure that we can enjoy several times a day for as long as we live. Nature has given us countless ingredients which we can use to create an endless parade of delicious recipes.
Edible fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, herbs and spices, as they are found in nature are designed to entice us. Their colors, shapes and aroma invite and persuade us.
From subtle to lush, we enjoy their distinctive flavors. In a perfect, mysterious symbiotic relationship they delight, energize and nourish us. In return we ensure their survival by spreading the seeds.
These natural unprocessed ingredients, commonly known as whole foods, are the ingredients I choose to use in cooking.
The New Taste Journal is a collection of over 600 healthy and delicious recipes that were created using a wide variety of simple yet amazing natural whole food ingredients. New recipes are added weekly.
The journal is more about your daily diet than it is about "being on a diet". There is clearly no starvation or deprivation to be found on these pages. The real message here has to do with avoiding and not settling for the manufactured processed foods that have wound their way into every meal and snack that we eat. These convenience foods are enhanced with an unreasonable amount of sugar, salt and fat, not to mention artificial flavors and preservatives.
Unfortunately when we are raised on such foods, soda and salty fried snacks for example, it is hard for us to identify and enjoy the subtle, natural flavors found in whole foods like fruits and grains. Simple observation shows us that the enhanced fake flavors tend to trump the natural flavors found in real food.
The wonderful thing about the recipes on these pages is that they are designed to be every bit as tasty as anything you have ever eaten. After thirty years of working as a chef I have developed the understanding needed to create such dishes.
This website was started a few years ago in an effort to teach my kids how to cook and eat healthy. It is basically just a journal of the foods I eat everyday. Over time these pages have grown and so have the followers.
Please enjoy preparing these recipes and be sure to share them and the food with your friends. I hope they bring you good health and happiness!