A New Healthy Lifestyle Made Possible By Pizza

Would you now want to start your track towards a healthier lifestyle? You will have to start with a change in your eating habits. The healthy lifestyle is an eating style that is devoid of chemicals and pesticides. It is a way to reduce the risk in the growth of cancer cells in your system. This is going organic in the foods that you eat, including pizza.

You will often hear today about people wanting to go organic. They are wary about eating foods that had been grown with chemicals and pesticides. Yes - many people believe that among the culprits in cancer are the different chemicals that had been infused in the foods that we eat.

Would you now want to start your track towards a healthier lifestyle? You will have to start with a change in your eating habits. Should you be giving up sweets, cakes and ice cream? Or perhaps, you would totally keep away from the fatty burgers and fries. The healthy lifestyle I am referring to in this article is one eating style that is devoid of chemicals and pesticides. It is a way to reduce the risk in the growth of cancer cells in your system.

You can now start your great pledge of avoiding non-organic foods. What are organic foods then? These are foods that were produced without the involvement of synthetic inputs, namely chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. The soil was made fertile through natural animal and plant wastes. The organic foods are more preferred because of some health issues about the non-organic kinds. Your meal that is free from the synthetic feeds for animals, pesticides and fertilizers for plants is your new healthy lifestyle.

Pizza lovers who are very health conscious have something to rejoice about. There are different pizza restaurants that serve healthy options. All the ingredients used in the preparation and concoction of the pizza are organic - from the meat to the vegetables, seasonings and crust.

The crust of the pizza is made from organic wheat and flour. The wheat has been grown with natural fertilizers, processed in a natural way to avoid contamination with chemicals. For the meat part, the animals were only fed with their feeds that are devoid of chemicals. This means that the foods of the swine and cows have no chemicals in them

The remaining ingredients are the vegetables as well as the cheese and other seasonings. All these had also been produced organically. As for the taste, you should never think that these are tasteless. They have the original flavor - what you have been used to. The crust tastes like ordinary crust, the meat is just the same, the vegetables are fresh and crisp. There is nothing lacking in the taste; there is nothing amiss in the ingredients.

If you are really concerned about health issues, you can start on keeping a healthy lifestyle through the pizza that you eat. Make sure that every piece of meat or cheese or crust or vegetable in the recipe had been produced organically. Then and only then can you say that you have a healthier lifestyle. Your pizza is absolutely free from the health hazards brought about by chemicals and pesticides.

A Caterer Prepares and Serves Great Meals for All Occasions

When you are in charge of planning a large celebration or party of some kind, planning the food is one thing that you should not do yourself. You should hire a caterer and let that company be responsible for that aspect of the party. There are several reasons that you should do this. For one thing, the food is one of the biggest parts of parties. People come to visit and for support, but they are also there for the food. You will not want to be responsible if the food is bad or if people get sick from it. You will also not want to be responsible if there is not enough food. Planning the food for a large event also takes a lot of time. You must plan it, prepare it and then bring it to the hall or location of the party. Next, you will have to worry about keeping it hot or cold, and then serving it. When the party is over, who will be responsible for cleaning all of it up? Yes, you guessed it: you.

By hiring a caterer, you can eliminate all of these worries, problems and duties. They will be responsible for all of these things, and that is what they are good at. Catering companies are known for serving excellent food and for being efficient at serving it. They are great at planning too. When you give them a count of how many people will be there, they will have plenty of food to serve these people. If your count is off and an additional 50 people show up, there might be a problem then, but that is your responsibility to give an accurate count.

When you hire a caterer, you will be given a menu. This menu offers the options that you have to choose from. Certain options might be more costly than others, and there are usually different menus for different purposes. For example, if you are planning a brunch gathering, they will give you a specific menu that contains the food options for brunch meals. They may also have dinner menus, lunch menus and appetizer menus. You will be given many options when it comes to the food choices and drinks.

The other option that a caterer will give you is how the meal is served. You have three primary choices for this. It can be served buffet style. This is where people come up to a line, grab a plate and take what they would like. The second option is family style. This is where a plate of each of the meal entrees are served to each table. The people at the tables take what they would like and they then pass the plates or bowls around the table to the other guests. The final option is to serve the meals by the plate. Each guest would receive a plate of food, and every plate would look exactly alike.

Best Biltong Snacks Made the South African Way

With most people looking to save money on just about every purchase at the moment, many retailers have to try harder than ever to tempt their customers - even when it comes to the impulse buy. British tastes have changed radically in the last twenty years, with a focus on health and well-being, meaning that snacking and snack foods have a bad press amongst many consumers. For those retailing in the food and hospitality industries re-positioning their snack offerings is essential to continue to maximise a profitable turn over.

The good news is that although many areas of retail are struggling to survive in the recession, the snack industry is still growing relatively well. Even where domestic food budgets are being squeezed, it seems the temptation to snack continues to, well, bite! Besides, it offers comfort and is often the centre of a social occasion with friends at home. For pubs, bars and convenience stores finding the right products to market to their ever peckish clientele is also easier as the range of products available on the market is much wider than in the past. One rapidly growing market and popular consumer trend lies in the direction of biltong, which is gradually spreading its reach around the UK. Biltong originates in South Africa and is a healthy, air dried meat product marinated in a traditional blend of herbs and spices. It has, in recent years been produced in the UK, to cater for the growing ex-pat community.

In terms of marketability it's a great product to aim at the health conscious consumer. Low in fat, high in protein and essential vitamins, it has long been popular with the more sporty outdoor type. Produced using lean cuts of meat, normally beef but including game and even ostrich, biltong falls among the savoury snack category. Jerky has been better known in the UK until recent years and has already proved to be a popular substitute in pubs and other eateries as an alternative to the usual suspects. Biltong is a similar product, but without the sweetness of jerky and is a healthier alternative to most traditional savoury snacks.

Biltong distributors and manufactures in the UK are generally of the ex-pat variety, creating this authentic meaty snack to their own traditional South African recipe. The actual import from South Africa is not allowed under UK and EU regulations, but with the number of small businesses producing and distributing the product it's not difficult to source. In addition to the range of pubs and bars now stocking biltong products, Morrisons, Tescos and a range of smaller outlets are now helping to raise the profile of biltong in the UK. It's also increasingly found in small butchers around the country and proving equally popular here as it's a great base for a whole range of recipes. For those looking to stock the South African snack option, there are biltong distributors in the UK specifically focussed on supplying trade outlets. Variety is considered the spice of life and in the case of this beefy meat product it can offer a very affordable way to flavour up any menu.

Milton Keynes based biltong supplier sells locally produced beef biltong made to a traditional South African family recipe. Offering a healthy alternative to many traditional snack foods, biltong is finding increasing popularity within the UK market.

What Is a Full English Breakfast?

Breakfast is the first meal consumed after fasting an entire night. A nutritious breakfast will keep the hunger pangs away during the day. Small lunches and light dinners are enough to help you get through a full working day. Traditionally in Britain and Ireland, a full English breakfast was popular. Today the importance of a full breakfast has taken a step back. Life has become so fast and quick that eating a good breakfast is a luxury these days. It is now eaten only on weekends, holidays and vacations. It is unclear about the origin of the English breakfast. However, it is believed to have originated in rural England. It was a sustaining meal for workers to help them through a long morning of hard labor.

Menu of the breakfast

An English breakfast generally begins with orange juice, cereals and fruits. But the heart of the English breakfast is bacon and eggs. Breakfast is incomplete without them. Sausages, devilled kidneys, porridge, kippers, mushrooms, toast and marmalade and grilled tomatoes are some of its accompaniments. Breakfast is then rounded off with a good cup of tea.

The choice of accompaniments in each county of the United Kingdom can be different. While the breakfast may include fried bread, black pudding and baked beans, the Scottish may include potato scones and oat cakes. The Irish will substitute with white pudding and soda bread. The Welsh prefer the laver bread or laver cakes. They are a combination of seaweed and oatmeal.

Cooking and eating the English breakfast

The breakfast is cooked fresh, except the tomatoes. Though frying is not a healthy option, grilled food lacks grease and may not have the required moisture. Slowly friend bacon and sausages can really be lip smacking. Its flavors are not too spiky but are familiar. Though the full breakfast is served with a large mug of tea, these days coffee is also being served.

Since the full breakfast is a rare treat these days, most people enjoy it well cooked, with plenty of moisture. Eggs are an essential item on the menu and no one wants the rubbery poached eggs. The scrambled or fried eggs are preferred. Cooking the fried egg the right way is important.

Healthy Eating for One

Healthy eating for one can be a pain. It's tempting to buy ready meals when you are eating on your own, but these can be laden with hidden fat and salt.

Unfortunately, healthy eating for one is rarely promoted in the media, and often the images given to us singletons are those of Bridget Jones' eating ice cream in her pyjamas, but healthy eating on your own doesn't need to be depressing.

The most difficult thing when cooking for one is that it is hard to make single size portions, and you don't want to end up eating the same leftovers for a whole week. The second hurdle is motivating yourself to cook after a long day at work, when you get on from a hard day the last thing you want to do is spend an hour rustling up a healthy meal.

There is also the question of space, many of us singletons live in studio apartments with limited fridge and worktop space, which can make cooking a nightmare.

So how can healthy eating for one be achieved without too much fuss and hassle? Here are a few tips that can make eating on your own a healthy and enjoyable experience:

    Learn the basics

There are many online resources to teach you the basics of cooking. Video blogs are ideal, but simply searching 'learn how to cook' will provide you with numerous options. For the technophobes, there are many easy to follow cookbooks, pop into your local bookshop and let them know you are looking for the basics!

    Adapt to your environment

Although the chefs on TV all seem to be cooking in warehouse sized kitchens, it doesn't mean you can't make delicious meals with limited space and tools. Look out for 'one pot' recipes and resources aimed specifically at small spaces. Again there are many blogs out there specifically for smaller kitchens, simply tap 'cooking in a small kitchen' into your search bar.

    Make your own ready meals

When you have a bit of spare time, perhaps on a Sunday when you have exhausted all the trash TV, make some meals that can be frozen in individual servings. You can buy the foil containers for individual portions, and stews, soups and casseroles are perfect for freezing and can be knocked up relatively easily. They are also easy to make in one pot, so perfect for that tiny oven!

    Choose healthy

Healthy eating doesn't need to be difficult, by simply replacing ingredients for healthier ones you can cut saturated fat in half. Opt for white meats over red, for example, replacing beef mince with turkey mince in bolognaise will cut the fat to almost nothing.

    Buy plenty of Tupperware

One of the most frustrating things about healthy eating for one is wasting food. Supermarkets don't sell many things in single portions, so make sure you have plenty of Tupperware to hand for freezing and storing things in the fridge. It's also a good idea to buy some labels to date all your stored items so you don't end up with year old meals festering in the back of your freezer.

Hopefully these simple guidelines have given you a bit of inspiration to avoid the ready meal aisle on your next shopping trip. Happy eating!

James Carrington lives in London, UK - and provides nutrition advice for sport and general health.