Eat, Love Italy, Don’t Overdo It
By Marilyn Zink
Quick now, what do you think about when you think of Italy.
I`m guessing you said pasta, right?
I`m thinking of basil, pesto, olive oil and sundried tomatoes.
I`m also thinking of making some herb-infused oil with basil. I have this sweet tasting basil growing in a huge half barrel in our yard with tomatoes and parsley.
I want to make this oil and then dip home-made foccacia bread made with rosemary and oregano into the oil and vinegar. Sounds delish, doesn`t it?
Then tonight I made a pasta dish with sundried tomatoes, sliced black olives, olive oil, red pepper and onions with tuna in a home-made sauce sprinkled with oregano.
It doesn`t help that I recently finished reading “Eat, Pray, Love,` about a woman who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia over the course of a year. I guess you can figure what part the ‘èat’`is.
Now the movie by the same name is coming out this weekend starring Julia Roberts.All of this is fueling my desire to go to Italy, specifically Tuscany.
But hey, I`ll take Rome, Venice and the Amalfi Coast as part of the trip.According to the book by Elizabeth Gilbert, the Italians know how to enjoy themselves, and also how to eat with great pleasure and gusto.
Eating fresh healthy food is the best way to eat, as long as you don`t overdo it.
Maybe that’s where the praying comes in. :>)If you eat too much food, get overweight and suffer ill effects, then you might be praying for solutions.
Solutions to ill health effects such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, joint conditions and other conditions.It’s why I really believe in eating right and eating healthy. Good health starts with what you put in your mouth every day.
It’s what I try to help people with through the Herbal Collective magazine and our Herbguide site, where we have a number of healthy recipes that taste good, are nutritious and fairly easy to prepare. All utilize herbs and are low in sugar, saturated fat, salt, processed foods and white flour.Healthy food doesn’t mean boring. Healthy food can be and often is delicious, especially with the addition of herbs and spices. Instead of thinking about what you can’t or shouldn’t eat, re-orient that thinking to enjoying and savoring healthy food. Bon Appetit.
Marilyn Zink is the publisher of the Herbal Collective magazine and administrator of Herbguide, which seeks to guide people to learning about herbs through education, cooking, gardening, health, aromatherapy and crafts.
