{"id":13554,"date":"2011-06-01T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?page_id=13554"},"modified":"2011-06-01T16:48:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T22:48:20","slug":"food-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/food-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stock_colored_eggs.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16834\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stock_colored_eggs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Farm fresh eggs\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stock_colored_eggs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/stock_colored_eggs.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I believe that food should be fun and cooking should be enjoyable. \u00a0I believe that we are what we eat and food has the ability to heal our bodies along with nourishing us. \u00a0The catch is that this can only be achieved by eating whole foods.<\/p>\n<p>Real Foods.<\/p>\n<p>Foods that we have to touch and prepare. \u00a0Not foods that come from a box, get heated up in the microwave, and scarfed down in front of the TV.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m talking about foods that you have to cook and assemble in some way.<\/p>\n<p>Real food does not mean processed food. \u00a0Real Food is simple food and processed as little as possible. \u00a0Real Food is made up of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fresh fruit and vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Whole Grains (oats, brown rice, whole wheat etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Locally Raised Meats (or at least, pasture raised, organic meats)<\/li>\n<li>Wild-Caught Seafood<\/li>\n<li>Local dairy products<\/li>\n<li>Highest quality foods you can get<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16733 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Whole Roasted Chicken\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/whole_roast_chicken.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Real food can be things like canned beans, frozen vegetables, and canned tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Real food has either no ingredient list or the ingredient list is short and sweet, consisting of items you can recognize and pronounce.<\/p>\n<p>Real food doesn\u2019t contain chemicals and preservatives. Real food wasn\u2019t developed in a lab. Real food isn\u2019t made up of cheap fillers.<\/p>\n<p>Real foods not only feed us, but they sustain and nourish us. \u00a0Living a healthy life doesn\u2019t have to be hard, expensive, or challenging. \u00a0It can be amazing!<\/p>\n<p>Real foods are foods that you touch. \u00a0That you embrace. That you get involved with and turn into a meal.<\/p>\n<p>But you have to be willing to put in the work and some effort. \u00a0Nothing comes for free; we have to want it and be willing to work for it.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s get back in the kitchen, spend some time making great food so that we can heal and nourish our bodies!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Embrace Food, Embrace Life!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe that food should be fun and cooking should be enjoyable. \u00a0I believe that we are what we eat and food has the ability to heal our bodies along with nourishing us. \u00a0The catch is that this can only be achieved by eating whole foods. Real Foods. Foods that we have to touch and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4KYWa-3wC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}