To be prepared & enjoyed when you’re stuck in the grind of work, study, and life… BODY FOOD Maybe because I’m a restless kinda person, but often I find myself feeling a little “stuck” in the day-to-day monotony of work or study. It feels like I’m on a conveyer belt, going round and round the same corners and bends, but [...]
To be cooked & enjoyed when you’ve said goodbye to someone (or something) you care about… BODY FOOD Saying goodbye is never easy. In fact, whether it’s a lover, a house, or a chapter of your life – saying goodbye doesn’t ever seem to get any easier. This week I had to say goodbye to a beautiful soul that became [...]
To be prepared & enjoyed when you’re feeling homesick… BODY FOOD It sucks to feel homesick. But it seems like it’s just one of those emotions we all feel, sooner or later, at some point in our lives. I think I first met “it” while living in Spain, when one night I looked up at the sky and realised I [...]
To be baked & enjoyed when you’re lacking that extra motivation to clean the house, mow the lawn, or take out the rubbish… BODY FOOD Remember the song “A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down” from Mary Poppins? She sings that in “ev’ry job that must be done, there is an element of fun”; and ”that ev’ry task you [...]
To be cooked & enjoyed when you are “com saudade”… (a Portuguese term for the “feeling of missing something you love while knowing that its likelihood of return is unknowable & left entirely to fate”) BODY FOOD To be “com saudade” is a poignant Portuguese concept that can’t seem to be translated as succinctly in any other language. When translated [...]
To be prepared & enjoyed (in moderation!) when you’ve lost your appetite for food, for life, and for everything really… BODY FOOD Okay, so I understand that it’s slightly weird of me to tell you that there are health benefits to drinking alcohol, because there are uber amounts of negative effects we’re all aware of. But hear me out here [...]
To be baked and enjoyed when you have great friends over that make you smile and laugh like a crazy person – and therefore can’t help but show lots of your pearly whites… BODY FOOD Cheese is extremely high in calcium and this is the most important thing when it comes to strong teeth. In addition, it has a very [...]
To be cooked and enjoyed when you’ve got that hot date coming up & you wanna look and feel like gold – but your uber eager appetite and that little black dress are at odds with each other… BODY FOOD Quinoa is a recently rediscovered ancient “grain” (it’s actually a seed but used like a grain) native to South America. [...]
To be baked and enjoyed when you’ve got something incredibly awesome to celebrate, and you’re feeling rather indulgent and epicurean…BODY FOODOkay, so chocolate isn’t exactly the healthiest thing in the food pyramid – but if consumed in moderation, research shows that it may help with your maths! A 2009 study showed that people did a better job of counting backwards [...]
To be cooked and enjoyed when you’ve been going 24/7 on that project / assignment for waaay too long, and you’re completely exhausted down to the bone… BODY FOODSilverbeet, also known as swiss chard, is known to do amazing things for our bones. It is very high in calcium, and together with vitamin K and magnesium, it provides more than [...]
To be baked and enjoyed when you’re feeling bloated and heavy, but still want to have something rich and sweet; and you wouldn’t mind an energy boost… BODY FOOD Apart from tasting yummy, coconut improves digestion and many of the symptoms of digestive and bowel disorders, by providing beneficial dietary fiber and by supporting absorption of other nutrients. It also [...]
To be cooked and enjoyed when you want to fight off the cancerous thoughts and emotions that are bringing you down… BODY FOOD Tomatoes are high in lycopene, a vital anti-oxidant that helps in the fight against cancerous cell formation. Unfortunately our bodies don’t naturally produce lycopene, but luckily tomatoes have more of it than any other fruit or vegetable. [...]
Hurro everyone! Graci In The Kitchen Season 1 wrapped up in December 2012, but the content is still being shared over new exciting mediums like on iFood TV! “iFood.tv is a multi-platform video channel for food and cooking content. iFood.tv videos are available on the web (www.ifood.tv), mobile devices (iOS and Android), and Connected TV platforms (Roku, Boxee, Google [...]
Graci In the Kitchen is a cooking show with a twist! Launched in June 2012, Season One of GITK has already gained an online viewership of thousands.
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