Author’s career writing books on eating healthy born of necessity
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TERRY Walters, clean-food chef, educator and author of the new cookbook “Eat Clean Live Well,” says her cooking career started as a necessity and became a passion.
The more than 175 recipes in her third book continue in the vegan, gluten-free vein that yielded best sellers “Clean Food” and “Clean Start.”
It all started, Walters said, when she was diagnosed with high cholesterol some 30 years ago.
“I was trying to figure out what is healthy, and then how to make it taste good,” the 48-year old said. “The palate of foods that I was able to work with was made quite small by my own health issues and then with my children, who had a number of food sensitivities.”
A James Beard Foundation Award finalist, Walters, who lives outside Hartford, Connecticut, spoke about her trial-and-error culinary education, her tips to make healthy food delicious, and why she does not subscribe to the vegan label.
Q: What is eating clean?
For me it is foods that are minimally processed so we can get maximum nutrition ... For one person, cleaning up their diet might mean getting artificial ingredients out of their processed food; for another it might mean getting rid of processed food altogether. There’s no judgment here. It’s not a trend. It’s a return to understanding of what food is, how it works in the body and how we can make it delicious so we can be healthy and happy.
Q: Are you a vegan?
I’m probably more vegan than most people who call themselves that; however, I eat for balance. I eat some fish, I take fish oil, I do what feels right for me. To me these are the foods we all need more of, no matter what else is on your plate.
Q: What’s always in your pantry?
Two or three jars of different grains, one or two jars of nuts, maybe almonds, or seeds. Pumpkin seeds are always there. And I always have canned and dried beans, a good olive oil and great sea salt. Onions, garlic and greens are always in the refrigerator.
Q: Do you have any advice for the novice who wants to eat cleaner?
When you go to the grocery store, buy something you’re not used to buying. If you don’t know where to begin, start with something green.
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