4 Ways to Make Healthy Foods Taste Better

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Healthy foods has a bad reputation for being flavorless or boring to eat: but it doesn’t have to be that way!

So instead, put in the work to find ways to prepare your favorite dishes or dishes that you may like after you’ve tried them, and realize there’s more to healthy food than salad and raw veggies.

Heat Doesn’t Make Things Unhealthy

Many people assume that you have to eat raw to eat healthily. 

That’s not true. 

Although you should eat a plethora of different foods, the main thing that matters is how you prepare them. 

Grilling food can allow many flavors to reach the meat and veggies, and it also keeps it from filling with fat like frying it would. Of course, steaming can be nice to ensure that there’s no oil. Still, a minimal spray of cooking oil on a baking sheet and then tossing your veggies with seasoning can give you some delicious roasted vegetables that taste sinful but are delicious.

Add Moderate Amounts of Seasoning

Healthy food doesn’t have to be flavorless! 

You can add a lot of flavor with fresh garlic, some chopped peppers, or any other kind of green seasoning that isn’t salt or oil.  If eating healthy sounds like flavorless broccoli to you: you can do better than that. 

Take the time to season and prep your dishes in a way that will keep you happy and have you looking for more.

Capsaicin can be found in almost every hot pepper and helps lower your appetite while also adding many flavors.  Keeping things like pepper jelly on hand to taste your food without adding a ton of calories can make healthy food far more enjoyable.

Rethink What’s Healthy to You

Many may think that the chicken wrap is healthier when given a choice between a veggie-filled bowl of pho or a wrap with chicken, spinach, cheese, and sauce, many may think that the chicken wrap is healthier, but that’s incorrect.  We’re told many foods are more nutritious, and it’s usually from advertisements showing what they’re healthier than.

Almost anything can look healthy next to a cheeseburger.

Instead, do your research and look for recipes outside of your comfort zone that are healthier options! 

Soups may not fill you up, but stuffing them with veggies and delicious healthy protein can help keep you full.

Let Your Tastebuds Catch Up

Don’t assume that just because you don’t like something enough now, that your taste buds won’t eventually adapt to it. 

Eating healthy food can be a shock at first, with lower amounts of sodium and sugar being strange for tongues used to a lot of them: but your taste will adapt to it. 

After two to three weeks of cutting down on sugar or salt, food will naturally start to taste sweeter as you keep eating it.

This doesn’t mean a carrot will naturally taste like cotton candy. Still, you can enjoy slices of watermelon, or whole peaches, in an entirely different view after your tongue has acclimated.  Eating healthy is something that you’re doing for your long-term health.  Don’t fight against giving your body the time it takes to catch up to these changes.

What tips do you have to make healthy foods taste better?