Dear FCC Families,
I am very looking forward to meeting you again this coming Saturday, May 14th for our 2nd cooking event! We are going to explore some food items made from various rices and grains, including Pearl Meat Balls, Fried Rice Noodles, Sesame Balls and Almond-flavored Rice Milk.
There is a book by Grace Young,
The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, has mentioned about rice in Chinese culture. Let me quote, " Rice's importance to Chinese culture is reflected in the language. The Cantonese, for example, have two words for rice:
Mai, which is the raw rice, and
fan, the cooked grain.
Fan also just means "food," as in the common, everyday greeting, "
Nay sik zaw fan may?" The literal translation is " Have you had your rice yet?," but
fan in this sentence symbolizes all food." unquote. The book also mentioned some interesting phrases that use rice to indicate wealth, good marriage, secure job.....etc. So definitely need to have some rice in your home!
Have you heard of
The Healthy Eating Pyramid published by Dept. of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health? Here is the
link. Basically, it advises us to have good foundation of exercises & weight control strategies, eat more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and healthy fats/oils from plants, then have plenty seeds/nuts/legumes, fish.chicken, eggs as protein sources, but consume less dairy products, and rarely red meat, refined grains, sugary drinks/sweets and salts.
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a good habit to have and should build this habits earlier. I often regret I did not offer my kids the right foods while they are young! However, I have found ways to give them PLENTY via the whole foods smoothies I have invented! Good tastes and pretty colors are just not easy to refuse!
Visit my newly updated website, www.sunnychinesekitchen.com for more information about Healthy Eating Habits and my newly launched
HANDS-Healthy and Natural Dining Services!
Sunny
