Episode 103: Balancing Flavor With Real Food

Are you just getting started on your real food journey? Not convinced real food can taste good? Or are you a long-time food as medicine warrior stuck in a food rut? Tune in to get inspired and hear how Ali and Becki balance flavor with real food and how creating amazing depth of flavor in your dishes is simpler than it looks! Learn about Ali and Becki’s culinary journeys, from the depths of a hospital kitchen to creating a kombucha line to running juice bars and beyond! Get a taste for some of their favorite ingredients and the science and rationale behind the use of Fat, Acid, Salt and Sweet in every dish!

In this episode, Ali and Becki challenge you to think outside the box of real food flavors. Inspired in part by the work of Rebecca Katz and Ali’s learnings from the Boulder School of Natural Cookery, this episode goes beyond olive oil and balsamic to explain WHY we need a balance of flavors and how to determine what is missing from your dish and course correct! Learn about Ali and Becki’s favorite obscure ingredients as well as tried and true favorites and get inspired as they talk through mouth watering dishes you can make in your own kitchen!

 

Also in this Episode:

• Updates
  • The Anti-Anxiety Diet
  • Virtual Food As Medicine Ketosis Class- LAST CALL for Fall 2018 Class
  • Low Carb Houston
  • Food As Medicine Dinner 10/25
• Favorite Recipes Right Now
  • Pumpkin Cheesecake Keto Bites
  • Low Carb Collagen Zucchini Muffins
  • Avocado Keto Brownies
• Ali & Becki’s Culinary Journey
• Episode 95: Starting Your Functional Medicine Journey
• Rebecca Katz
  • Cancer Fighting Kitchen
  • One Bite at a Time
  • The Longevity Kitchen
• Optimal Eating Program
• Favorite Fats
  • Coconut Oil
  • Beef Tallow
  • Lard
  • Duck Fat

 

• Amazing Acids
  • Coconut Vinegar
  • Rice Vinegar
  • Quick Pickled Red Onions
  • Ume Boshi Plum Vinegar
  • Kombucha Vinaigrette
• Salt
  • Celtic Sea Salt
  • Maldon Sea Salt (our favorite for finishing!)
  • Himalayan Pink Salad
  • Nori Sheets
  • Kelp Shakers
  • Gomasio
  • Miso Paste
  • Coconut Aminos
  • Red Boat Fish Sauce
• Sweet
  • Dark Robust Maple Syrup
  • Bourbon Peach Tenderloin
  • Grilled Prosciutto Wrapped Peaches with Goat Cheese