Young Adult Learns that Mac Salad is NOT a Salad

I know it sounds crazy, but there are still people in this world who have no idea what a salad is.

I learned this lesson in the summer of 2016, when I pulled over at a roadside diner somewhere in a rural area for an emergency meal. In other words, I was hungry and the only choice I had was this mystery diner or Taco Bell.

Knowing I had a long drive ahead of me, I didn’t want to eat anything that would deplete my energy and possibly upset my stomach so I opted for the healthier option at the diner.

As soon as I stepped into the venue, I knew I wasn’t going to get my nutritional fill. After all, it was a roadside diner so I didn’t have high expectations.

When I’m forced to eat at place like this, I tend to lean for the healthiest option. In this case, it was some sort of chicken dish accompanied by a salad.

After taking my order, the waiter, a young man in his 20’s came back promptly with a plate of fried chicken and a side of what looked like a macaroni salad.

“Oh I thought this came with a salad?” I asked my waiter.

“Yes ma’am, this is it,” he responded, pointing at the uninspiring slop that was the macaroni salad.

I tried to explain to him that a macaroni was not a salad, in spite of the name, but he kind of just shrugged and went about his business.

For those of you who don’t know, a macaroni salad is a type of pasta salad, served cold made with cooked elbow macaroni and usually prepared with mayonnaise.  It is a salad much in the same way tuna salad, chicken salad, potato salad, etc are.  With huge amounts of mayonnaise and very little, if any veggies to be seen, it cannot be considered healthy.

At first, I was shocked that anyone could confuse macaroni salad for a bowl of fresh, colorful and vibrant vegetables that taste like they have just been picked from a garden and not poured out of a cardboard box.

I then realized that it wasn’t my waiter’s fault. He simply had never been taught how to eat right nor how to cook a healthy and nutritious meal.

The Most Underrated Skill on Earth

You see friend, our education system has deceived us.

Everyday, our children go to school to learn technical skills like how to read and write, how to solve math problems and how to perform open heart surgery.

However, unless you go to culinary school or study to be a dietitian or nutritionist, you never formally learn these fundamental skills that have a direct effect on your health like:

What does it mean to be healthy?

What kind of foods should I be putting into my body to maximize my long term health?

What kind of food should I eat to be energized?

How do I make a healthy salad?

What goes in a healthy meal?

How do I cook healthy meals?

And so much more…….

Our education system is great for helping us get jobs, but it completely fails to teach us the fundamental skills we need to live a long, healthy and vibrant life. It’s actually very simple. There are only 2 skills you need to learn:

• Nutrition
• Cooking

Unfortunately, many Americans simply fail to understand the importance of nutrition and cooking until it is too late.

To this day, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in America. Think about crazy that is!

Every year, hundreds of thousands of innocent people lose their lives because they were not taught what good nutrition is nor how to cook healthy meals.

Look. I’m not saying jobs aren’t important. We all need to provide for our family.

However, if we want to see less unnecessary deaths, we need more Americans to understand the difference between what makes a healthy meal and what makes an unhealthy meal.

In other words, we need more people like our friendly waiter to understand that macaroni salad is not a salad and it’s not good for you!

It’s not as complex as it seems…..

Look. I know it can be daunting to learn how to eat healthy.

Keto. Paleo. Vegan. Vegetarian. Atkins. It seems like every day there is a new diet out there or a new health fad. Which one is the best for you? What are the pros and cons of each diet? Is it just another new diet?

With the never ending growth of social media, learning good nutrition and good cooking now seems more complicated than ever.

If you go on Google, you will find thousands of different diets and superfoods being promoted, and honestly, it is just overwhelming sometimes.

This is one of the reason why I started HueTrition. Think of it as a safe space for you and your family to come together with like minded people in a community to learn about healthy living directly from the source.

You are Not Alone

Learning how to eat and cook healthy foods should not be a complex task, yet if you decide to nerd it out, you will find a lot of contradicting advice on the internet.

This abundance of information leads to paralysis by analysis which leads to inaction which leads to unhealthy eating because it makes healthy eating seem like a really big challenge.

At HueTrition, you will be part of a community of like minded people and experts in cooking and nutrition who make it a priority to educate you on what it means to be healthy and teach you how to buy and cook healthy foods.

By joining the HueTrition family, you will be part of a small community of other hard working folks who simply want to enrich their lives with healthy practices such as cooking real foods that nourish our bodies, adequate exercise and a greener lifestyle.

The First Step

One of the biggest steps you can take today on your path to a healthy lifestyle is to learn what foods your body needs and how to cook them in a way that’s healthy, nourishing AND tasty.

I know what you’re thinking. For some reason, as soon as I say the words “eat healthy”, people immediately imagine something as uninspiring as bland chicken breast with a side of steamed broccoli.

And that’s because far too many people simply do not know how to cook!

The good news is learning how to cook simple, healthy, nutritious meals that are delicious isn’t all that difficult.

It is really just a matter of learning a few fundamental techniques and practicing them by cooking and eating lots of good food!

Someone once told me “cooking is like raising children. If you are going to do it, you might as well do it well.”

No sane person would ever intentionally do a poor job of raising their kids, so why would you want to do a poor job of taking care of your health?

As I said above, one of our goals at HueTrition is to ensure you have the support you need to live and PRACTICE a healthy lifestyle and the first step you can take to do that is to take a cooking class with one of our Huechefs.

All of our cooking classes are customised to your needs. If you want your class to be focused on vegan friendly meals, no problem!

On the flipside, if you want a healthy balance of protein, carbs and healthy fats derived from whole foods, we can teach you how to whip up simple and delicious meals that meet your dietary needs.

After taking a class with one of our culinary school trained chefs, you will learn:

How to shop for healthy food (we prepare a shopping list for you which you can do before the class to get the whole experience from picking out your groceries to the finished plate)

What a healthy diet is made of (Each class comes with a personalised menu that addresses your dietary needs.)

How to cook healthy meals (You will be cooking live in a one-on-one class with one of our in-house, culinary school trained chefs)

And so much more!

The great thing about learning how to cook is that you only have to do it once.

This isn’t rocket science. It’s cooking.

No longer will you have to wonder what you are going to cook for dinner.

No longer will you have to wonder what you should put in your daughter’s lunch box.

No longer will you have to wonder if what you are putting in your mouth is healthy or not.

Make a one time investment in your health by learning how to cook and you will never have to worry about your next meal again.

Take the first step in cultivating your healthy lifestyle by learning how to cook here.

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