What You Should Know About Chinese Cuisine Date: Monday, July 10 @ 03:00:00 CDT Topic: Nutrition & Diet Trying to lose weight?
Changing your diet is a big help. Let Peter Liu tell you the benefits of traditional Chinese food. There has never been an overwhelming concern towards nutrition in traditional Chinese cooking. Why? Simply because Chinese cuisine pays more attention to the flavour, colour, texture, aroma and presentation of the food being prepared. Together, these factors provide a balance of different cooking methods and ingredients that are both delicious and healthy. I’m not talking about the typical fare offered at your local Chinese buffet, but a much older, more ingrained recipe that has seen generations of success. This type of cooking is inherently nutritious and lets you savour many scrumptious varieties of Oriental cuisine. The key to its effectiveness lies in four main things: simplicity, nutrition, freshness and most importantly, balance. How It’s Done A typical family dinner will consist of two or three communal main dishes. A mix of both vegetables and meat comprises many of these dishes,