Comments on: Glazed Carrots Recipe

By: modest clothing

modest clothing — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:30:37 +0000

I love this recipe! Tried this out the other day and everybody liked it..of course, I referred your blog!

By: natural anti aging

natural anti aging — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:51:10 +0000

Almost 1/3 of my house garden are carrots and before I am having a hard time figuring out what to do with them – now, I think I will stick with making glazed carrots.

By: lds gifts

lds gifts — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:50:11 +0000

Being a required food for my children I have sought for ways to make this vegetable more palatable and delicious for them – and I think this is a great recipe.

By: Jean the Jiaogulan Lady

Jean the Jiaogulan Lady — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:42:08 +0000

Anything to make carrots more palatable and these look quite tasty.
I eat carrots stewed with roasts and although this isn’t good for the heart, your recipe is more healthy and I would like to try it.
also I am trying to find recipes without garlic.

By: Traci

Traci — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:23:13 +0000

Yes, that would be fantastic! Thank you for your helpful page and replies!

By: Dinneen

Dinneen — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:05:47 +0000

@ Traci — the concerns you have are very common. Shopping for food and buying pre-packaged things can be a challenge as the food labeling laws are so flexible and fluid, it can be tough to tell what is “really” healthy. Healthy-sounding doesn’t necessarily mean healthy.

So I think I will put together a report, a video, or something to help people navigate a supermarket, how to read food labels, the real meanings of health claims on packages, etc. Does that sound like something that would be helpful?

I DO have a Trader Joe’s near me. I’m in the Northeast, and I’ve found their stores here to be small. But I love Trader Joe’s!! One of my favorite places. To be honest, I don’t buy there pre-packages “meals” — but next time I will spend some time at the store & check them out.

So, not sure if I’m answering your question as it’s really long to answer & not something I can just quickly state in a blog post. Once you learn how to read labels, it will become more clear to you. So that will be something I’ll work on for my readers!

Keep asking questions — it helps me to know what you need and want so I can better serve & help everyone!!

-Dinneen

By: Traci

Traci — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:52:32 +0000

Thanks so much for your thorough answer! I guess I’ve felt a bit… food conflicted lately, haha. I have been turning to his recipes to actually make some real things that are simpler since I’m not real handy in the kitchen, but I’m just cooking for myself and occasionally one other person so that’s a whole other battle. It’s a real struggle to be fresh out of school working and trying to balance that my workout routine AND a healthy meal that isn’t something that just reads as “healthy” on the label because it’s a low calorie heat-and-eat entree. This is a related question, but do you have a Trader Joe’s near you? They have a lot of prepackaged entrees for just one or two people that seem to be fairly healthy and real… organic and meat/veggie rich. I have been relying on those entrees frequently lately because they’re fast and cheap. Again, they read as healthy but now I find myself questioning because they are pre-packaged and frozen.

By: Dinneen

Dinneen — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:03:25 +0000

Great question Traci! ! Let me say a few things. First, eating real, whole foods is the best for your body and for your health. Of course, there is room for other stuff as long as you keep it in moderation. But the less processed the food, the better it is.

Drew does have recipes with things like white flour, sugar and butter.

Regular white flour is processed. It is best to try to use other, more whole-grain flours like whole wheat . Whole-grain products are less processed, and therefore contain more of the natural nutrients of the grain. They are often also higher in fiber

I encourage people to make sure most of the grain products they eat regularly contain whole grains. That doesn’t mean a processed-flour can’t be part of a healthy diet; it just means it shouldn’t be your mainstay. I also will often use half regular flour and half whole wheat.

As far as other ingredients, like sugar. It is better to eat real sugar than the fake ones. Same with butter. Eating real butter is better than many margarines.

No one food by itself is bad. The problem with the standard American diet is that we eat too much white flour, sugar, salt, etc — in processed foods, at restaurants, fast food, etc. You’re much better off (weight and health-wise) to cook and make meals at home.

So, overall his recipes are healthy and better than what you’d buy at a restaurant or store.

If you’re still concerned, just be aware that it’s all things in moderation. Don’t eat too much of anything. It’s about portion control too. Changing eating habits takes time and once you do, your taste buds will change too. Like you’ll automatically want less sugar, butter and salt on your foods.

But if you’re still concerned, try his recipes that are vegetable based. For example the carrot recipe above. It does have sugar and butter, but in comparison to the amount of carrots in the recipe, there really isn’t a lot of sugar and butter. It’s better to eat some carrots (even with some sugar/butter) than none at all.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!

-Dinneen

By: Traci

Traci — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:54:03 +0000

Just curious, I recently found Drew’s site recently and was wondering if you think that most of his recipes are pretty healthy? I get the natural food thing and agree, but what about adding the flour and things like that? I love the sites and the recipes, I just wanted to know what you think with your nutrition background! Thanks, Traci