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Water Based Meals — How Eastern Food Traditions Support Gut Balance
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1. Understanding Water-Based Cooking and Why Your Gut Might Thank You
At its core, water-based cooking just means using water, broth, or stock instead of oil and high heat to make your meals. Think steaming, poaching, simmering, and slow boiling—basically, the gentle stuff.

Now, here’s why that matters: when food gets grilled or fried at high temps, it can form compounds like acrylamides and AGEs (Advanced

Why Blue Cheese Deserves a Spot in Your Kitchen
- aka, we got curious and now we’re sort of obsessed

So here’s the thing: we didn’t grow up eating blue cheese. Honestly, we thought it was that fancy weird stuff adults put on salads at restaurants. But then one day, we tried it melted on roasted broccoli (random, we know), and everything changed. Turns out, blue cheese isn’t just stinky—it’s salty, creamy, tangy, and kind of magical when it hits the right flavor combo.

Wait, what is blue cheese exactly?

What is an Acai bowl?
An açaí bowl is a cold, smoothie-like dish made from açaí berries, typically blended into a thick, ice-cream-like texture and served in a bowl topped with various fruits, seeds, granola, and nut butters. It’s known for its vibrant purple color and refreshing, nutrient-dense profile.

The açaí bowl has its roots in Brazil, particularly in the Amazonian region where the açaí palm tree grows. Indigenous tribes in the Amazon harvested açaí berries and consumed them as a savory dish with fish or cassava, not sweet. In the 1980s-90s, surfers in Rio de Janeiro started blending frozen açaí with guaraná syrup and banana as an energizing snack. This sweetened, smoothie-style version gave rise to what we now call the açaí bowl.

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