Cook With Love For More Nourishment
One of the greatest mysteries of life is why your mom’s home cooked meal tastes better than a plate from a five star restaurant or why your grandma’s apple pie tastes better than a store bought pie.
Researchers from the University of Maryland have scientific proof that good intentions can increase pleasure and simply put, food made with love tastes better.
This concept can also be applied to food that’s cultivated and harvested. Organic farming requires love. Food grown with love is more satisfying and contains more nourishment.
Zebra Organics is pleased to offer high quality, natural and organic products that we trust. We have come to know the variety of mostly local, sustainable, fair trade and non-GMO options and use them ourselves. Our farmers and suppliers are dedicated and passionate health-food advocates and our team at Zebra Organics believes that tender, loving care is an essential ingredient in its recipe of success. Gourmet cook and nutrition advisor at Zebra Organics, Pat Olsen is talented at creating tasty recipes that are also healthful. If you're looking for a quick, tasty recipe packed with vitamins, try our Healing Raw Green Soup recipe.
Can eating utensils affect taste?
Here's a fun fact for you: According to researchers from the University of Oxford, your choice of eating utensil can impact taste and level of satisfaction of food.
Participants in the study concluded that yogurt eaten from a plastic spoon tasted denser and more expensive while the same yogurt eaten from a ‘heavy’ teaspoon was less dense, less tasty and was the sweeter of the two.
Another experiment revealed that cheese eaten from a toothpick or knife was perceived as saltier than when eaten from a different utensil. A suggested explanation for this is cheese shops often provide samples directly from the knife and these specialty stores often stock an array of aged and salty cheeses.
Wooden cooking utensils are suggested to be a great option, as they are arguably be less toxic than plastic and metal utensils, which likely contain lead, aluminum, nickel and other metals. If this interests you, you may also enjoy reading about the advantages of using chopsticks in our post Health Lessons From International Cuisines - China.