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Cheeseburgers, Pizza & Wings, Oh My! How I Beat My Fast Food Cravings
I absolutely love cheeseburgers, chicken wings, French fries, francheesies, pizza, M&M’s, Snickers & ice cream! What’s your favorite? Mine depends on the day, but high on the list are wings, ice cream and pizza.
But, America is getting fatter and sicker and so was I. Worse? Big Food, the conglomerate of corporations that make up the bulk of our food supply, aren’t going to come to our rescue. They use cheap, ultra-processed ingredients that are stripped of nutrition to maximize profits. And, they want us to eat more and more as illustrated by one of their goals: To make food craveable.
The term, craveable, is defined by dictionary.com as: “having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.”
As a Health Coach I like to help clients make some of those craveable foods healthier, and more simple to prepare.
Let’s start with a cheeseburger and how I made it healthier:
- Start with organic grass-fed beef. Season with salt, pepper, parsley flakes, garlic, and onion powder and cook it in a frying pan, under a broiler, or in an air fryer.
- Buy organic, pastured cheese, or a plant-based variety. Once you flip the burger the first time…
