Holistic and Wellness Cooking

Don’t give up the foods’ you love… Believe me you don’t have to. The world of nutrition is more confusing than ever. From the Atkins diet to the 3- hour diet, finding the right diet for you is a matter of listening to your body and discovering your health. With Chef Mayra, I will design a program that best suits your needs. Finding the right type of food and making right lifestyle choices will support your search for the optimal satisfaction in your daily diet. I use a true holistic approach that encompasses all aspects of your life, from eating nutritious foods to your career, relationships and physical activity.

My Philosophy on Holistic Cooking:

My cooking not only helps you cut the fat from your diet, without losing great taste, but helps you add "antioxidants", vitamins, and minerals. Eating whole foods does not mean sacrificing ingredients, which add flavor . The key is using them in moderation. A little goes a along way…. Foods are the foundation of health and happiness. Sodium and potassium are the primary antagonistic and complementary clements in food. They most strongly determine its character-or "yin/ yang" quality. Grain is properly the staple food of man. Food should be unrefined, whole, and natural. Food should be grown locally and eaten in season.  Yin-Yang Balance and Food Choice Feng Shui Cooking: My Opinion on Feng Chui Cooking:   “Feng Shui" is like cooking. There are lots of different styles of cooking. They all work, in context.  But there is not one ‘authentic’ way of cooking, is there? " Well, there is!  Although there is no ‘authentic’ way of cooking, there are basic principles that must be followed in cooking. There are certain steps a good cook must follow to prepare delicious food. The principle is that the food must be well presented, must smell good and must be tasty. The steps to follow are: 1. Selection of fresh and good raw materials. 2. The right temperature must be used in preparing every dish. 3. The moisture in the food must be retained and not lost in cooking. 4. The recipe must make sure that the various ingredients go well with each other. 5. The sauce must bring out the taste of the food but not to cover up the original taste. 6. The presentation must be good looking. 7. The fragrant of the food must arouse the appetite of people. 8. The nutrition of the food must help people to be healthy. There are different recipes and different ways of presentation. Yet, they all must satisfy the basic principle and the essential steps. In Feng Shui, it is the same. There are different formulas. There are different ways to practice Feng Shui. However, the result must help people to enjoy harmony and success. Parallel to the eight steps in cooking, we have: 1. Selection of site - a beautiful environment. 2. A good design to receive wind and light. 3. The house must retain sheng qi. 4. The formula used must bring yang qi to meet yin qi in            a loving manner. 5. The decoration must be beautiful. 6. The landscaping must be nice and appropriate. 7. People must feel the good qi and fall in love with the house. 8. There is active qi to help people to create fortune and inactive qi to enjoy success. These "steps" can be refined as they just popped up from my mind. These are the draft of guidelines to follow when we practice Feng Shui. There is "authentic" Feng Shui. More Services: