Ragan Wallake – Food Innovator

Everyone loves food, it’s something that we spend so much time doing. It is approximated that the average person spends over six years of their life eating, based on the average person eating around 5 times per day. This does not even include the amount of time you spend prepping and cooking food, so let’s double it. Now you are spending around 10-12 years of your life on cooking and consuming food. That’s a very large portion of our lives. So what’s the point? The point is that since you spend so much time eating and making food that you should truly enjoy it and the best way to do this is by cooking truly exceptional food. How might you do this? Well there’s a thing called food bloggers, people who devote their time and energy to doing just that, creating exceptional food.

Ragan Wallake is one of these people. She wasn’t always a food blogger; she actually started out as a model. Once her modeling career was over she really wanted to do something she was truly passion about, and she realized that it was food. Now she dedicates her time and energy into the creation of new recipes, and while making these recipes she photographs each and every step. Just looking at the photos she has taken of her food will make you hungry and eager to try each new recipe.

Ragan Wallake expresses her love in the creation of her food and it truly shows. She takes the time to really connect with the reader and tell them a story. This is best shown when she describes her new creation: cinnamon donuts two ways. Sounds pretty average right? It is anything but. Ragan tells the reader a story about how she just got a donut pan, this super technically advanced donut making tool and pairs it with a bottle of Four Roses Bourbon, but it doesn’t stop there. In response to National BBQ month, she decided why not let’s grill some donuts, and she did just that and it came out better than could have been imagined, completely enhancing the flavors of the donut. Have you ever known anyone to grill donuts? Most people haven’t, but this is exactly the kind of out of the box thinking that makes Ragan so special. She takes risks and experiments with new flavors and all for our benefit!

Ragan Wallake - How to Make Healthy Decisions

 

Are you looking to start eating a little healthier? You can always check out food blogs, such as Ragan Wallake’s blog, if you want to try out some healthier recipes. She has a large variety of recipes for those who are vegetarians as well as carnivores. In general here a few tips that can help you make healthy options when you are buying food from the grocery store.

First tip come with a list! The major mistake people always make is not coming with a list, and making purchases based on their stomachs. That’s what the grocery stores want you to do; you’ll end up with a much higher bill at the end and with food that is not healthy at all.

Secondly when you are looking to buy starch based foods, stay away from the plain white bread or rice, and opt for whole grains. Whole grains contain more fiber, which is good for your digestive track, and have vitamins and minerals.

The next tip is to buy lots of fruits and vegetables; they contain vitamins and minerals and are an essential part of your diet. This doesn’t mean that it all has to be fresh, you can also try frozen or canned goods, just make sure that if you aren’t buying fresh that you are checking for extra additives in these items, the closer you can get to natural is always better.

Another tip is to aim to eat more fish in your diet. Fish contains Vitamin D as well as Omega-3 Fatty-acids; both of these things are great for your health. Especially if you live on the coast, the fresh fish will be amazing, but if you are land-locked you can always try frozen fish, to at least incorporate some into your diet.

Stay away from processed foods as much as you can. If you must, close your eyes while you are waiting to check out as that area is filled with processed foods with very high levels of sugar content. Of course it is not going to kill you to eat some in moderation, but moderation is the key word there. Instead of buying the pre-made cookies at the store, bake your own so you can monitor how much sugar and other ingredients you are putting in.

The best tip is to truly be aware of what you are putting into your body, and choose to cook and bake your own meals instead of buying meals that are already pre-made. This way you have control over what you are eating.