Find ways to cook healthier for the new year

Okay, it's almost two weeks into the new year. Are you still keeping your resolutions? If, like most, you want to eat healthier, you need to start cooking better.

While there is nothing wrong with an occasional helping of heart attack on a plate or a dish of chicken-fried steak, for the most part, a healthy overall diet can make you feel better in the long run.

All Houston-area Whole Foods Markets will be hosting the final day of their three-day Healthy Cooking Bowl. From 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. today, you can see cooking demonstrations for healthier options as well as get recipes and ideas for eating and cooking better.

You don't have to be a regular Whole Foods customer to take advantage of these ideas. They can be applied to your cooking no matter where you shop.

2955 Kirby Drive Houston, Texas 77098
29.739128112793 ; -95.418106079102

In related news, this new year has seen the introduction of Kroger's Simple Truth line of all-natural products. These compete with many of the natural options you find at stores like Whole Foods or Trader Joe's.

If you already shop at Kroger and don't want to change your regular store to find more natural products to add to your healthy cooking regime, give the Simple Truth products a try. Kroger stores offer a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee on all their products, including the Simple Truth line and you can always take the product back to the store for a refund if you are not satisfied with it.

Whole Foods Market

2955 Kirby Drive

Houston, Texas 77098

(713) 520-1937

www.wholefoodsmarket.com

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, Houston Cooking Examiner

Athena brings a fresh perspective to the culinary world by incorporating her knowledge of cooking, history, math, and sciences. She has written extensively on food, cooking, and health and has taught cooking classes in the Houston area.

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