THE PROOF BY TEN

As I’m getting ready to launch our working platform, the DOMINO Catamaran, I’m seriously re-examining the concept of pantry and coming up with lists of TEN things that will or will not make it on board. On a boat, there are many limitations: space, packaging, shelf life, ease of use, and waste. In addition, provisioning is uncertain: we never know what kind of food we’ll find where.   How do we decide?

Primarily, we want to stick to our healthy diets, which prompted us to try to define our foodstyle: French-mediterranean DASH with an international twist. But most of all, low-fat, low-sugar, nutrient-dense, calorie-aware (balanced). Before deciding what would make it into our pantry, we decided what would NOT make it and why.

When you replenish your pantry, take a look at your cooking style and eating goals, make a shopping list, and shop accordingly. NO emotionally buying!!!

THE PROOF BY TEN 

Chapter 1

THE 10 THINGS THAT WON’T MAKE IT TO DOMINO’s PANTRY

1- Regular soda & fruit juice –  Although I might enjoy  an occasional soda or juice as a special treat or quick sugar burst after heavy exercising,  I prefer saving the space for more nutritionally-dense  whole foods.

2 – Cookies – Fat and sugar pellets and pucks don’t belong in a healthy pantry… ever!

3 – Sugary cereal – High in refined sugar, poor in fiber, and packaging waste of space and resources.

4 – Coconut oil: saturated fat, highly inflammatory (don’t believe the “miracle Food” claims out-there)

5 – Prepackaged meals: i.e. Mac’n cheese, Chili’n Beans, Ravioli in sauce, food bars. Excessive packaging, high in fat and salt, filled with preservatives and colorants: citric acid & heartburn, no-no!

6 – White bread & pastry mix: refined flour and sugar, preservatives, not the best for blood sugar control.

7 – Cream soups: fat, salt, preservatives again: heartburn again!

8 – Caramel popcorn & other sweets: space-hogs for no-value nutrition.

9 – Alcohol: alcohol and safe boating don’t mix.

10 – Trigger foods: Dulce de Leche or condensed milk (my trigger foods) and chocolate-covered almonds (JP’s trigger food).  We’d make them disappear in no time.

In addition, these 10 items (except for the bread) are expensive compared to their alternatives… But that’s the next blog issue… Until then, shop your list: it’s a healthy thing.