| Firstly, Easterner like eating hot food. | | | | Add to that the fact that Filipino |
| For example, on the morning, Chinese | | | | cuisine tends to be high in fat and |
| often eat hot porridge, clay oven rolls, | | | | calories. Yes, it's great food, but you |
| fried bread stick, noodles, soybean milk | | | | have to admit it's not exactly healthy. |
| and other Chinese food. All of these are | | | | But before ditching that adobo or taking |
| hot. On the other hand, People in the | | | | out those South Beach cookbooks, here's |
| west usually eat bread, milk, orange and | | | | some good news: there is such a thing as |
| coffee which are cold commonly. | | | | low-fat Filipino food. In fact, you can |
| Secondly, An Easterner like drink hot | | | | make any dish diet-friendly with just a |
| water whenever it is winter or summer. | | | | few simple tweaks-without giving up any |
| If you go to a Chinese home, they will | | | | of the flavor. If all that eating is |
| give you a cup of tea, and the tea | | | | taking a toll on your waist, start |
| always is hot unless you demand for cold | | | | eating healthier with these tips and |
| water. But in the west, People like | | | | low-fat Filipino food recipes. |
| drinking cold water or beverage, they | | | | One of the secrets to low-fat cooking is |
| even can drink a bottle of cold water in | | | | replacing common ingredients with |
| winter, this is inconceivability in an | | | | low-fat alternatives. Start with your |
| easterner's eyes. | | | | oil: most people use regular cooking |
| Thirdly, It is different altogether | | | | oil, which is made from animal fat and |
| between Easterner and Occidental in | | | | very high in cholesterol. Use |
| dinner. We often see a round table in a | | | | vegetable-based oils such as corn, |
| Chinese family, then, a whole family can | | | | canola, sunflower, or if you can afford |
| sit together to eat dinner. They like | | | | it, olive oil. When making salads, |
| share all dishes with other families, | | | | replace mayonnaise with mustard or |
| round table is convenient for a family. | | | | vinaigrette, and use fresh instead of |
| On the other hand, In a occidental | | | | canned ingredients. |
| family, a square table is familiar. A | | | | A common problem with substitution is |
| family eats in each different dish. Why | | | | that they don't always work. You can't |
| dose a Chinese family use a round table? | | | | expect them to taste the same as the |
| Because they think a whole families | | | | original, but they don't have to taste |
| sharing all food represent reunion and | | | | bad. It takes some practice and |
| "warm". All of this are traditional. In | | | | experience to know which ingredients |
| modern life, Chinese also like square | | | | will work together and which ones will |
| table, because it is popular. | | | | not. Feel free to experiment-you'll |
| We've always been known for our love of | | | | learn from your mistakes and get the |
| food, but for most people, that hearty | | | | hang of it in no time. |
| appetite comes at a price. With our | | | | Fish is a favorite replacement for meat |
| increasingly hectic lifestyles, there's | | | | dishes. Try this low-fat recipe in place |
| hardly any time to exercise or get fit. | | | | of steak and meat chops. |