Balanced, Healthy Italian Diet, with Teresa Giudice

Recently, Teresa Giudice was featured in an article on Grub Street from nymag.com. This article shows her daily diet over the course of about a week. I am going to show how her choices fit my Healthy Italian philosophy of eating.

I believe that every meal should be balanced, including healthy carbs, protein, and fat. Also, correct portions are very important. Eating throughout the day--grazing versus gorging--is also essential. And because a balanced diet is encouraged, indulging in moderation is okay, and encouraged. Always be sure to choose as much fresh food, as opposed to processed food, when possible.

You can check out the full article here:

http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2012/02/real-housewive-teresa-giudice-new-york-diet-.html

But I will go through her first day of food to portray how healthy eating is done.

For breakfast, Teresa eats a bowl of berries and a few scoops of peanut butter. The berries provide the carbs, and the peanut butter provides the protein and fat. For lunch, she has halibut, spinach, and cannellini beans. The halibut provides protein and fat, while the spinach and beans provide the carbs. She also indulges in a shared cannoli. For dinner, she has grilled chicken served with a salad of lettuce, almonds, cranberries, carrots and EVOO. The chicken provides the protein, the lettuce and carrots provide the carbs, and the almonds and EVOO provide the fat.

Teresa’s new book, Fabulicious: Fast & Fit, comes out in May 2012.