Re-Engineering the Kitchen

Re-Engineering the Kitchen is the practical how-to guide for anyone who wants to eat less ultra-processed food and more unprocessed Real Food, while saving time and money doing it.Beyond diets and nutrition headlines, Re-Engineering the Kitchen provides a new perspective on how we manage our food by taking a step back and addressing our overall food process from planning through preparation. With a BS in Chemical Engineering, an MBA in Finance & Business Economics, and a Certificate in Nutrition and Healthy Living from Cornell University (as well as decades as a working mom), Alin's quantitative process-focused background allows her to bring a unique and practical perspective to the conversation about food. Re-Engineering the Kitchen applies process improvement methods to the process of feeding ourselves. Re-Engineering the Kitchen takes a step-by-step approach to improve the entire food cycle, including: Defining the food cycle with a critical look at all food sources, both home and away.Highlights of research on the health impacts of food processing.Outlining essential nutritional principles that can be applied to any eating style. Optimizing Priority Foods (nutrient-dense unprocessed protein and produce) which are the most challenging to manage.Creating an individual action plan to achieve your dietary objectives, using USDA dietary guidelines as a working example. (Charts and worksheets included.)Developing a baseline food plan: the right amount of the right Priority Foods for your healthy lifestyle.Supplements? Strategies to get vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients.Easy to use shopping guides and strategies to improve nutrition, save money and reduce food waste.Providing over 120 streamlined Agile Recipes, with a new intuitive and adaptive format, so you can cook delicious Real Food quickly and easily.Techniques and strategies for a more efficient and productive kitchen.Regardless of your experience and expertise, this book will give you a new perspective about food in our 21st century world and practical tools to make less processed food a reality.Let's Re-Engineer your kitchen and make it easy to spend less time, money, and effort on better food!