1% Thursday: Spice It Up

Eating healthier can be much more than a 1% solution to fight headaches and migraine.  But there are certain obstacles that you need to overcome in order to make healthy eating a reality.

Some of the challenges are convenience and taste.  You can get food that tastes good quickly, but it’s probably full of ingredients you can’t even pronounce (or else it doesn’t tell you, and just says “spices” or “flavors”).  How can you easily cook great tasting food?

One great way is by buying quality spice blends.  This makes it easy to throw some vegetables in the microwave, or cook a chicken breast on the stove, and make it taste great.

Selling spice blends just like this is Basiks at Home.  Their spice blends are naturally healthy, and are being sold to individuals, families, and restaurants primarily in the USA.  Here’s what they say on their website:

Basiks at Homeâ„¢ spice blends are a great way to cook healthy at home. We make all our blends in small batches to ensure you get the best flavor for all your cooking methods; grilling, sautéing, baking, slow cooking, as a dry rub, or on a salad and vegetables. Our blends are an important component in any dish or recipe. Our blends are sugar-free, gluten-free, and no MSG, we have no artificial ingredients or fillers and are certified Kosher. We use only the highest quality ingredients; including only Mediterranean Sea Salt. Basiks at Homeâ„¢ blends are low-sodium according to the American Heart Association standards.

Why couldn’t I just use my own spices?  Well, you could certainly make your own spice blends, and if you’re actually going to do it in the next couple of days – go for it.

But we’re looking for easy and great tasting here.  First, most of us never get around to making a good set of spice blends.  And if we do, sometimes they just don’t taste as good as what you can buy carefully blended.

In the end, ounce for ounce, you may find that the price of your experimenting is more than the price of getting quality blends like these.

But either way, this is the challenge.  Over the next few days, either buy or create some quality spice blends.  Then actually use them, creating easy meals that taste great.  No more chemicals for supper, please.

Go ahead and look around the internet for some blends you like.  A great place to start is with this spice blend gift set.

What is 1% Thursday?

Every Thursday at Headache and Migraine News (weather permitting) we’ll talk about one measurable, practical thing we can do to make our lives just 1% better.  Usually it will be something very easy, sometimes it will be a challenge.  Let us know if you try it, or share an idea of your own – and maybe a year from now we’ll see that things have really changed for the better!