Viva Italia

On April 1, 2010 a web site in Italy published an article about I Love 2 Cook Naked. Since then numerous Italian sites have written articles, posted pictures, videos and links. The response have been tremendous; in the past week over 30,000 visitors have come from over 600 Italian cities.

In Toronto there is a very large Italian population; more than enough to provide Italian-speaking actresses and crew for the next version of I Love 2 Cook Naked. Yes, we can produce this show in more than one language, and it will be much more fun to recreate in Italian than it would be to overdub the original videos.

So what we need next is connection to a company that syndicates Italian-language television programs to help us sell this show. We can easily produce a half-hour cooking show in Italian, and of course the women will be naked. Somewhere out there is a company that can help us sell this show; markets include Italy, Canada (Toronto & Montreal), United States (New York City) and Sao Paolo, Brazil (where there are more Italians than in Rome). We can make the show; we require help distributing to various markets.

So if you belong to a syndication company that sells Italian-language programming (or know someone who can help), please contact us. The venture could be profitable and there are thousands (perhaps millions) who would love to see I Love 2 Cook Naked produced in Italian.

Sugary Drinks

Here is a video from I Love 2 Cook Naked; did you know how much sugar is in soft drinks?

I Love 2 Cook Naked: Jezabel & Sabrina: Sugary Drinks
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Hawaiian Pot Roast

Hi everyone, sorry that I haven’t written for a while. I have moved into a new home and all that entails. Now I have settled into a place with a nice small kitchen that fulfills my needs. As before, my focus is to learn and practice healthy eating.

As the cool November air leads us into winter it is time to serve hot meals. A crock pot is a wonderful kitchen appliance for preparing meals; just chop things up at night and start the slow cooker in the morning; by evening you will have a delicious dinner served hot and easy.

Today I made Hawaiian pot roast. Starting with a nice roast that I picked up on sale for $16, I cut the roast into large cubes. Then I chopped up potatoes, yams and onions into bite size pieces along with minced garlic. Finally I added a can of pineapple rings, juice included. Pineapple contains natural enzymes that help tenderize meat. Some extra water was added to ensure early coverage. At the end, separate the liquid and add some flour or corn starch to thicken into gravy.

Though my crock pot is large, I had enough food for two full pots. The first will be served for dinner and leftovers, the second will cook overnight and go into the freezer. For a total cost of $22 there will be twelve healthy meals; less than $2 each. Get a crock pot today and start making easy cost-effective stews and soups.

15 Recipes to Make You Die

If you want to eat healthy and lose weight, it is very important to consider the ingredients of a recipe along with ‘how delicious it sounds’. Case in point, an article entitled ‘15 Recipes to Make Before You Die’ could actually move you closer to death. The subtitle ‘classics that you should know how to make if you consider yourself an accomplished cook’ misleads people into thinking that ‘delicious’ food is all that is important to a talented chef. Let’s take a look at what they recommend.

The list begins with simple White Bread, a choice that could be much healthier if multi-grain flour were used instead of starched white flour. Not only is the digestive roughage better from multi-grain bread; there is also more nutrition.
The Beef Tenderloin sounds delicious, however it would be wise to reduce red meat intake since this is the most difficult meat to digest. Fish, turkey or chicken are much healthier choices for your family. The recipe for Pork Crown Roast has lots of fat and sugar. Even the Beef Tenderloin is healthier. Fried Chicken? Anyone on a diet knows to skip this one. They don’t even bother to list the nutritional information with this recipe.

The recipe for Roux opens with ‘The key to great gumbo is the roux–a mixture of flour and fat that is slowly cooked over low heat.’ My arteries harden just reading about it. Next, the recipe for Pasta and Cream Sauce takes low nutrition white pasta (which quickly converts to sugar) and adds fattening cream. While the peas and chives are good for you, this dish contains 45% fat. The recipe ‘Roast Turkey and Gravy’, takes one of the healthiest meats (turkey is second only to fish) and adds ‘fat sauce’. Serve this to help your children grow a few sizes. Why not add some biscuits covered with gravy as well?

Half of the ’15 classic recipes’ are for fattening desserts. While the sugar fix provided by these recipes may result in acclamation, these desserts are really bad for anyone concerned about health and weight.

The recipe for Coconut Cream Meringue Pie contains loads of sugar and cornstarch added to pastry. Feed this to your children to make them fat; they will love you for it. Of course the coconut is good for you, everything else is questionable. While Crème Brule may get ‘oohs and ahhs’ from your dinner guests, you may want to think twice about providing this high-cholesterol and high-calorie treat. Whipped cream, sugar and eggs? Not for anyone concerned about their weight or diet.

Creamy Chocolate Fudge? Start with four cups of sugar, then add whipped cream, butter, corn syrup and chocolate? Actually, the dark chocolate is good for you; skip the rest to serve a healthy treat. The Classic Cream Puffs contain loads of calories, more than half from fat. Even skinny people should cut back on these ‘treats’. The Classic Cheese Soufflé is high in calories, with 70% from fat, while the Chocolate Layer Cake contains butter, sugar, eggs and white flour. Say no more. Finally, there is a recipe for Chocolate Pudding; these people love recipes with eggs, sugar and whipping cream. If you want to kill someone without facing murder charges, start feeding them everything on this list.

The fifteenth recipe, for Chicken Noodle Soup finally suggests food that is more nutritious than damaging. This is the only recipe out of fifteen that you could actually feel comfortable feeding to your children. So put some thought into what you make for yourself, your children and your guests. Instead of providing sugar, fat and cholesterol, feed them food that is good for them and they will really love you.

#meatfreemonday

Today in London, Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono teamed up to announce ‘Meat-free Monday’. The campaign is intended to point out how humanity could reduce our global impact simply by eating meat one day less each week. If we are to create a harmonious balance with our planet, we must reduce our meat intake.

In addition to ecological benefits, reducing your meat intake can have great healthy benefits as well. By changing what you consume you can positively influence your digestive process, your energy level and your overall health. Choosing to survive one day without meat is an important first step in altering your physical being. From there you may choose to go many days without consuming animal flesh.

On a raw food diet, I continued to eat sashimi which is raw fish. My body requires meat protein of some type; eating raw beef, chicken or pork sounds pretty disgusting. It was during my raw food cleansing that my digestive process became easy; I realized how much work my body had to do to digest meat. Once in a while is okay and manageable; continuous meat eating puts strain on the digestive system.

As I applied the concepts of eating raw food my learning curve expanded dramatically. There is vast information about healthy food and healthy eating; we simply have to apply the concepts to ourselves and share these values with our friends and family.

Can you survive one day on only food that is grown from the earth?
I certainly hope so.

Cooking Naked

When people first hear about what I do, they often ask ‘What is the connection between healthy eating and naked women?’ My immediate response is ‘We are!’ At www.ilovetocooknaked.com we deliver daily video lessons about healthy food and healthy eating taught by healthy naked female instructors.

Of course, there is more to it than that. There is vast information on the internet about healthy eating and weight loss. There are also millions of pictures and videos with naked women. Though there are ‘teasers’ such as ‘The Naked Chef’ (who is a man and not really naked) and ‘The Naked Wine Show’ (where the camera never strays below the cleavage of the hostess), NO-ONE else has had the courage to actually combine the two concepts.

Being able to cook naked requires confidence in body image. If you are uncomfortable with your body because you are overweight, the thought of cooking naked can be scary. In fact, some people never walk around naked even in the privacy of their own home. If you learn to eat healthy and gain some confidence with your body, it becomes much easier to cook naked even if you are not alone!

Everything on our site is focused on healthy eating. There are no sauces on our asparagus. Learning how to love the taste of fresh natural food is the first step in switching to healthy eating; the next step is learning how to make simple delicious recipes combining healthy foods.

Ilove2cooknaked.com also focuses on healthy weight loss. In a world of overweight people it is necessary to switch our diet from processed and manufactured foods to something that can be grown. When we get comments about the dangers of splattering bacon, our response is ‘If you can’t cook it naked, you probably shouldn’t eat it.’

We employ naked women to attract the audience that can benefit most. Thousands of men are overweight because they don’t eat properly and don’t know what to do about it. In addition, the food industry spends billions of dollars convincing us to eat fast foods full of salt, sugar and fat. We don’t have billions of dollars to fight back; instead we have asked beautiful healthy women to cook naked. At ilovetocooknaked.com we teach you something that is good for you, but first we get your attention!

Eating Raw

Last year I went to a presentation by Jenna Norwood, creator of the movie ‘Supercharge Me’. Satirizing the movie ‘Supersize Me’ where a man ate McDonalds for a month to test the physical impact, Jenna decided to follow a raw food diet for thirty days. The movie documents her discoveries and experiences.

After meeting Jenna and being impressed by the raw food movement, I decided to try it myself. There was quite a learning curve involved; most of the food that I usually ate was processed and/or cooked. Suddenly walking around the grocery store was an adventure; what foods could I eat? I discovered many foods in the produce section that were unfamiliar to me. What do you do with Swiss Chard or Eggplant or Radicchio?

My newfound interest in food compelled me to do research. I found an abundance of information on the Internet and began to look at food differently. By mixing and matching various basic ingredients, salads became delicious, snacks became healthy and meals became a feast. I enjoyed the simple pleasures of eating, learning new tastes and creating new desires.

Over the thirty day period I cheated a couple of times, however I ate primarily raw food every day. By the end of the month I had lost twenty pounds, my digestion process was much easier, my skin tone was more vibrant and my energy levels had risen. Since then I have reintroduced cooked food and some meats, however I still consume at least 50% raw food.

In retrospect, this extreme change was easy and very very good for me. Try it yourself; by changing what you eat you can easily lose weight, relearn your eating habits and have a very positive influence on your health.