More Cooking with Colour - WHITE

White foods....White foods can be healthy such as multi grains, whole foods or super foods such as garlic, eggs and yoghurt....but some restriction is needed in eating refined white foods such as white sugar and white flour products so they are balanced with other colours for a nourishing diet.....

White foods are often our protein foods - Chicken Pork  Turkey Fish  Cheeses   Eggs    Fetta   Cream   Butter   Curds  Paneer    Yoghurt    Milk  and other dairy products.


The colour white has the tendency to make us  relax. It is also the color of innocence, purity and spirituality. Soothing, relaxing, calming, unctuous, satisfying, enjoyable and comforting...such as:
Cauliflower Au Gratin or potato bake comfort food perfect for winter evenings...
Fresh King island yoghurt...
Cultured butter, Brie, cheddar and a myriad of other cheeses,Corn Tortillas or Burritos
Bakery goods,
       Milkshakes and smoothies, Ice cream and sorbet, Milk based desserts or Coconut curry with basmati rice and Indian Roti and Naan, Garlic bread, Pasta and Lasagne.... I think we all know the comfort foods that we enjoy that are White....At the same time these foods are easily balanced by adding other bright colours such as fresh tomato sauce to the pasta with chopped yellow capsicum salsa on top.
Cheeses with blueberries, Quince paste or red grapes and red wine. Basmati Rice with a wide selection of colourful spices.....Creamy mashed potato served with fresh ratatouille of red and green vegetables
White foods are also Bananas  Brown pears  Cauliflower   Garlic Ginger     Leeks  Mushrooms   Onions   Parsnips  Potatoes   Shellfish    Seafood  Shallots  Turnips   White Corn   White nectarines    White peaches   White beans    Chickpeas   Sugar     Creme Fraiche   Mascapone    Rice   Noodles  Coconut and Coconut cream  Sesame seeds    Oats     Flours    and other grains. Now that we have explored all the various colours available in foods for our colour palette it  is all about balancing the colours to achieve delicious and appetising meals or snacks. Once you start cooking by colour and choosing a food from each colour group- red -green- yellow- orange - white- purple - indigo or blue it will become second nature  just steer clear of unnatural possibly harmful artificial colour agents in foods like blue and red dyes etc and go for fresh,organic if possible natural colours ......White foods can always  be enhanced by cooking with spices and serving them with fresh vegetables, fruits, and garnishes.....