CHICAGO, April 28, 2021 / PRNewswire / – This Friday in honor of May fifth, authentic Latinx recipes website Familia kitchen is partnering with a leading consumer health website, HealthCentral, to introduce a special revision of the Healthy & Delicioso Cinco de Mayo menu, featuring 6 traditional Mexican dishes. These good-for-you food updates – including healthy enchiladas, chocolate churros, and even a cocktail – are authentic, tasty, and nutritious, especially for Latinos looking for diabetes-friendly options May fifth Parties.
Yes, the day is a festival when the state of Puebla in the Mexico claimed victory over the French in 1862, however the best part of the vacation for most Latinos and non-Latinos in today The United States meets with friends and family over delicious Mexican food and drinks. With Latinos over-indexing the nearly 1.5 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes each year, these two trusted experts – Familia Kitchen for real Latinx fare and HealthCentral for information about your healthiest life – knew they had to band together to offer Latinx recipes makeovers all over again.
To create the 6 Health & Delicioso dishes, Familia kitchen turned to his Healthy & Delicioso editor and one of the site’s most popular cocineras, Naihomy Jerez. Naihomy is a Dominican Republic born health professional who owns a food and wellness consultancy, Bagels & Brussels. These traditional Mexican dishes have been given Naihomy’s famous “Food Flip” alterations to create healthier versions. The result: all the amazing flavor, minus the sugar and fat, on Cinco de Mayo staples like guacamole, esquites, enchiladas, quesadillas, and let’s not forget the flavors and chocolate churro waffles!
Latinos have a higher risk (17%) of diabetes and diabetes complications than non-Hispanic whites (8%), according to the CDC. And: “Latinos are also more likely to be overweight, which is associated with a higher rate of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and strokes. We wanted to offer healthy and delicioso specialty dishes so that everyone can attend the fiesta and enjoy the truly authentic taste of great Mexican food, “adds Kim Caviness Familia kitchen Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief.
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The health disparities in the Latinx community, including a higher risk of diabetes, are significant – the impetus for this particular editorial partnership. “”Familia kitchen has developed low-fat, low-sugar, and high-nutrient food flips that can be enjoyed by anyone who loves Latinx dishes, including those with diabetes, just in time to celebrate May fifth“says the senior editor at HealthCentral Lauren Paige Kennedy.
Everyone is invited to enjoy this healthy menu, especially given a recent JAMA Network Open study that found that Americans gained an average of two pounds a month in the final year of the pandemic. The recipes out Familia kitchen and HealthCentral are a great way to celebrate and feel comfortable with the healthy, festive fare you prepare May fifth!
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FamiliaKitchen.com was recently launched to collect, preserve, and celebrate popular family recipes and cooking traditions from the over 66 million living Latinos The United States. The site’s authentic Abuela-style recipes speak for the site’s commitment to bringing together the most complete, authentic, and largest collection of traditional recipes, tips, and cooking techniques from Latinos from 19 Latin American and Caribbean-speaking native countries, with mucho, mucho amor.
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