The first and most important recipe among the 10 basic ones are WATER! We cannot live without water.
In general, we need 1-2L water in a day, and it is better to drink it at body temperature, and little by little to gradually hydrate our body.
Neither over-drinking nor too-little drinking is good. Moderation is also needed here as Holistic Gourmet thinks much of moderation between too strict health-consciousness / vegan and gourmet with rich and heavy foods.
Water ‘recipe’ is simple. We just need
Tap water or filtered water.
If your area does not have a good-taste water,
simply boil tap water and cool down. This boiled and cooled water kills some bad smells /taste of tap water.
If you start to think more, you could buy filters like Blita or anything makes you happy. I happened to use Cerra water brand filter just because my friend ordered it for me. I don’t have any strong preference, dream and fears against water. Water is water, just clean enough to drink without causing sicknesses.
If I travel, I love to ask the local people whether or not their tap water is drinkable, then try to taste it to feel local energy. I sometimes buy the locally-bottled water to enjoy taste and eagerly. When I was young and brand-conscious, I have tried all famous branded water, then conclude that ’Water is Water’.
In Canada, we are lucky to have drinkable fair-quality tap water. Since my apartment is so old that I feel a bit smelling, I tend to drink either
filtered water
warm water as eye-opener (〜40℃ )
carrying water waith various sized water bottles,
Also, I like to carry the bottles of
Tea (Various types)
Coffee (one cup per day to avoid coffee addiction,
occasionally coffee substitutes of Barly/Chicory)
Recently, I have purchased
‘SodaStream’ to make gas/bubble water.
I aim at reducing to drink alcohol/liquors by substituting with the SodaStreamed gas water. SodaStream sounds expensive like 100-150 CAD, but I have found the old model is enough because SodaStream is very simple equipment.
I have paid just 48 CAD at Walmart sale, Which would be cheaper than buying Perrier or other brand sparkling water.
