Michael Pollan Quotes

I won't say my nutrition is perfect. If I'm at a restaurant and there's fresh pasta on the menu, I'm going to order it. At home, though, I avoid grains and do a lot of the cooking to control what our family eats.

When you're the conscious captain in your kitchen, you'll feel better mentally and physically.

For my kids, I cook everything. We have dinner every night, pretty much, just the four of us: my husband and me and our two kids.

One of my favorite things to do is cook. I love taking the time to plan and prepare meals. I try to use all organic ingredients and make everything from scratch.

I cannot stress a greater importance than to teach the young generation about the risks of unhealthy eating. A great way to pique their interest in nutrition is to involve them more in the cooking process. They not only will learn to cook for themselves, but also develop a lifetime of healthy habits.

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.

I love to cook for my husband and daughter. I enjoy going to the market for fresh vegetables.

We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.

Eat all the junk food you want - as long as you cook it yourself. That way, it'll be less junky, and you won't eat it every day because it's a lot of work.

I like to cook. We always sit down together, my daughter and I, and have dinner - baked chicken breast or a piece of fish with green beans, rice or potatoes. And I love pasta.

I cook healthy meals all the time. That's really important to me.

The more things you make from scratch, the less expensive and usually healthier and tastier.

I cook at home all the time and really enjoy it. It's fun family time and we all chip in and help out. We do a lot with our outdoor grill, a lot of chicken or shrimp, and every meal includes veggies.

Eating at home is important for us, because we eat out so much when we're away. When I'm at home I cook a lot and we eat pretty healthily. I'm not a massive vegetable fan - I've got better since I discovered how to undercook them.

People want to know how we do it as moms. I want to inspire moms to get back in the kitchen. I want to show moms that not only is it great to have your kids eat healthy foods as opposed to McDonald's, but it's great to bring the family back together.

I have my 'Whole New You' cookbook I'm currently working on.

In our home, we serve mostly healthful foods.

I'm passionate about cooking. I'm passionate about healthy eating. I'm passionate about inspiring other women.

My mom was a great cook and also a very creative cook.

When I am with my mum, I am happiest and healthiest. She always taught me how to eat healthily. She always cooked from the garden, and it was always organic.

When kids help cook, even if its just shredding the herbs or stirring the pot, they eat more and they eat better.

I want to tell all the youngsters in Nagpur and in the rest of India that sports is not merely about winning medals; it is about being fit and healthy. It is not about six-packs and going to gym, but exercising right and eating intelligently.

Things like promoting healthy behaviours, including nutrition and activity, and beginning that at school is so critical. We used to have a healthy eating, healthy action plan, elements of which really were dumped by the last government, so we're trying to rebuild a bit of a program of action in that space.

I like to eat in proportion, eat healthy, home-cooked food with lots of salad.

If you're cooking at home, you'll eat healthier, and when you add family and friends into the mix, it enriches your social life, too.