Damaris Phillips Quotes

I make lots of casseroles that have protein, veggies, carbs and good fats all together.

If you have some potatoes, green beans and cauliflower, you have a heck of a dish that can feed an entire family.

I do cook a lot for myself. I tend to cook from scratch, a lot of stews and things, lots of beans, because beans have got lots of protein in them but not fat. I am partial to a bit of cheese - I try to limit myself in my cheese intake, but I do enjoy a good smelly cheese. Stinking Bishop is a good one.

To eat well, you either have to invest money or time. If you can put in some time, the raw ingredients are not that expensive. You can eat extremely well on a budget.

Dr. Bronner's is the best. My mom had Dr. Bronner's around since I was a little kid, and I've used it in the shower as soap ever since.

I don't diet. I'm Puerto Rican! You can never take my rice, pork, and beans away.

My first meal when I wake up is five boiled eggs, egg whites, and a slice of whole wheat bread.

Even if you don't think you can cook well, you can cook better than the food industry.

I used to be vegan. I'm not anymore, but I don't eat hardly any meat. But it's nice for me to go to a place like Chipotle where I can get some fresh veggies, some brown rice, some black beans, and all that kind of stuff.

I do breakfast first, which is a small bowl of oatmeal and some sort of protein, like hard-boiled eggs. And then I work out - 40 minutes of cardio and maybe some strength training.

I am obsessed with Green Tidings deodorant - it's this natural deodorant.

I don't stuff myself at breakfast and prefer to have a glass of milk and fruit for breakfast. I prefer a home-made vegetarian lunch otherwise.

I especially like to make my own ginkgo soup, bean curd sheet soup, and red bean soup. This way, I can control the sugar portions.

Rosewater & Glycerin spray is amazing as a mist. I get it at health food stores. It smells good and is really hydrating.

Lean steak cuts provide an excellent source of high-quality protein, and the taste is second to none! Chicken and turkey are great as well, but I prefer steak myself.

Eggs are not only one of the highest quality sources of protein, but they come stocked with various vitamins and minerals as well.

I eat healthily as much as I can - meat, protein, carbs as well. I like my pasta; I like my rice. I like to have that sort of sustenance in me, because I'm always thinking of survival.

Getting home-made food cooked by mom is a blessing. I feel I inherit my creativity through the food she cooks for me.

You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know.

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

Straight up, Oreos, sodas, chips, salsa dips, egg white omelets, yogurts, breads, ketchups, mustards, barbecue sauce, frozen pizzas, hot pockets, ice cream, all these things that you eat in your normal life - I think if chefs got more involved in that, then it could be better. Because we're the ones that know flavor.

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.

I eat chicken and rice, steak, and baked potato. That's it.

Vegetarian food is actually good for the body.

Most people think if you are vegan you eat just green stuff, you just eat salad and lettuce and veggies the whole day... I'm eating beans, legumes, lentils and peas and rice and potatoes and a lot of things that have calories to give me the energy to do what I do.