Decluttered & Delicious: How Families Can Start Their Clean Eating Journeys

Once everyone in the family starts “clean eating,” things just start to look up

Most of the time, we don’t really check what we eat. As parents, we’re pragmatic in a sense—we grab whatever works. It lessens the fighting at the table and the mental load of coming up with recipes every time. Unfortunately, doing that causes problems in the long run, healthwise. Which is why, maybe it’s time to really start scrutinizing what we eat and make a conscious attempt to get the whole family into clean eating.

Of course, suddenly declaring to the family that everyone needs to start “clean eating” may start a riot. It’s big news; some of the kids (and maybe dad) are probably thinking that their favorites will go to waste!

Going Clean, One Change At A Time

But moving to clean eating doesn’t involve throwing out all the fridge’s contents into a garbage bag. It can start small! Whether it’s just the change in one ingredient or eating one “clean” meal a day, eventually, the whole family will get into the habit without even noticing.

Most of us struggle with clean eating because it feels like we’ll have to cook every day—on top of working and parenting. And let’s be honest, that does get tiring since it’s usually cooking and cleaning. But with One World Deli’s Handcrafted for You range, all the family’s favorites are already cooked and thoughtfully prepared.

But if we’re ready to replicate the recipes in our lola’s cookbooks, One World Deli ensures high-grade meats for maximum flavor and nutrition.

When pigs are raised naturally and grass-fed, we don’t have to put too much effort into flavoring or processing them. Clean Pork offers a naturally tender texture and a lot of flavor, which is what we look for in other meats, but compensate for through cooking hacks like parboiling it in soda or drowning it in aromatics.

The same goes for Clean Chicken. Chickens, grown free-range and without hormones and antibiotics, have a juiciness and tenderness that doesn’t feel watery. Even the breast part—which we know can get as dry as a cardboard when cooked—remains juicy and still packed with protein.

But we do like to spoil ourselves every now and then with some beef. Braveheart Beef eventually becomes the gold standard. Consistent premium flavor and melt-in-your-mouth texture every single time can only come from DNA tracing, and tracking its exact feeding and health records to ensure the beef is majority Black Angus. That way, we always know exactly what we’re bringing to the table.

Find it all in One World Deli

Every Filipino knows that a homemade meal just hits different. The “love” comes from being more involved and scrutinizing what goes into the dish. Ensuring the meat’s fat is around only half an inch thick when bought fresh from the butcher, the clearness of the fish’s eyes, and the smell of the meat closest to the bone—usually, it starts there. Some home cooks are so meticulous that they prefer to process the ingredients themselves to make sure it’s clean.

But “cleanliness” or the naturalness of food usually starts way before it hits the markets. Farms have to meet a certain standard to declare their meat “clean.” Luckily, One World Deli gathers all these certified options under one roof, so we don’t have to scour the whole Metro Manila for them.

So try a bit of clean eating—one “clean” ingredient at a time. Because once the whole family starts eating better, everything else follows. Meals won’t leave the metaphorical “rocks” in the stomach, moods are steadier, and even dinner table fights will be a lot less.

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