More and more people want to eat more consciously and are choosing fresh, simple ingredients more often. You may have come across the term clean eating. The idea sounds simple: fewer highly processed products and more cooking with ingredients you recognize.

But what does unprocessed eating actually mean? Do you have to make everything yourself from now on? And is processed food automatically unhealthy? Fortunately, it’s much more nuanced. Unprocessed eating doesn’t have to mean you have to completely clear out your pantry. It’s mainly about returning more often to the basics.

And precisely when you cook with simple ingredients, herbs and spices become interesting. Because eating simply certainly doesn’t have to be boring.

What is unprocessed eating?

Unprocessed foods are products that have remained as close as possible to their original form. Think of vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts, seeds, eggs, fish, meat and whole grains.

In addition, there are many minimally processed foods.