The rewarding experience of sharing a feast is just one of the many perks of cooking especially for Filipinos, and Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil ambassador Chef Donita Rose shares her passion as she tours the country to share delectable recipes fit for the traditional family fiesta gatherings.
On the second year as a brand ambassador for Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil, Donita is marking her continued partnership with the brand by helping spread the heart-healthy goodness of home cooking.
With celebrations rounding up in the country this coming months, Donita, along with Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil, tours the country during the festival season to share her delectable recipes that are easy, healthy, and fitting for the table gatherings of Filipino families.
“We Filipinos really love to eat, our culture is practically centered on food which brings families closer during festivities, so we should also be aware of how we prepare the food and the kind of dishes that we serve,” said Donita.
Dabaweños will be the first to try out the dishes she plans to share and prepare on the Kadayawan Festival at Gaisano Mall on Aug. 20. She will conduct a cooking demo for interested foodies and moms.
“I’ve always loved cooking, but cooking food that is good for the heart, especially for my family, is what drives me to learn more dishes and expand my knowledge in cooking,” she added.
She’s preparing healthy dishes for the residents of Naga City during the celebrations of the Peñafrancia Festival in September before heading to Bacolod’s Masskara Festival in October. She will then culminate the Philippine Festival Tour with Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil and GMA 7 by cooking for the Cebuanos during the highly anticipated Sinulog Festival in January 2017.
With the staple of festival foods that are delectably sinful, like Crispy Pata, Sisig, Lechon, Donita will feature the cities’ signature recipes, but will make it heart healthy with the use of Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil.
“We must always be conscious that the ingredients we use should be good for the heart, like Jolly Heart Mate Canola oil which contains the lowest amount of bad fats (saturated fats) but packs in the good kind like omega 3 and 6 that are good for the heart,” Donita shared.
Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil also contains Vitamin A and has a pale golden color, light texture, and neutral taste that make it good for all kinds of cooking. It also has one of the highest smoking points, which make it very ideal for frying.
Chef Donita Rose notes that the preparation and the ingredients we use in the cooking process makes a difference. These tips that she plans to share makes any simple dish more flavorful, or any sinful dish a lot more heart-healthy.
“We are very happy that like Donita, more and more moms today take into consideration the nutrition they can give to their family through the food they cook at home. Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil does not only make every dish delicious but heart healthy as well,” added Zen Prudentino, Fly Ace Corporation senior product manager for Jolly Heart Mate Canola oil.
Cooking has many perks, but it’s the joy of sharing food prepared for a feast which has no better place for Filipinos than the table of traditional family fiesta gatherings, and Jolly Heart Mate ambassador Chef Donita Rose is spreading the love as she takes part in the nationwide tour of Jolly Heart Mate Canola Oil this year to teach easy-to-do and heart healthy recipes that moms can make at home.