Humans of Brighter Bites (March 2017, 1 of 3)

“I grew up with two parents that are both foreigners. My mom’s from Malaysia – she grew up Indian – and then my dad is Dutch. So we ate a lot of Indian food growing up. Curries and spices and Tandoori chicken. I would say we ate really healthy. We ate lots of vegetables. We cooked a lot at home. She would go to a couple local Indian stores and buy spices – a lot of turmeric and garam masala. I just remember eating at home a lot and cooking a lot. I remember we didn’t have a Diet Coke until we were in middle school and that was because we finally had a babysitter. So yeah, I had a good, healthy experience growing up.”

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