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Top food trends in 2015

If you have missed the top food trends this year, here`s a recap...Brinner Brinner — eating breakfast for dinner — was a trend that grew from strength to strength in 2015. Restaurants started all-day breakfasts that actually turned out to be more innovative and appreciated by diners than other dishes on the menu. Everything from waffles, pancakes and crepes to egg frittatas and savory muffins were seen as `brinier` staples.Liquid Diet2015 saw detox enthusiasts renouncing their spoons for straws! You either juiced it or souped it... The year was all about liquid diet. Juicing came in first with fitness freaks and athletes swearing by the holistic goodness of green juices. This was followed by soaping which turned out to be an even healthier option since it retained some amount of fiber in it.Fat is goodHealthy fat and cholesterol had always been wrongfully blamed for causing heart disease till the Journal of the American Medical Association announced that reducing total fat (replacing total fat with overall carbohydrates) does not lower cardiovascular disease risk.Fatless food is flavorless, secondly, the body needs good fat to function properly and finally, weight gain doesn`t always have to do with fat consumption. It could be a high salt or sugar diet too. In essence, 2015 was the year of fat resurgence.Vegetable-ForwardNever before did kale, cauliflower and avocado look as good as they did last year, largely governed by plant-based food. Even the US was seen hogging broccoli hot dogs! Veggies became the healthy hip food item that restaurants found hard to ignore, so they rustled up flora and fauna menus. More and more people realised that vegetables are extremely high-fibre, loaded with nutrients and low in calories.Home cooksLast year was dedicated to talented homespun chefs dishing out delicacies from their grandmas` recipe books. Heirloom recipes and old methods of cooking made their way back into Indian kitchens with people baking their own bread, pickling salads in mason jars, preparing jams and chutneys and varieties of cheese.