At a time when fast-food outlets are multiplying, an eco-gastronomic movement is developing, the aim of which is to counter junk food and anything that could harm health. It's called Slow Food!

If you'd like to adopt a more natural, diversified diet, while eating a balanced diet, Slow Food is for you! This fairly recent approach defends the environment while encouraging conviviality and diversity of flavors around healthy, gourmet and balanced meals. 

You're probably wondering when and how this movement emerged? Here are a few key dates and figures to help you make sense of it: 

• It first appeared in 1986, thanks to Italian food writer Carlo Petrini, who wanted to defend the flavors of Italian gastronomy in the face of standardization of taste. 
• International, this movement today brings together tens of thousands of members, from countries with different customs and gastronomies.

Slow Food has its own principles and values, which make it a distinctive eco-food movement. Here are a few of them, to help you understand this approach and, if you wish, start your Slow Food lifestyle.
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• Defense of taste: Homemade, Product of the season, Quality 
Privilege the local: fair trade, valuing the terroir, fruits and vegetables from the kitchen garden Protect the environment: less waste, better farming techniques, fight against mass consumption, Opposition to the agri-food industry. 
• Reconnecting with foreign gastronomy: Discovering different cultures, Food diversity, Valuing raw foods. 

And yes, this condiment perfectly meets the criteria of Slow food! You'll be able to use it at will in your recipes, as it fits in very well with your new, more balanced and ecological eating habits. 

Local and artisanal, Fleur de sel Le Guérandais is produced in Guérande, with respect for the environment. 

In fact, it's hand-picked and harvested flush with water using a lousse and thanks to a unique know-how that preserves the heritage of the salt marshes. This ancestral technique makes Le Guérandais Fleur de sel a genuine natural flavor enhancer with strong gustatory properties. The salt workers who harvest it take weather conditions into account, adapting to the Fleur de sel and its requirements. For example, an easterly wind is essential to the formation and development of Fleur de sel, and sunny days are essential for harvesting. Above all, Fleur de sel does not tolerate rain and disappears on contact with it.

But Le Guérandais doesn't stop at artisanal Fleur de sel and offers you coarse salt or even fine salt that are produced just as naturally. They fit perfectly into the Slow food movement and will become the kings of your balanced, local gastronomy!

You want to eat slow? Don't forget your Le Guérandais Guérande Salt, a Slow ingredient par excellence. It will sublimate your dishes while respecting the values of Slow Food! 

Open the meal on a little crispy touch with Le Guérandais salt vegetable chips. 
This ecological cooking recipe allows you to use your vegetable peelings. Who says you have to throw them away or compost them? Enhanced with a variety of Guérande salts, these spicy-tasting chips will crackle under your teeth, to the delight of your guests. With this Slow Food recipe, share a convivial aperitif with friends.

If you want to eat Slow Food, learn to love again the vegetables you hated as a child! Chef Amandine Chaignot suggests combining roasted celery, hazelnuts, gorgonzola sauce and, of course, the unforgettable Fleur de sel Le Guérandais for an authentic, balanced meal. Based on products that can easily be found a stone's throw from your home, in the local store or market, this recipe is perfect for getting started on a healthier diet.

To see you through the winter, there's nothing better than seasonal vegetables such as pumpkin, parsnip or sweet potato. Whether au gratin or in soup, these vegetables will provide you with a good dose of comfort while you wait for summer! 

And in summer, craving something sweet but also balanced ingredients? It's possible with Le Guérandais, which brings you an entirely Slow Food fruit salad! 

This mix of cucumber balls and strawberries is perfect for refreshing you in the summer sunshine, or for a little snack on the go! Bon appétit!