My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time. Brenda Song More Quotes by Brenda Song More Quotes From Brenda Song Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself. Brenda Song machines shapes want I'd have to say I'm pretty adventurous. I just went to Shanghai for the Special Olympics and I tried dim sum. I'd never really had it before and some of it looked pretty scary, but I tried it anyway. My philosophy is, you're not going to know if you like it until you try it. Brenda Song scary special philosophy I love to bake. I like to bake with wheat and try not to eat sugar so I use applesauce instead, which probably sounds really gross. When I was doing the promos we included tomatoes, mangoes, rice - all the different ways you can eat them - and we were able to incorporate some of the recipes I've learned, like a spinach mango salad. It was really fun to get creative with food because sometimes people forget that. Brenda Song creative fun people think a lot of people knew I was into healthy eating and exercising. When Disney approached me with this [Pass the Plate] I was really excited about it because I love to cook. It's a great message to send to kids that there are so many different ways to eat really healthy foods. It doesn't have to be boring and blah all the time. Brenda Song exercise kids thinking I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer. Brenda Song cancer awareness mom I joke around all the time, 'I'm Asian; I'm really good at math.' Brenda Song asian jokes math Eat your alcohol, or you won't get nonconsensual sex! Brenda Song alcohol sex Coming from The Disney Channel, anything I do is going to offend somehow, somewhere, somehow. Brenda Song disney-channel I'd like to have any sort of Mexican or Italian food any time of the day! Brenda Song italian-food mexican italian I live in heels. Give me a pair of flip-flops and I'll trip all over myself. Brenda Song pairs shoes giving To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters. Brenda Song day good family success I was just a little girl watching TV and wanting to be in it. My parents had no idea how to get me there, but here I am as a part of this great cast on the Disney Channel. Truly, if you just want to do this, then you have to commit to it. Brenda Song i-am me you girl When I was first approached for 'Pass the Plate,' I was thrilled because I love to cook. And I love to cook healthy. The reason I started cooking was because I would go to restaurants and have just amazing food but feel so heavy and gross. I would go home and try to cook the same thing, but a healthy version. Brenda Song cooking home food love Growing up, I never saw Asian-Americans on TV at all. Brenda Song never up growing growing-up
