So, it's come to my attention that many of my followers have misinterpreted my love for food to mean I LOVE to COOK!!! Nothing could be farther from the truth!!! Lol!! I'm not sure how I conveyed that message to you, but thinking back on it now I can see how you would make that assumption.
Well, here's the truth about me and cooking! I never liked cooking!!! There, I've said it. Although I thought I liked cooking when I first had my own apartment, I have to admit, it got old fast. I hate following recipes. There was always an ingredient I didn't have on hand, so therefore the recipe was tossed aside. If I tried following lengthy, intricate, detailed recipes, it became way too much work for me. I quickly became discouraged and believed cooking wasn't for me. Let's face it, it was much easier, less stressful and WAY MORE Delicious to eat out!
What seemed to work was cooking one or two meals a week, packing frozen "diet" or "healthy" lunches and then heading out to dine for dinners. I soon found myself in my early 20's with GERD, IBS, a Haital Hernia, PMS, and Barrett's Disease.
Barrett's Disease can lead to Cancer. It is caused from years of Acid Reflux washing over the esophagus. Over time, the stomach cells start growing up into your Esophagus to protect it from the acid, but any time there is abnormal cell growth it can lead to Cancer. I finally woke up and realized something had to change.
After working with Nutritionist, Nancy Guberti, I started eating Organic foods, and eliminated soda, sugar and processed foods from my diet. While Nancy completely helped me to heal my gut, I still didn't like cooking. It wasn't until last year when I joined The Institute for Integrative Nutrition that I began to learn how to cook quick, simply, healthy meals in under 30 minutes!!! Today, I often post my meals/recipes on Facebook and here on my blog but I thought you should know I still truly do not love cooking. I do however, love to eat. Eating has become more of a sacred ritual in our home. We always begin with a prayer of thanksgiving, then we sit together, as a family and enjoy the fresh, healthy food that nourishes our bodies and our souls!
If you'd like just a little bit of what I've experienced, I'm willing to share all of my time-honored recipes with you and help you to restore your own health, and help you also give your family the gift of Wellness for years to come! Invest in yourself this year, and sign up for a FREE Health Consultation so you can hear about all the work & research I have done, so that you won't have to!
Here's my newest recipe that I discovered.
Teriyaki Salmon! Definitely a change I welcomed from eating the same grilled mustard salmon for the past 4 years! =) Try it and don't forget to comment here and let us know what you think!
Lately I've definitely gotten more daring with my recipes. I'm finally at a place where I can substitute ingredients for others! This is a huge milestone for me, as a cook. It's also been an eye-opener as I've started to cook LESS meat and MORE veggies, that meat, in my house, has now become the minority ingredient. Seriously? I can't believe it considering just a little over a year ago I was still preparing the typical Meat, Starch, & Veggie dinners.
