Actually, the only thing new about this is that I am a brand new blogger! (So please be patient with me as I learn.)
What's not so new is that I love to cook and bake. Ever since I was a little girl, the kitchen was a favorite place. Perhaps I should have become a professional baker or chef. Instead I am a minister and music teacher!
About eighteen months ago, I was quickly approaching my 50th birthday. In addition, my eldest child was about to be married. I decided I did not want all those pictures of this mother-of-the-bride to be ones I'd want to hide. So I did it. I lost a total of 55 pounds by walking (a lot) and eating healthy. The walking part was easy. The eating healthy part...not so much.
The difficult piece was that I LOVE to cook and bake and I LOVE food! So does my family. Then a few months ago, my husband of 32 years was diagnosed with an illness for which the only real remedy is healthy eating and losing weight. And as much as I enjoy food, he enjoys it even more. I knew this would be tough. But in the last three months, it's gone well! He has lost about 18 pounds and after the first couple of weeks, he stopped complaining. I knew we'd achieved a real victory when one evening a week or so ago, he looked up from his healthy dinner and said, "I think I have gotten used to eating this way."
So I am going to use this blog in response to a number of friends who have asked me to post some of my meal ideas, recipes, etc. (It's not a Facebook kind of thing, I think.) It's not meant to be everyone's cup of tea. (Pun intended.) I am not a nutritionist or a trained chef. I don't always get it right and will be honest when I get it wrong! I don't follow any particular diet trends. I try to use plain, old common sense. You won't find calorie counts and nutritional information. You will find real food, reasonably-priced food, just good, healthy food.
Let me end this first post with this thought: "Everything tastes better on a pretty plate and a set table."
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