What is all this about?

I love food. I hate food. Really its a tug of war. I have battled with my weight my whole adult life. I have given a lot of thought to food in my life. Eating is a comfort issue.

I am coming to believe more and more that you are what you eat. Our society… US and UK as I am American and I live in the UK, our society has walked away from cooking and has relied on ready made meals and processed food. I have known people who say that they dont cook or know how. If you can read and follow instructions you can cook. Its fun, its playful, its artistic, its inventive. Even my husband has become quite the cook. By cooking for yourself and your family you can make a much healthier meal. You know what you are eating.

As a child we rarely had processed food. Other then bread all the desserts and such where made at home. There was always something to eat. No processed food, no additives. Meals where wholesome. My mother was inventive. She would take one night a week to do a theme. We ate many different things and it was fun.

Now that I have my own child I have grown more aware of what is in our food and on our food. I try and buy organic when ever I can. Did you know that a head of lettuce had traces of 9 different pesticide residue left on it after washing? Times all the different food you eat and all the different chemicals… no wonder we have so much cancer. So its worth it to spend a little more when I can to try and combat this.

I learned to cook from my mother, and my older sisters. There was something always good and healthy and even not so healthy being made. That is where my major influence has come from.