Experimenting in the Kitchen

Experimenting in the Kitchen

          Before I became ill, I loved to bake cookies, breads, cakes, muffins and pies from scratch using recipes in recipe books. I would feed my family the desserts while also giving some to other people as gifts.  When I realized I could not eat these desserts anymore, I felt like my passion for baking was taken away from me.  I felt very sad, angry and hopeless.  It took a lot of work within myself to accept my limitations. I have learned on my healing journey that I can choose to focus on all of the negative of what I can not do or I can choose to focus on the positive of what I can do.  Only I have the power to take myself out of negative thinking and choose to be positive by focusing on all the new possibilities. I have finally worked through all of my emotions and have decided to get busy motivating myself to cook and bake foods that are on my food plan.  There are so many possibilities that are waiting for me to discover.  I have started to develop a passion for cooking real whole foods.  I also get excited when trying to invent a new treat that will satisfy my craving for a dessert when others around me are sharing a dessert at the end of a meal.  

           Food and its meaning have become so much more to me than objects I put into my body to stay alive.  Food is the nourishing life force substances I give my body to nourish the temple of the holy spirit within myself while nourishing and energizing my body organs that work to give me life each day. I believe food brings people together and strengthens relationships.  One of the most important things you can do each day is share a meal with your family at the kitchen table.  The food is a catalyst to nurture your human relationships while providing the nutrients to heal the body so it can thrive in life.  A healthy happy body provides your soul with an energetic spirit to motivate you to accept new challenges as pathways to opportunities, happiness, serenity and peace. Love life and live the life God has planned for you.  When you accept your limitations and blessing right in front of you, you are able to turn hardships into positive miraculous meaningful experiences.  

          Through this blog, I would like to start sharing recipes that I have created and enjoyed with my family.  I hope you all will try some of the recipes and let me know how you like them.  I also am eager to try recipes in my new Paleo cookbooks I have acquired during my journey to get well. I'll let you know which cookbooks to look for to find these recipes I am going to try.  I am very excited to embark on this new aspect of my healing journey.  I feel so blessed to have a kitchen that I am able to experiment and create new whole foods dishes and healthier treat alternatives to share with family and friends. I feel so blessed that I have the opportunity to teach myself how to cook and bake foods that I can enjoy on my journey to wellness and health.