Healthy Eating = Healthy Living

I didn't always love to cook and there was a good reason for it, I didn't know how. Sure I could cook a few meals, but that didn't make me a chef by no means of the word. As my family grew so to did I, as a person. It was very important to me to be able to cook a good healthy meal for my family, at any time of day... morning, noon or night.

One of the ways I started learning how to make different meals was by watching different food shows like Lida from Italy, The Food Network, and a ton of others. I also started getting food magazines just so I could try new recipes.

About five years ago, I took a nutrition course and that really put me over the top. I suddenly fell in love with my kitchen baking, frying, steaming, cooking anything and everything. For me, it wasn't just about making a meal to eat anymore. It was about mixing and blend ingredients, creating something for my family that was healthy and would help them live a healthy life.

If you're tired of cooking the same old meals every night I highly recommend you try some of the things I did or even join an online free nutrition course. That's one of the great things about the internet, it's filled with endless possibilities.

I also found out I'm allergic to spinach. One day we were making food at the nutrition course and suddenly after touching some baby fresh spinach we were using, I brushed my hand up against my lips before washing them and I started to itch, my tongue felt funny, the back of my throat felt like it was filled with spikes. Not a fun experience.

Today, being such a windy day I decided to make homemade pizza. I've got the dough rising, cut up some onions leftover in the frig., grabbed some cheese, pepperoni, and the sauce. If you never made homemade pizza before you should. I don't know why I never did before it's so simple and quick.

To me, pizza is the four basic food groups. You got your bread, veggies, meat, add on the fruit and cheese and it's one meal everyone can have fun making. My girls love making homemade pizza with me.

My youngest is home sick, so I'm going to separate the dough, which will make two ten inch pizzas, pop one in the oven to surprise her, and the other dough will be wrapped and put in the frig for another time.