A Healthy Kitchen – Good Stuff!

I spend a lot of my time going around the net looking for cool things. And I don’t remember how I stumbled upon this ladies website AHealthyKitchen.com but I did. And I looked over her blog and thought to myself…Oooh it’s a foody blog. Interesting. But really, why did I think it was interesting?

Well let me tell ya, I have been finding lately that I love to cook. A lot of the times in the past you would see me cringe at my stove and run off for the closest Mexican drive-thru to get a carne asada burrito and call it a night (or hell even day). Tonight I cooked a great meal, it was honey-bbq chicken with peanuts, chives, white onions, broccoli over a bowl of rice. Simple and yummy. Something I wouldn’t have done even a few months ago. I was literally scared of my kitchen. Afraid that I would burn food, or not be a good enough cook. But then I started to and really enjoy it. Finding this site I can now add it to my collection of places to look for ideas.

Enough about my history back to my main topic. AHealthyKitchen.com has great recipes which I will have to get into in a moment. But what REALLY made me want to blog about it was the about page where Lesli told her story of how she lost 150 lbs not just once but TWICE! Reading her story almost made me cry, and I am not joking. She seems to be an amazing open individual. She has some really inspiring words in her blog. Like this phrase really got to me.

Stop hating yourself. You don’t deserve it. God does’nt create “no junk”! Your fat, and all the experiences you’ve had because of it, has created the person you are today. I’ll bet you’re compassionate and loving. You love everyone else far more than you love yourself, am I right? Well knock it off!
[Quote from About page @ AHealthyKitchen.com]

The quote above is true, well for me. I personally don’t think I have every fully grasped that love within myself. Sure I might have touched upon that feeling a few times in my life. And I think it’s time I work on that a lot more. Well that is how I feel after going through this website.

Ah and the recipes are really great sounding. One I really want to try cause I am a smoothie FREAK! Check out this article by clicking on the picture.

Now to run to the store one of these days and get this stuff and a good enough blender/smoothie maker thingy.

In the end what I am wanting is to have people read the about page! And hopefully they find something good to take with them. Who knows. But it’s awe inspiring to me. I mean this lady has been through a slice of hell and a half and still she’s going on. Makes me think if she can do it, well so can I! Just hopefully without the hell she went through. I applaud her efforts and want to tell the world about it.