Cooking enough to feed a family comes with its own challenges but something a lot of people overlook is ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐-๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, especially after spending years feeding hungry kids and now having them out of the house. โฃโฃ
โฃโฃTodayโs podcast guest, Chef Christine Van Bloem, is sharing her best cooking tips for empty nesters or those with fewer mouths to feed who still want to enjoy their meals.โฃ
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Christine Van Bloem
Hi! Iโm Christine, and Iโm so excited to be cooking, writing, and helping everyone sink into to a better life. If youโre looking for healthier recipes for one and two, youโre in the right place.
My philosophy is simple:
-Itโs a meal, not a mortgage.
-Real food is the most important factor in good cooking.
After surviving a heart attack in 2020 and the loss of my brick & mortar cooking school business, Iโve found new purpose cooking for my empty nest.
Post heart attack, Iโm reforming my butter-loving, heavy cream worshiping ways by making changes to how I cook, taking things in a healthier direction, without doing a complete 180 and still keeping things flavorful and delightful. The key here is healthier. Iโm not afraid of butter, but Iโm using a touch instead of stick. A tablespoon or two of cream or half-and-half, not a cup, and so on and so forth. And now that the kids are grown and living lives on their own, Iโm re-learning how to cook for two.
Iโm currently training in culinary nutrition with The American College of Culinary Medicine and have researched The Mediterranean Diet & Menopause for my capstone project.
https://emptynestkitchen.com/
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