Don’t you know you can buy that from a box?

In doing the research for my cookbook, many times I heard the comment, “Don’t you know that you can buy that from a box?” In other words, “Why should I bother cooking this from scratch, waste my time, and get my kitchen dirty, if a convenience form already exists?” My answer is you and your family are worth the time, effort and trouble.

You have been buying the easy, pre-prepared stuff for so long that you have forgotten how simple food is to make and how few ingredients it can require. You have forgotten how a meal can bring a family together, how much better home cooked food tastes and that food made at home has more nutrition. Today, it is very easy to eat without cooking and you truly never have to dirty your beautiful kitchen, but there is a price to pay for not cooking in terms of nutrition lost, additives and artificial ingredients ingested, and a more expensive grocery bill.

What you eat directly affects your energy level, stamina, short and long-term health. Food does too much for you to let a stranger decide what is in your food. As America’s Cooking Cheerleader™, I want you to start cooking again so you can take back control over what you eat. Only you will be sure the food you feed your family is fresh and the best quality. Only you care how much fat and what type of fat your spouse eats. Only you care if your kids are eating too much salt and sugar. The food manufacturers make foods to fit their budgets and criteria, you make food to ensure your family will stay healthy for as long as possible.

As America’s Cooking Cheerleader, I encourage you and cheer you on to cook in order to save money, to eat healthier, and to create family time. You can do it. You can cook for your family. You and your family are worth it.

Cooking is easier than you think and you are worth the time and effort it takes.

Simple cooking idea: Never put your knives in a dishwasher, always hand wash them.

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