“The kitchen is a safe place for my family. The kitchen is the place where I provide nourishment, healing, counseling, help with homework, and the central hub or meeting place for our family.”
How do you use food for healing?
“I use food for by ensuring it’s nutritious. I cook 5 sometimes 6 times a week. This ensures I know what my family is putting in their bodies. I truly believe we are what we eat. I stress the importance of variety, eating the rainbow and trying new foods from different cultures. I know ginger, turmeric, honey, cinnamon, mint, and many other herbs and spices have medicinal properties. Especially as a daughter of an immigrant where my palate is used to flavor and spice. We must train our children to understand healthy means tasty too. We also must find a way to push the idea of food and community. It shouldn’t cost more to eat healthy. As a community, we should learn to grow, cultivate and share our knowledge of healthy eating and goods to be fruitful together.”