Let food be thy medicine Podcast by Retired International Sicilian chef & Author Carmela D'Amore

Our life is a book, with chapters, and we are the steerer in many ways, God is the author, and the finisher of our faith.  We have the moments that will weave the way we eat, how we eat, and what we eat..

Honouring our sacred space and creating a platform for our life, will ultimately create a healthy lifestyle.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Transforming us to a new level every time we eat better, healthier and nourish our life.

Carmela 

What are easy meals to cook 👩‍

Honouring our sacred space is the most important thing we will ever accomplish, it is the space that we make to acknowledge that food is important to us.

What we eat and how we eat represents us.

We can create a library of knowledge when we change our mindset.

101 Ways to Transform the Way you Cook is about this, when we change the way we look at food, food changes us.

Seasonal produce, is the key.

Burgers, salads, stews, casseroles, roasts, risottos, frittatas, omelettes, tacos, stir fries, toasties, bbq's, and so on.

Create a sacred space for yourself where you start to change the way you look at food.

Believe that you are worth it, spend that extra money and eat well.

Invest in you and your family.

Carmela

There are so many recipes that we can cook 👩‍🍳 with blood oranges 🍊 today we have a new way of adding this delicious fruit into cakes, sauces, sorbets, salads, and more.

Here is the recipe for the vinaigrette dressing: 

1/4 cup of freshly squeezed blood orange

1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons of canola oil

Method:

Combine the juices and ingredients together, whisking the oils until all the ingredients have incorporated, place the vinaigrette into a tight seal jar in the fridge and it will keep up to 2 days.

Have fun!

Carmela 

Take a few friends and enjoy a great day out! This does change the way we look at life it gives us a break from everyday and changes the dynamics of life, if we don't do this we become stagnant at life and don't enjoy it.

The Mornington Peninsula has about 50 wineries that you can enjoy, and visit spend the day and relax, learn about the wine and how certain foods compliment it.

Learning to pair wine and food is a great way at changing your palate and introducing new products to your viewpoint.

Being open and learning is a constant challenge in life, one that we really can enjoy, in this case, it does change and transform us as we continue on our journey about food and life together.

Carmela

How long has it been since you stopped? Let things go?  Life is about the experience, we need to stop and smell the rosemary.  Enjoy a picnic with friends or family, meet people you haven't seen for a while, and instead of going somewhere to eat, bring the food together and share it, spend the whole day and enjoy each other's company, a few glasses of champagne the outside air, this is the best medicine in life.

Mantra:

Nature is my way of enjoying the moments that life gives me.

Laughter is the best medicine, friends are the remedy, and nature is the cure.

Carmela

Life is about living in the experience.

learning from another person can lift our own skills and knowledge, being open for change can invite passion into our every day life.  Invite a chef into your home and divide the cost with some friends and share a wonderful experience this will totally transform the way you look at cooking.

It will give you another person's view point that you can put into practice and learn from.

Go on!

Mantra:

Life is an experience, the answer is choosing to live life in the experience.

Carmela 

Leaving a legacy of creativity and love are very vivid in my memory, this is the reason I have created this series The Chronicles of Carmela, there are so many memories that I remember today that are alive and the feeling of each of them is so vivid, and tangible.

I want to share it with you, I will be sharing moments, recipes, occasions, festas, a part of my life that are the foundations of Carmela's Cucina Class today.

The recipes I share with my students and clients are centuries old, from my families chronicles and very much part of my Sicilian legacy that I have inherited.

Hazelnuts remind me of a moment with my mother Sarina that I shared as a child with my brother Joe (Giuseppe).

This is a photo of my mother Sarina (Rosaria) my father Salvatore (Sam) I am about 3 1/2 years old.

My granddaughter Fallon looks like me now she is around 5.

Enjoy this podcast.

Carmela

Invite passion into your kitchen, open your front door and let it IN!!!!!!!

Cooking must first be a hobby so that it allows your flexibility to come through, then you will not be constrained to the kitchen bench, this way you will invite passion and want to learn more!

MANTRA:

I invite passion into my life.

Carmela