I’m a chef with a background in Nutrition, Marketing, and Spanish, which means I make a killer Paella. I believe DIET is a four letter word. I work for SelectHealth and have a monthly cooking spot on Fox13’s The Place. I’m a regular for Selecthealth at the Salt Lake Farmers Market where I give cooking demonstrations and sample my recipes. I do community healthy cooking outreach and I teach Healthy Cooking Recipe Rehab classes to SelectHealth caregivers and plan members. My life’s mission and passion is teaching people with eating disorders and chronic illnesses, like heart disease and diabetes how to cook the foods they love without sacrificing their health for flavor, texture, or satisfaction. If it doesn’t taste like mamma’s or better, it doesn’t become one of my recipes. I use all natural and organic ingredients, lIke real butter from grass fed cows and real cream, just less. Eggs are also back in my recipes, no longer threatening our serum cholesterol as once thought. I use high quality fats as flavorings instead of cooking mediums and I’ve developed healthier cooking techniques to easily achieve results that will have you, your family, and your friends raving. Don’t tell them it’s healthy. They will never know My recipes are as good or better than the traditional versions, just without the excess saturated fats, sodium, cholesterol, and high glucose carbohydrates. My objective is to make food safe. My story is simple. I learned how to cook healthy to save my life. Now I want to pass that on to others. How long has it been since you’ve had a smothered Chile Verde Burrito, Stuffed Cheese Manicotti with a Sausage ragú, Pork Tamales, Moussaka, Louisiana File Gumbo, Lamb Boti Marsala, New York Cheesecake, or Real Key Lime Pie and not felt guilty? I can show you how to make and indulge in foods you’ve deprived yourself of - from heavenly cream sauces to sinfully rich desserts. Short on time? Half of my recipes are a fast and healthy in-and-out of the kitchen 30 minute experiences. Because I work for a living just like most of you. In addition I try to provide gluten and vegetarian/vegan versions of many of my recipes whenever possible. So go ahead taste savor and experience cooking and enjoy eating again. Nurture the spirit and indulge the palate without threat of gastronomic overindulgence and coronary repercussion. It’s my gift to you for your heart, health, and soul! I’ll give you quick tips on prepping and show you quick food preparation life hacks. My recipes are easy step-by step instructions with illustrations, full color pictures, and how-to-videos. I’ll even throw in clips from my cooking spots for comic relief. I also include Nutritional Talking Points with my recipes so you can see where I’ve made changes and substitutions for less healthy ingredients. I’ll teach you how to read food labels and make sense of all the nutritional insanity out there. I‘all teach you how to shop, eat out healthier, and stock your pantry. We will discuss anything and everything about food from the benefits of brown rice to the detriments of artificial sweeteners and have fun doing it.