![]() ![]() Mostly plants.” -is so incredibly simple, it’s genius. Instead of bashing food-Pollan was defending it! Instead of blaming food for our health and weight woes, Pollan was saying food was our solution. His final call to action-“Eat food. Pollan was hitting the nail on the head regarding the problem with modern society’s food consumption and his solution to eating “healthy food” was so much more sustainable and considerably more real than anything Lisa had heard before-maybe it was because Pollan wasn’t trying to market a new fad “diet” book, promote a special protein powder or convince anyone that a new processed and packaged food item was in fact healthy.įor once, someone wasn’t trying to reduce what constitutes good nutrition and a healthy diet into a catchy sales or marketing pitch (low fat! low-carb! gluten-free!) Instead, Pollan was simply suggesting people eat real WHOLE food. But for whatever reason, Lisa decided to tune in to yet another message on Oprah that one particular day. As she listened to Pollan, she realized his message seemed to carry so much more weight than all of the other garbled ones she had heard in the past. The conflicting “healthy food” messages we have all heard over and over are enough to make anyone tune out. Lisa is about my age (I am 38-years old), and like the rest of us, over the years she had heard all of the exhausting and totally contradictory “healthy food” messages splashed in the magazines, on TV (and of course on packaged foods!) regarding what we should and should not eat Margarine is better than butter! Pasta is heart healthy! NO! Pasta is fattening! Fat-free is best. It was right then and there that she realized she actually did not have a clue where our food came from. Lisa happened to be minding her own business one day when she overheard a preview for an upcoming Oprah show titled “Food 101 with Michael Pollan: Where Our Food Comes From.” That day’s topic was a big wake-up call for Lisa. Since her 100 Days of Real Food book just launched, I figured now is the perfect time to share her journey and her very important message. ![]() I think it is because I find myself relating to Lisa’s story in so many ways. ![]() Andy and I have since met the Leakes and I felt a connection with Lisa from the start. I first heard about Lisa’s blog from my dear friend Brooke Thomas of 360 Your Life. Lisa’s Real Food recipes, including her White Bean Dip (shown in the photo below), truly are delicious, doable and many are make-ahead or multipurpose-for example, the White Bean Dip turned out to be a “3-in-1” recipe (more on that in a bit…).īut, for anyone who is just starting to transition away from packaged foods and venture into the kitchen (especially with kids in tow!), Lisa’s 100 Days of Real Food recipes and guidelines in her book are sure to become a trusted kitchen companion. It not only tastes better, it’s better for you. Her message is simple: real food is best. If you have not yet heard of Lisa, I am sure you will! Along with her husband, Jason Leake (who runs a great website for bloggers by the way), she has spent the last 4 years building an incredible real-food community made up of millions of readers all over the world. Have you heard of Lisa Leake, her 100 Days of Real Food recipes, her wildly successful blog, and her new book 100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love ? ![]()
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