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 n...

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...

Today the most important thing is being of good cheer, no matter what. Being the beacon of light for ourselves and others. Not loosing our way, just being of good cheer.

In this episode of 101 ways to transform the way you cook 👩‍🍳 we talk about playing a game with your friends. Bring a culture plate of food to each other’s house and blind fold one person at a time and see what happens with your palate if you can guess what culture the plate is and what ingredients are in it?

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 jui...

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 w...

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 t...

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 i...

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 Carme...

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

In this episode of 101 Ways to Transform the Way You Cook. Don't shop when you are hungry. Make a shopping list and stick to it! Organise your list into sections according to the layout of your supermarket. Check for specials. Shop and buy bulk foods and share the expense with your friends. Use a slow cooker Go alone do online shopping only bring the cash you need. don't shop when you are bored. C...

Transformation does not happen outwardly until we have transformed inwardly. Transformation requires 120 days, to make it a daily practice, when we allow change into our life, we become conscious of change. Mantra: I allow change to transform the way I cook I give myself 120 days. Carmela

This is a real misconception that people think that if they eat healthy it is more expensive. Calculate how much money we spend on take out if we do it 5 - 7 times a week. we are looking at around 80 to 140 dollars a week, when we decide to buy fresh groceries and spend an average of 140 a week to 200 a week you will be surprised at how much you actually have brought home with you. Investing is th...

I believe that this is the story to everyone’s life, it is our journey in transforming the way we think about cooking.  When we choose to cook at home, we are actually choosing to take control of what we put into our food. It will bring a sense of consciousness to not only what we eat, but also how we eat. Time is a slave to our everyday. Cooking is the opposite to time. Cooking requires our...

It’s time for the pioneer/migrant woman to shine in us, in this podcast I want to inspire you, this is my intention to strengthen you to awake you as I share with you many things that I have been thinking about. Here is my poem I wrote called Awake: Will I awake before it’s too late? And meet the Queen of my interior castle Join me in this journey Where grace & mercy wait for us In our inner c...

It’s important that we continue to create a mindset in supporting our local community of farmers, it doesn't matter how little or big they are they are our community. Together we grow. Take the time to enjoy fresh fruit & vegetables make a trip share it with friends or your children, or neighbours children, food is about connection. Together we are stronger. My Mantra: My community is built from y...

In this episode of 101 Ways to Transform the Way You Cook, my intention for each episode is to unlock in you a place that you will desire to transform the way you look at food and life. This episode is about what does a healthy eating pattern look like. There is so much in this one that it is important that you always see you medical practitioner and know what is best for you. This is only a guide...

I love this episode so simple and easy it is. When we loose sense of time and space we have given other things power from our life, when we gain it back we gain back the lesson, and more we have become the most important. repay back a friend and cook for them save time in cooking  treat ourself to a delicious meal get the family to cut, chop, coat, sprinkle or whisk this will give them skills...

What we do with our time we ultimately give us the freedom we crave in life. It will speed our process Make life more fun transform the way we look at food save time save money relax make coming home less stressful more time for family or self enjoy our evening free us up to chat with a friend catch up with our spouse or children save our sanity!!! makes me a better person time is my friend. Mantr...

We together can do our part in the environment.  There is so much we can do that will create a space in our kitchen, family, community, environment, and future by not throwing away our leftovers. make a frittata with leftover pasta, or chicken what ever. make a salad make a soup make tacos, burritos turn our dinner into lunch stirfries casseroles toasties make a bruschetta with stale bread. p...

In this episode of 101 Ways to Transform the Way You Cook 👩‍🍳 I share with you little things that make life easier. Making room in our fridge, freezer for items that when we are in the mood to cook, we just go right into it so that we can create the energy we desire in our heart. We are the creator in our kitchen we transform the energy into the moment.  Keeping on track and making it fun f...

Today I ask myself questions I want to be real. So many people don’t have the courage that it takes to be authentic. #podcast #episodes #authentic #carmeladamore #chef #sicilianqueen

Keep stock of long life products and ingredients, such as frozen canned or dried products which can be combined in any number of ways to create interesting dishes. If you live alone and don't like to cook for just one, invite a friend over and cook together. Make extra for the week, cook in bulk, double up on your tasks, and you will find that it will SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY! prepare meals make on...

If your baked goods have a weird texture or don't look the best, you might have substituted an ingredient, always follow the recipe to precision, and don't just think that you can substitute ingredients, as it will affect the taste and the texture. Enjoy baking, take the time out, of your busy schedule and just make an appointment with yourself, a glass of wine, and music, just letting all the hus...

Cut your food into evenly sized pieces, when you are placing them into your microwave adding the larger and thicker pieces to the outside of the dish and the small ones in the middle. cover your food with a lid or microwave plastic wrap, this will trap the steam and promote more even cooking. rotate and stir food during cooking. wait until the standing time is over before you check that the cookin...