About Wendy

Hi!  I’m Wendy and I want to thank you for stopping by Cooking Quinoa!

I love quinoa and I’m looking forward to sharing all of my quinoa recipes with you! My goal is to create whole nutritious foods that are also exceptionally delicious.

I came across quinoa by accident.  When my youngest son, Christian was two, I was very frustrated by how run down I felt.  My boys were born 14 months apart and let’s just say that having a two year old and three year old didn’t leave much time for taking care of me.

Add to this that our whole world was rocked by the mortgage and real estate melt down, and you can see why I was overweight, out of shape and lacked the energy to get through the day.

I ran across the Eat Clean Diet series, and picked up the cookbook.

For a while it collected dust.

My days were filled with potty training and making toddler food – cooking for myself just wasn’t a priority.  We joked that our house was the Ritz Carlton for pre-school boys.  (Some things never change – we are homeschooling and my kitchen is now the Ritz Carlton for Alex, who is in kindergarten along with Christian who will “officially” start school next year.)

Eventually enough was enough.  I tried a quinoa recipe from the book, and since then I haven’t looked back.

For me, it wasn’t about losing weight.  The truth is – and this might surprise you given what I write about – but my weight is still a battle I’m fighting.

I have made progress.

But I struggle.

I love food.  I love rich food.  I love gourmet food.

Eating well feeds my soul and counting calories leaves me frustrated.

Give up wine?

Not going to happen.

I crave Green & Black’s Chocolate with almonds.  (The peanut is good too!)

But, other than that I don’t really care for sweets.

Like many of you, I’m a work in progress.  And, as long as I am progressing, I’m ok with that.

I became a vegetarian in the fall of 2010, and I’m really proud of myself for that.  I became a Vegan in 2011 and I’m even prouder of that.

Not because I am sacrificing but for me it was a choice to follow my heart and required that I step outside what I had always been told to do.

Thanks for joining me on this journey!

I would love to hear from you!

Wendy

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