I have such exciting news FINALLY after a few years of having a dream and a lot of ideas…I have put together a team of amazing people and we have created a company called Mariel’s Kitchen. It is based on the concepts in my book Healthy Living from the Inside Out. The official launch of Mariel’s Kitchen products will be in concert with the publication of my next book, which is a green kitchen cookbook. The concept behind Mariel’s Kitchen is to make REAL food that is wholesome and healthy, tasty and most importantly a short distance from nature. Our first product will be the beloved Blisscuit, my no sugar no flour NO CRAP organic cookie that is actually good for you. I have been developing many flavors of Blisscuits and dreaming up all kinds of REAL food products for my company. This is my task at hand and I love it!
I want to give people the opportunity to eat well in their regular daily lives. I feel we have gotten away from nature and the food that comes from nature has almost become non-existent because of the fast pace of our lives. We have forgotten where food actually comes from. We have become so reliant on speed and convenience that we have lost the fact that food is nurturing and that it is actually medicine for our bodies. Literally food can be your medicine and medicine can be your food all while you sit in the ritual of “breaking bread” so to speak with your friends and loved ones. (If that is the case the food we eat must be more pure or REAL as I like to call it). We NEED to return to this simpler way of living. It is actually a health choice, a life choice, and a spiritual choice if you will. I know from experience in my life that there is a joy that comes with the preparation and sharing of meals. Many say “oh I don’t have time for that” and I say that when you take time to do things for yourself at this simple and powerful level you create time. Believe it or not TAKING time actually gives you time so that you become aware of what you are doing. It helps you to become present. It seems counterintuitive but the fact is that when I take the time to make a meal for my family or even just for myself, I create a window of space in my life where I am healing. Healing while cooking or eating, you might ask?… I say yes…because when you sit and breathe when you eat or when you cook; chop grill, steam or set the table you are doing a nurturing and meditative act of creating sacred space in your home, in your food and in your body. This is a real thing. When my husband got cancer we made a pact as a family that we would no longer answer the phone during dinner and that TV was OFF and that we took “time” to all sit at a beautifully set table and that commitment brought and still brings peace into our lives. When we reintroduced DINNER TIME into our home my husband was healing because of the stress he refused to engage in those precious family minutes. The family was healing because we actually grew to know one another and finally all of our bodies were healing because what we ate was simple and easy to prepare REAL food. What is more amazing than that? NOT much if you ask me. We long for “things” in our life; that deal, that project, that dress or that car and yet we don’t value the “thing” that is already right here now and that is time. When you take the time that is already here that is a gift worth more than the things we long for that give us minuscule pleasure. If we could merely slow our lives down long enough to have a lovely meal we can choose peace and better health by that simple act alone. It enables us to be happier and more connected to the truth of ourselves by doing it. It seems simplistic and it is. The fact is that our health, our happiness and our peace are simple to achieve if we are willing to slow down and create some space for our lives to breathe. When we move too fast there is no space for our life to get recognized and therefore we find that we are not recognized even by ourselves.
We have lost track of the simplicity of eating from the earth. It doesn’t mean that one has to eat seeds and raw kale, it means that we understand that food is nature and sometimes it may be the only connection we have to nature. To get a sense of balance and ease in our lives, our connection to food is essential. That is why last month I wrote about going to the farmers’ market. It is incredibly joyful and when you buy your food from a place that is about connection to the earth the food nourishes you even more. With Mariel’s Kitchen, the products the books and the philosophy will create a sense of ritual and joy that I think has been lost with our food and meals today.
Please look on my new website Marielskitchen.com and check out what I am doing and love your REAL food and it will love you
April 17th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Hi, I am very interested in your concepts and recipes. I am trying to eat flourless and sugarless, not always successful. I have dropped I think 5-6lbs and just am trying to eat more greens and no flour etc. I would love to see some of your recipes. Please let me know when your website will include them.
Warmly,
joyce
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
How can we purchase Blisscuits™ ?
April 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I have been searching for recipe for shrimp burger, have not been able to find it.
have idea not sure can you help me.
Thamk You
April 30th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I have been searching for recipe for
shrimp burger. Can you help me.
thank You
May 16th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Please where can you purchase Blisscuits? Your website looks wonderful but please update it with more about Blisscuits?
thank you.