Thank you for your honesty. I also grew up with the fear of fat. Now I am learning new concepts of eating for health. Your recipes certainly line up with those concepts.
I saved this first podcast to listen to while cooking dinner on Friday night after a long week of work and it did not disappoint. I love your authenticity. I, too, am gluten free due to food sensitivity/allergy and I am in process of changing my diet to evaluate how other foods are affecting my body so the timing of this couldn’t be better. I'm wanting to do this from a place of connection between mind and body and not a place of control. I can't wait to hear more from you!
Thank you so much for your vulnerability to share your story! I really resonate with a lot of this and am grateful for the perspective you share around food. It's really important to me to surround myself with positive messages about enjoying food as opposed to diet-y or restrictive language-- which is why I love your content!
Oh and one more thing! I love the respectful and loving way you talk about your family's role in your story. I think 90s parents are getting so much unfair hate for the way they parented during an intensely fatphobic era, when really, I think they were just doing the best they could.
Thank you so much for your comment, Melanie, and I agree with you about our parents. They were receiving the same messages we were and I do believe they were trying to do their best. I'm so honored to have you here.
I think the first time I ran across Nicki Sizemore was on Fine Cooking on PBS I believe. Am I correct?
Any way last meal on earth would be a family concoction of Bacon, Onion and tomato on Angel hair pasta.
Heavy on the bacon, 1 pound sliced small. One large onion chopped, and 2 cans of diced tomatoes. I like Marzano and will cut them up myself or you can throw fresh tomatoes as well for some really great flavor. Mix it all in with your angel hair and you've got it.
Why is everything we like so carb heavy?
Regardless wishing you great success and prosperity with your new venture Nicki.
Thanks so much, Chad, and I love that you first saw me on Moveable Feast!! Your pasta dish sounds divine. I've never added bacon to a tomato sauce in that way, and you've inspired me!
Beautiful, Nicki! I love how you have come full circle in your passion of making your body and mind strong. You are courageous in sharing your life story. Love you, daughter, as the wonderful person, mother, wife, and best chef ever. I love your direction in life. Hugs!
This means so much to me. ❤️ I am so grateful for all of your support in this journey of mine here on earth. I'm so lucky to have you. Hugs right back!!
Thank you so much, Ali. This fills my heart. Ooooh, that last meal sounds heavenly. Ironically, last week I was thinking about the famous Hall family "meatless spaghetti"! I was going to email you for the recipe... I can't get it out of my head! Big hugs to you.
Gah! This was perfection! I'm so thankful for the message, your honesty, and the way you articulate things! My complicated relationship with food is opposite than yours. I have used food as a source of comfort and not in a nourishing or positive way. Also, I do use the word "clean eating" often, because to me, "clean eating" is a clean version of the foods I grew up with in the south which was fried,
odd casseroles, cooked in tons of fat, butter, and processed. So, it's interesting because to me, the term "clean eating" signifies the "unedited" version of meats, vegetables, fruits and grains - in their original state or cooked "cleanly" - without the unnecessary added "stuff". And by "stuff" I mean drenched vs. used sparingly for cooking purposes. As you say, it's complicated. Thank you for being you.
And, my last meal would be along the lines of yours, except more along the lines of shrimp and grits. But, ditto to the salad!
Tanya, thank you. This is beautiful and honest, and I'm so glad you brought up the term "clean eating" which really can mean anything. I think the term has been co-opted by many in the wellness industry to indicate (subjectively) what's "good" vs "bad." However, I love that you have your own definition that works for you. And isn't that what it's all about? To find what feels good for YOU. Love you, and you've totally inspired me to make shrimp and grits, which I haven't had in ages!!!
Thanks for putting all this out there, Nicki. I'm sure it will help each of us in some distinct way. Surely most of us do have a complicated relationship with food. When I was a teenager I was basically kept from eating enough - my sister and I stole party snacks from the pantry after school to deal with our famished cravings. I was 6'2 and 135 pounds. My ex-wife (a Cordon Bleu pastry chef instructor) was anorexic and self-punishing about it until coming to terms with the early messages... after teen years with an emaciated mother who modeled professionally. Oh those awful messages! It takes a lot of work to make friends with oneself and to enjoy, as you say it, the "healing" qualities of well-prepared, nourishing food.
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Michael. This is powerful to hear. These messages about our bodies and food truly do come at us from all angles, regardless of our gender, race, or cultural background. By sharing your story, you're helping others as well. Big hugs!
Beautiful, and so true to the wonderful human I am privileged to know. Proud of this step and excited to be following along, as always rooting you on in all you do! Sending love, and wishes to eat a big bowl of creamy polenta with you soon!! (Though hopefully not as a last meal!! 😂 ❤️)
This was very inspiring and helped to remind me that I am not alone on this path to wellness. Thanks for all that you offer. I look forward to additional podcasts.
Thank you for your honesty. I also grew up with the fear of fat. Now I am learning new concepts of eating for health. Your recipes certainly line up with those concepts.
Thank you so much for your comment, Shelley, and I'm so happy you're here.
Wonderful podcasts...love the honesty. Looking forward to listening to more podcasts from you.
Thank you so much, Ann! I really appreciate your comment. My second podcast just launched today!
I saved this first podcast to listen to while cooking dinner on Friday night after a long week of work and it did not disappoint. I love your authenticity. I, too, am gluten free due to food sensitivity/allergy and I am in process of changing my diet to evaluate how other foods are affecting my body so the timing of this couldn’t be better. I'm wanting to do this from a place of connection between mind and body and not a place of control. I can't wait to hear more from you!
Hi Megan, thank you so much! I really appreciated your comment, and I'm so honored you're here.
Thank you so much for your vulnerability to share your story! I really resonate with a lot of this and am grateful for the perspective you share around food. It's really important to me to surround myself with positive messages about enjoying food as opposed to diet-y or restrictive language-- which is why I love your content!
Oh and one more thing! I love the respectful and loving way you talk about your family's role in your story. I think 90s parents are getting so much unfair hate for the way they parented during an intensely fatphobic era, when really, I think they were just doing the best they could.
Thank you so much for your comment, Melanie, and I agree with you about our parents. They were receiving the same messages we were and I do believe they were trying to do their best. I'm so honored to have you here.
Great Podcast Numero Uno!
I think the first time I ran across Nicki Sizemore was on Fine Cooking on PBS I believe. Am I correct?
Any way last meal on earth would be a family concoction of Bacon, Onion and tomato on Angel hair pasta.
Heavy on the bacon, 1 pound sliced small. One large onion chopped, and 2 cans of diced tomatoes. I like Marzano and will cut them up myself or you can throw fresh tomatoes as well for some really great flavor. Mix it all in with your angel hair and you've got it.
Why is everything we like so carb heavy?
Regardless wishing you great success and prosperity with your new venture Nicki.
Thanks so much, Chad, and I love that you first saw me on Moveable Feast!! Your pasta dish sounds divine. I've never added bacon to a tomato sauce in that way, and you've inspired me!
Beautiful, Nicki! I love how you have come full circle in your passion of making your body and mind strong. You are courageous in sharing your life story. Love you, daughter, as the wonderful person, mother, wife, and best chef ever. I love your direction in life. Hugs!
This means so much to me. ❤️ I am so grateful for all of your support in this journey of mine here on earth. I'm so lucky to have you. Hugs right back!!
Thank you my friend for sharing yourself and your journey. You are an inspiration. I am so grateful to learn from you and proud of all that you do!
My last meal would include homemade pasta, Parmesan cheese, and a big chunk of warm buttery fresh baked bread!
Thank you so much, Ali. This fills my heart. Ooooh, that last meal sounds heavenly. Ironically, last week I was thinking about the famous Hall family "meatless spaghetti"! I was going to email you for the recipe... I can't get it out of my head! Big hugs to you.
Gah! This was perfection! I'm so thankful for the message, your honesty, and the way you articulate things! My complicated relationship with food is opposite than yours. I have used food as a source of comfort and not in a nourishing or positive way. Also, I do use the word "clean eating" often, because to me, "clean eating" is a clean version of the foods I grew up with in the south which was fried,
odd casseroles, cooked in tons of fat, butter, and processed. So, it's interesting because to me, the term "clean eating" signifies the "unedited" version of meats, vegetables, fruits and grains - in their original state or cooked "cleanly" - without the unnecessary added "stuff". And by "stuff" I mean drenched vs. used sparingly for cooking purposes. As you say, it's complicated. Thank you for being you.
And, my last meal would be along the lines of yours, except more along the lines of shrimp and grits. But, ditto to the salad!
Tanya, thank you. This is beautiful and honest, and I'm so glad you brought up the term "clean eating" which really can mean anything. I think the term has been co-opted by many in the wellness industry to indicate (subjectively) what's "good" vs "bad." However, I love that you have your own definition that works for you. And isn't that what it's all about? To find what feels good for YOU. Love you, and you've totally inspired me to make shrimp and grits, which I haven't had in ages!!!
Thanks for putting all this out there, Nicki. I'm sure it will help each of us in some distinct way. Surely most of us do have a complicated relationship with food. When I was a teenager I was basically kept from eating enough - my sister and I stole party snacks from the pantry after school to deal with our famished cravings. I was 6'2 and 135 pounds. My ex-wife (a Cordon Bleu pastry chef instructor) was anorexic and self-punishing about it until coming to terms with the early messages... after teen years with an emaciated mother who modeled professionally. Oh those awful messages! It takes a lot of work to make friends with oneself and to enjoy, as you say it, the "healing" qualities of well-prepared, nourishing food.
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Michael. This is powerful to hear. These messages about our bodies and food truly do come at us from all angles, regardless of our gender, race, or cultural background. By sharing your story, you're helping others as well. Big hugs!
Beautiful, and so true to the wonderful human I am privileged to know. Proud of this step and excited to be following along, as always rooting you on in all you do! Sending love, and wishes to eat a big bowl of creamy polenta with you soon!! (Though hopefully not as a last meal!! 😂 ❤️)
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear friend. And yes to that bowl of polenta!!!
This was very inspiring and helped to remind me that I am not alone on this path to wellness. Thanks for all that you offer. I look forward to additional podcasts.
Jeanine, this means so much. Thank you for listening and sharing!
Great beginning Nicky!
Thank you so much! ❤️