Let me introduce you to my blog!

I am by no means a chef. In fact, before Matt and I were engaged, I could make two things: grilled cheese, and a box of pasta-roni. It was college, and at least it was a step up from ramen noodles. When Matt got sick (about 6 months before the wedding), one of the first ways he tried to purge the infection was through diet. At that time we didn’t know what the infection was, but the concept made sense: there’s something hanging around in your body, and your immune system is having a hard time getting it…so help it through diet. So, cold turkey, we both cut off dairy, processed sugars, and almost all gluten. I was doing it for moral support…I thought. I lost 10 pounds in a little over 2 weeks. We were still eating a lot, there was no portion control, and yet the unnecessary weight was falling off. Soon, the weight loss tapered off, and settled I believe, at my body’s more optimum weight. So then I was disgusted with myself. If that was all hanging around on me, why go back to eating like that?


It’s a hard diet to follow strictly, and I don’t. I have some dairy (cheese and home-made yogurt), and I can still make a mean grilled cheese. But the world of foods has narrowed quite a bit. And while we do fall off the wagon, we have still noticed great changes in our energy levels.

This October will be our third anniversary. During the last three and a half years, Matt’s infection has gotten worse. We have run quite a little gamut of doctors, treatments and diagnoses…but there is now light at the end of the tunnel. We are currently seeing a Naturopath in Connecticut, who specializes in Lyme’s Disease (the current diagnosis), and who treats using a combination of intensive detoxifying supplements, as well as low electrical currents that kill the infection quickly, and without warning (Lyme bugs, and the bugs that come with Lyme – Barrilia, Eurlichia, Bartenella – hide from antibiotics). At his last appointment, the doctor ascertained that while the infection numbers are getting steadily lower, his body is still having a hard time purging ALL the toxins quickly enough, hence the extra swollen joints and feverish symptoms. One of the main ways we can help? Diet.

So its crack down time! I am a woman on a mission folks! I have sat by for over three years with very little that I could do to help other than pray – which I did. But now, I can also ensure that every little thing Matt consumes is bulking, antioxidant-ic, good fat, good protein and free of things that feed infection (i.e. gluten and sugar).

Of course who wants to sit around and munch on flax seeds and drink avocado oil all day? So I have been hunting down recipes that taste better than cardboard. And here, on my brand spanking new BLOG, is where I shall catalog them for all to see and use!