The Story Behind
Fat Free & Delicious

I wasn't always a healthy eater or a healthy cook. I always loved cooking, eating and entertaining - but I did it with foods that were stuffed with calories and oozing with fat. I overate, smoked and drank too much. I never exercised...sound familiar?

My family history should have warned me. Every male member of my family had quadruple bypass surgery.  I quit smoking for my 40th birthday, but when I was 42 my doctor told me, "You're a victim of heredity. You'll have to take heart medication for the rest of your life." It was in my genes and I believed I had no choice but to follow doctors orders.

By my 50th birthday, I had been taking medication twice a day for eight years. I started thinking, "There's got to be a better way!"

Then I found doctors like John McDougall and Dean Ornish, who promoted low-fat eating lifestyle changes for better health. I decided to try their methods for 30 days and started to lose weight and bring my cholesterol down. The change in my diet and lifestyle increased my energy and eventually I was able to go off all medication.

My first cooking attempts, though, were far from fabulous. I had been a gourmet cook for 25 years and wasn't satisfied with food that tasted bland and boring. So I started converting recipes and creating my own. Before long, I had learned how to make eating healthy savory, festive and fun.

I collected these recipes in Fat Free & Delicious, which has taught thousands in Northern California how to cook fat-free, delicious meals using a combination of nutritional awareness and a sense of humor. I know how this kind of eating puts me  in control of my own good health

Now, thanks to the World Wide Web, I can share what I've learned with you. You can take charge of your health, too, by following my recipes for eating well. Checkout all the delicious meals that you can prepare!

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