Reid - Shut Up and Cook! Modern, Healthy Recipes That Anyone Can Make and Everyone Will Love

Like many of you, I love to help people. I love teaching. I love to share, especially a great way of eating, or a divine recipe, or a health tip that can boost awareness. This is why I want to share this cookbook with you, your family, and your friendsto help make a wonderful difference in your health and life. For this reason, Im sharing not only my easy and delicious recipes with you, but also my journey, my fears, and my mistakes. My hope is that these recipes and stories benefit you and your loved ones by boosting your confidence, your creativity, and your knowledgeso this book becomes part of your journey.

My mission, plain and simple, is to show you how you can still get your grub on in a healthier way, without depriving yourself. Its also to help you from feeling lost in your own kitchen. I admit, Ive been lost plenty of times. I knew how to keep my home clean, how to keep my childrens lives organized, and how to whip together a last-minute glam outfit to wear to a star-studded event. But I felt helpless in the kitchen.

I didnt know how to make my kitchen work for me, my family, and our visiting friends. I did not know how to use it other than as a social gathering rooma place to pour glasses of water or play a card game on the table. And, honestly, I believed it required more effort and way more time to cook something scrumptious and healthy than it did to order takeout. With two kids and a busy life, the last thing I wanted to do was spend all my time cooking.

But I was wrong. I was letting my fear override my instinct. I was avoiding cookingavoiding nourishing the people I lovebecause I was scared of making mistakes. And, even beyond the fear, I didnt have a clue as to where or how to start.

In my journey, I learned I always had a cook inside of mejust like theres a cook inside of you. I hid mine, covering it up and keeping it from blossomingjust like you might be hiding yours. But its time to stop avoiding your kitchen, like I did, and make healthier choices; its time to actually start using your pots and pans.

To become the cook I am today, I just needed a push to trust my instincts, just like we all need a good push from time to time. Consider this my gift to youa push into your cooking journey, and into your kitchen. Use these recipes as a foundation for your learning, for experimentation, and for the discoveries youll make along the way. Use my stories to know that none of us are perfect, but all of us want to be our best, and were only going to get there when we trust our instincts.

You can do this. Youre going to be great. Shut up and cook!

With much love and confidence,

W hat does it mean to Shut Up and Cook? It means shut up and cook. Shut up with the excuses, shut up with the fears. Get out of your head and into your kitchen!

You want to look and feel your best, but you dont have the time, motivation, or tools to live healthier? This book is for you. Your gut instinct has been telling you that you need to pay more attention to the food youre putting into your body, but you find it hard, in todays world, to argue with convenience? This book is for you.

This book is for young and old, married with kids, or enjoying the single life. Its for anyone who wants to make a change or take control. Its for people living on the Paleo diet. Its for vegetarians and vegans. Its for meat eaters. Its for snackers and diet slackers. Its for those of you who already know your way around a cutting board and those of you who dont even know where to start. No matter what you eat, or what your level of skill, this book is for you.

This book is not about what not to eat; its about how to make the food you cook healthier. Its about showing you that cooking, especially healthier cooking, can be easy, quick, and delicious. (Most of the recipes here take less than 45 minutes to make!) And, most importantly, this book is about turning off the voice of fear, confusion, and anxiety in your headthe one that comes from being so overloaded with information about which foods are and are not healthy that you give up before you even begin.

This book is for you, because it will become your cookbook. Of course, to begin with, this book is filled with recipes Ive created throughout the years for myself and my family. But the purpose of this book isnt to guide you into my way of eating. The purpose is to guide you into your way of eating, through my way of cookinga process of experimentation that allows you to eat what you love and be healthier at the same time.

You want easy recipes that will help you feed yourself, your family, and your friendsevery day, and while entertainingin a healthy way. Theyre in here. Ill help you face your initial fears. Ill provide simple-to-make recipes. Ill provide healthier options, which you can take or leave. But, at the end of the day, you need to make these recipes yours. You need to make them for yourself and your family and friends, and tweak them for your needs. My goal for you is to make this book yoursfor you to own your food, your kitchen, and your health.