Sisson - KITCHEN INTUITION: reawaken your creativity, engage all your senses, and have more fun cooking!

Kitchen Intuition: Cook with your hands. Laugh with your belly. Trust your intuition.

2017 Devyn Sisson. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Sisson, Devyn, 1991- author.

Title: Kitchen intuition : cook with your hands, laugh with your belly, trust
your intuition / by Devyn Sisson.

Description: Oxnard, CA : Primal Blueprint Publishing, [2017] | Includes
index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017002792 (print) | LCCN 2017004145 (ebook) | ISBN
9781939563231 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781939563378 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Cooking. | Creative ability in cooking. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX714 .S57 2017 (print) | LCC TX714 (ebook) | DDC
641.5--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017002792

Editor: Tracy Kearns

Design, Layout, and Hand Lettering: Caroline De Vita

Cover Design: Jane Meadows

Index and Proofreading: Tim Tate

Photography: Austin Daniels

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DISCLAIMER: The ideas, concepts, and opinions expressed in this book are intended to be used for educational purposes only. This book is sold with the understanding that the author and publisher are not rendering medical advice of any kind, nor is this book intended to replace medical advice, nor to diagnose, prescribe, or treat any disease, condition, illness, or injury. It is imperative that before beginning any diet, exercise, or lifestyle program, including any aspect of the methodologies mentioned in Kitchen Intuition in general, you receive full medical clearance from a licensed physician. If you are currently taking medication for health conditions, are pregnant or a growing youth, or have a current or past condition such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or other serious health condition, major dietary changes should be considered with extreme caution and the guidance of a trusted medical professional. The author and publisher claim no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the material in this book. If you object to this disclaimer, you may return the book to publisher for a full refund.

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Thank you, Mom and Dad,
for inspiring us all to be healthier.
I learned how to make some of my favorite (unhealthy) dishes
in a creative and nutritious way. I got to learn how to do it
on my own; to honor my preferences and pave my own way.
I am truly honored when you ask me to cook for dinner parties.

Thank you, Bro, for being a vegetarian!
You set an example and have always influenced me to
eat more green things (which are now my favorites)!
Thanks also for always sharing your vegetables in the refrigerator
and for role modeling listening to your gut.

Thank you to my friends who come over hungry,
consistently clean their plates, and bring their best SELVES
to keep me feeling encouraged and supported.
You know who you are.

Thank you to M.W. for being a notoriously picky eater,
which has challenged my creativity.
Thank you also for cooking with and for me, and
for speaking so highly of my dishes to complete strangers.

Devyn

Dear Reader,

This is a book of guessipes or lists of ingredients I have thrown together using my intuition. It is a book of things I love to eat, cook, and share with my family and friends. If youre reading these words, I consider you a friend, and Im excited to share with you how I am learning to nourish myselfbody, mind, and spiritand how to do so using my intuition.

Im more interested in suggesting how you choose to cook, rather than what you choose to eat. Though filled with delicious, often primal-aligned recipes, this cookbook is really about encouraging you to become a little more conscious, a little more mindful, and a little more playful in your experience with food.

There are a million different theories on diets and lifestyles, all competing against one another, perhaps for the purpose of book sales and blog visits. Yet you might be surprised to learn how much those diverse diets have in common. According to most nutritional theories, if you can avoid processed food and sugar, limit your intake of alcohol and caffeine, and physically move your body each day, youre on the right track.

We are what we eat. This is the simplest and most overlooked concept in the medical professiona community that has become obsessed with trying to fix problems rather than prevent them. Its no surprise that so many of us are fat, sick, and nearly dead, as the wellness advocate, entrepreneur, and writer Joe Cross would say.

This book is a reminder to tap into your intuition, that wise inner voice that knows when, what, and how much your body needs to stay healthy and strong. All of us can access this intuition. Slow down and listen.

Taking care of your healthphysical, emotional, and spiritualmeans learning how to love and nourish yourself by developing a friendlier relationship with food. As with any relationship, youre probably going to stumble and make mistakes. You might add too much salt to a dish, or mix flavors that dont really work together. Thats okay. Making mistakes is an important part of the journey. Discovering that you can recover and move forward from your mistakes is what builds confidence, both in and outside the kitchen.

Enjoy the guessipes in my cookbook, but most importantly, have fun experimenting with your own kitchen intuition.

Love,

It certainly helps to feel comfortable while you are cooking, in as many ways as possible. Recently I discovered how much more enjoyable cooking becomes when I know where things are kept. This past winter, while vacationing in Colorado with my family, my brother and I opted to cook at home rather than go out to dinner. We decided this would be a healthier, and more interesting, dining experience. But it became quite a struggle to figure out where everything was organized in the house where we were staying. Looking around for tools while trying to cook made the experience far less fun and taught me an important lesson. Become friends with your kitchen, keep it relatively clean, and organize it in a way that makes sense. (Although sometimes organized chaos is fine, too.) It can be an adventure to cook in a new kitchen; just be aware what supplies and ingredients you have available to you BEFORE you start cooking.