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FOREWORD

When Kyndra asked me to write the foreword for her second book, I just about fell out of my chair. I was in a cabin in the woods, holed up, working on my own FIRST book, when I received her email.

BOOM! Mind shrapnel!

I immediately responded something to the effect of Im not worthy. Im not worthy!! and suggested shed earned the right to go for a celebrity, not some monkey with a computer. I truly meant it, too! Kyndra is an absolute rock star in my mind. She has more than earned the right to reach out and grab some of that glory!

She quickly responded, I care about taking care of the people that take care of me and having someone that I know, like, and respect do it. That is YOU, Goofball McSquirelnuts.

Kyndra is the absolute tops! I mean. who really does that?! This is a person that cares and respects. I will do anything for a person like that!

Instantly, I set out to write the best, most thorough, well written, over-the-top, spectacular foreword ever forged in the history of history. I spent a week scratching my head, pulling my newly gray hair, writing, re-writing, editing, deleting, polishing and crafting about 7 pitch perfect paragraphs. When the silken buffing concluded. I found myself reading a gloriously balanced page of text; completely lacking the usual passion with which I try and write. While eloquent, it felt. hermetic. overly hygienic, sterile. lacking the love I always work to inject.

I had written something. stuffy!

In a moment, I completely scrapped it. and decided to write what was in my heart, right then. on the spot.

Let it flow..

Kyndra is a hero of mine. She amazes me.

She is awesome, but not like the overused exclamation bellowed when the seared doublecut peppered ham at my local dive-y diner arrives, but. awesome in the sense that she inspires true awe. Ive been admiring Kyndra for a few years. establishing tremendous respect for her humanity. She puts IT ALL out there! She shares her life, family, eating habits, exercise routines, foibles, favorites, likes. dislikes and. recipes!

Oh, the recipes!

In Kyndras very first recipe, she writes, One of my favorite things to do is take something traditional, and transform it into a version most people would never think of.

I dont feel shes giving herself enough credit, here. NO ONE could transform traditional foods like Kyndra. I look at Kyndras food, ideas and recipes and, again, sit in awe. I truly wish I could think with her mind, for even a minute. Truth be told, Id like to eat her brain. Id bet its delicious. She rocks my socks!

Kyndra has a unique talent for combining the comforting and familiar with twists, tweaks, flourishes, stuffings and additions that only she could conceive of. Kyndra has that rare gift of wide spread relatability. While relatability isnt a word, shes got it in spades! So many bloggers, myself included, tend to skew one way or another. Kyndra has a perfectly proportional knack for harnessing ALL forward thinking philosophies and merging them into one creamy and luxuriously bacon infused melting pot.

Recipe after recipe. flawless. A perfect idea.

Ive never said this to Kyndra, but. I tend to develop nicknames for people, as I get to know them. It doesnt always happen, but. in Kyndras case, it did. In my mind, I call Kyndra the Queen of Grub. As a product of southern California in the late 80s, early 90s, to me Grub is a word I associate with a luscious and almost spiritual indulgence, although. usually an unhealthy one, frequently eaten after midnight. Its far more than a meal or a simple foodstuff. When I personally use a word like grub, grubbin, grubtastic or grubdonkulous, its meaning is rooted in a deep, almost soulful enjoyment. Its also usually emitted with a low guttural growl and a tongue smacking of my lips, Ohhhh. WOW! That Slow Cooker Kickin Chili. is off the charts... Grrrrr- RUBBIN!

Grub is usually hearty, often abundant, always fearless and invariably satisfying.

Its with near impossible odds that Kyndra is so consistently able to create fully grubbin grub. and have it be HEALTHY, to top it all off. Kyndra, loud and proud, says, Eat this grub, lose weight, gain health and live for a long time!