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HOW DID I GET HERE?

This is me... I work the typical 9-5 job

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This is my thumbs up for visiting my site, not my middle finger.

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I have a papercut. Am I dying?

My meals have health and time on mind...

but I'm not a nutrionist, dietician or doctor.. or photographer or chef.  I'm not sure how a blog works. In fact, I'm not even that good at Googling.

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Before these recipes, mom and sis thought my lack of kitchen skills would cause my husband to wither away.

...help, I'm withering

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Well, I proved them wrong.

Turned out, I was pretty awesome.

Is cookie deep-fried?

Less words, more food.

Feed me!

You have high cholesterol.

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But then, our annual check up came up with Doctor Ruinedourfun...

Whoops.

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So, I did a lot of research...

Is my husband going to die?

...and found ways to incorporate healthy foods into our diet. I'm not going to lie, we had a lot of bad dinners after that. Eventually, we figured it out.

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Why does it keep giving me apples?

Ideally, I would use 
all fresh, organic or non-processed ingredients... 

but I work...and
my money tree
stopped working
last winter.. so..

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After some time with the new menu

Over achiever

his cholesterol returned to normal and he also shed some weight.

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I think I'm onto something.

I also noticed an improvement in my mood and anxiety.

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So, made her a meal plan with my recipes.

During his recovery, I spent a lot of time in the stroke unit. I learned more about the power of food and how it effects our heart.

Why are they giving you bananas every day?

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Now I had my mom asking me for help. She had high cholesterol, high blood sugar and was a bit overweight.

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I was totally humble about it too.

Tell me I'm your favourite daughter and I'll consider it

Holy crap... I AM awesome.

3 months later, her cholesterol and blood sugar are within   normal range... and she lost 25 pounds!

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Unfortunately, the journey continued. My mom's banging body caused my dad to suffer a stroke.

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I'm sad :(

I now incorporate even more heart disease fighting foods into my recipes.

..and dad is still here with us getting healthier day-by-day.

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Now, I share with you my recipes that I've put together during my journey.  Also, not an English major either...

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or at least you can enjoy this comic strip that took forever!

​© 2015. Made with some seriously hard work and temper tantrums by Heartfoodie

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