Today's guest interview on the topic of health and nutrition is with my husband, Kent. I'm taking a big risk letting you read anything from him, not only because he'll tell you all my secrets, but also because you'll end up wishing he was the Kitchen Kop instead of me because he's funnier. 🙂
1. What is your #1 motivation for eating/feeding your family healthier meals?
When your wife is Kelly the Kitchen Kop, you don't really have any choice (happy wife, happy life). I did recognize that choking down Double Whoppers and Wendy's Triples a couple times a week was not going to be good for me in the long run; nor would it be good for the kids. Since the Lord has released me from my addictions to sugar bomb breakfast cereals and huge blocks of Velveeta processed cheese substitute, I'm living clean and feeling great. Good thing beer is still good for me… right?
2. What started you on your path to better nutrition?
Other than all of our conversations about different health news stories, I have been noticing that people, in general, seem to be less and less healthy all the time. It amazes me how many people I know that have cancer or some other major health problem. I'm not big on conspiracy theories, but it seems like there has to be a reason for this. Looking at what major lifestyle changes have been made in our lives over the last 20, 30, or 40 years, the change in what we are willing to call “food” seems to be quite drastic. I really think that we have thrown health and nutrition out the window for the sake of lower costs, speed, and convenience.
3. What is your biggest struggle in eating/feeding your family healthier meals?
Actually, it's pretty easy from my end, somehow the groceries just mysteriously appear in the kitchen. I'm not a pig. I am not!
4. What is your favorite healthy recipe?
I don't know if I have a favorite. I like so many things, but I love pretty much any recipe that starts out with broth (so much flavor). I still crack up when I think about our neighbor's comment that there is “always some kind of carcass boiling on the stove” at our house.
5. What is your best kitchen/nutrition tip?
This is more of an observation than a tip, but I have noticed that when you cook with locally grown/raised, organic ingredients, it takes a lot fewer spices to get great flavor. Oh, just thought of a tip: make sure the top is securely on the blender before you push the damn button! Care to share what you did to our kitchen ceiling, Kitten?
6. What did you have for dinner last night?
Last night is all kind of a blur. I only had 5 minutes to eat because it was my turn to drive the bus (moved 8 kids, from 5 different families, between 4 houses, 2 churches, and 1 soccer practice). I do remember that we had an excellent chicken dish (broth base). Glad you didn't ask about the night before last. I would hate to have to share the story of the assorted lentil stew debacle.
7. What about Kelly annoys you the most?
Seriously? What with her shameless attraction to short, balding men and my fascination with pointless suffering, we're a match made in heaven. I love my spotted Queen. Without her, how would I have figured out that it's sociably unacceptable to wander the neighborhood carrying a 12-pack cooler under my arm? How would I know when an old shirt “just really needs to go away”?
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Kelly,
I can’t believe I missed this post! I just stumbled upon it on a link from today’s post about Kent’s stew. I have to say, because I know Kent, his humor, the way he says his quick, witty comments, I got the best laugh in weeks reading this posting (I was crying!!). Read some to Mike in the other room; he liked Kent’s comments, too. What a blessing it is to have husbands on the same page….:)
Sue E.
LOL! I love this post.
I can be bossy too. For some reason, I get real bossy in the kitchen. Ask Seth or my best friend Sarah. Nobody likes to be in the kitchen with me anymore. 🙁
It’s funny though — Sarah’s kind of used to it. She came over last week and when we were plating, she knew to pull out a paper towel and wipe the splotches of sauce off the plates just like I liked.
My MIL said, “Oh, you don’t need to do that,” and Sarah looked at her and said, “Uh, yes we do.” LOL!
I think this bossiness thing is true of most great chefs, though.
I used to work with a guy in advertising who used to be a chef in New York City. He said his job as VP of Client Services was a lot like his old job as a chef — “I just yell a lot less.”
SIL = sister in law (but this is an old post, so I bet you figured that out by now!)
Hey Kel – I bet your blender blunder doesn’t compare to when my friend thought it would be a great idea to reincorporate the natural peanut butter using the blender WITHOUT the lid!!!!!!!! Greasy peanut butter EVERYWHERE, and I do mean EVERYwhere!
Sounds like you’ve got a great guy there Kel! What a fun interview to read!
Shauna
We all know I’m majorly tech-illiterate, but I must be really bad or maybe having a blonde moment…I can’t for the life of me figure out what an “SIL” is…
Anybody want to clue me in?
Anyway, thanks for commenting!
Kelly
Thanks for linking this on the Weston A. Price moms, Kelly! I haven’t been very vigilant in looking for links. My SIL has one for me that I have to get more specifics from her about; I couldn’t find it from the info she gave me. I’m going to bookmark your blog so I can follow it.
Hi Liz,
There is actually a post coming out about that very topic soon!
Great post from Kent! I just have to say how important it is for couples to be on the same page. How hard would it be Kelly to make the kind of changes you’ve made in your family’s eating habits if Kent was not supportive?
Great post you two!
Hi Lynn, I’ll work on that angle with Kent and see if he’ll go for it! 🙂
Loved Kent’s words. Maybe he should have a regular column here for other men lucky enough to have their “groceries mysteriously appear in the kitchen”. Our Adirondack WAP group has a nice mix of genders, and we all find it lends a rich perspective to our monthly meetings.
Lynn