Made with Love
From comfort food memories to current kitchen adventures, our chat is packed with warmth, laughter, and relatable moments. Penny candidly shares her kitchen stories, from her challenges with cooking as a parent, to the ups and downs of everyday meals, and the emotional aspects of food habits, in a conversation that is all about food made with love.
We explore the transformative power of cooking, the evolving nature of tastes, and the minefield of perceived judgement that so often feeds into our cooking attitudes.
So grab a cuppa, get comfy, and tune in for an honest and inspiring discussion that's sure to leave you nodding and smiling!
tasty morsels
00:40 Mum's comfort cooking.
04:19 Desert island food: curry or sandwich?
06:34 The idea vs the reality of cooking.
09:20 Baking mishaps and other memories.
15:12 More freedom = more fun.
19:01 Lockdown cooking and falling in love with sourdough.
19:56 A simple method for sourdough bread.
23:24 The importance of the emotional aspect of food.
28:25 Becoming more confident and wasting less.
32:42 Streamlining the spice cupboard.
35:44 Playing with flavours.
38:03 Cooking can make you feel accomplished and grown up.
the best bit
"There's so often so many ways that you can kind of get the same effect with a similar ingredient or spice anyway."
get cooking
Three ideas for taking action in your own kitchen, inspired by the conversation.
🍅 Take a look at your spice collection and remove any that you rarely or never use. By focusing on the spices you actually use, you can keep them fresh and ensure you have what you need for your favourite recipes.
🍅 Take a trip to your local health food store (or supermarket) to explore different varieties of dark chocolate and understand the benefits it offers compared to other sweet treats.
🍅 Take Penny's tip of using lentils in place of meat for cost savings and added nutrition, and experiment with seasoning your dishes with words to make them sound more special.
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Original music by Colin Bass.
About your host
Katerina Pavlakis
Intuitive cook & irreverent kitchen coach
Growing up in 70s Greece, cooking - and eating - at home was simply normal. Shopping at farmers' markets, drooling over recipes, grinding spices, and animated conversation over dinner are some of my fondest memories. This is where I honed my cooking intuition. I'm here to help you find your way back to a simpler, more joyful way of cooking.
To bring intuition into your kitchen too, start here!
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