My home environment was incredibly toxic - so much so that it was affecting both my mental and physical health. In the summer of 2023, I met a much older man through my best friend, whom I liked, and I decided to move in with him for the sake of my well-being. Please, no judgmental or unkind replies. Thank you.
Food rituals? Just the classics, I guess: three meals and two snacks per day. No alcohol, caffeine, smoking, drugs, etc. I drink lots of water, eat plenty of veggies and fruit, keep a balanced diet, and try to keep my sugar intake low. Also - probably the Romanian in me - I can’t go a day without soup. Lunch is soup time. On Wednesdays, Fridays, and during major Christian fasts (like Nativity and Lent), I go vegan, which I see as a nice detox. I love cooking, so I mostly eat homemade food.
Wow you’re flourishing. Also cool you’re going straight-edge. I wasted SO much time on alcohol and nicotine specifically.
I can only really tolerate soup when it’s cold, but I love a curry — which is pretty damn close to soup honestly so maybe I’m in soup denial lol.
Do you have a specialty? Mine would probably be a simple coconut lentil curry + carrots in the winter.
Soup specialty? Ciorbă de pui a la grec - you can use Google Translate on the page to learn more about it. General specialty? Ardei umpluți (stuffed peppers).
Ddddamn, I don’t know how you’re still a teenager and already cooking better than me lol. Sorry about the mild ageism, I remember hating comments like this when I was young and hear I am making them myself, but you’re so far ahead of even so many fully established adults who I know.
Total aside: I just have to say I am so triggered by the lady in the video for Ciorbă de pui a la grec reaching for salt after handling raw chicken without washing her hands 😮 haha that’s me being a germ freak – it does look delicious, though.