COOKING FOR MYSELF – PASTA

Cooking brings out my most nurturing and feminine side—it’s where I feel most connected, creative, and grounded. It’s deeply fulfilling preparing food with love and intention, turning simple ingredients into something beautiful and comforting.

when I was busy as a single parent raising two kids and running my business and my charity I would catch myself flipping through these cookbooks and longing for time and moments where I would be able to do something like this This was a life I wanted And I kept telling myself one day when I have time I am going to do this I’m going to take time to cook and I’m going to take time to present food properly and enjoy it in an environment that good food deserves This is the lifestyle I remember as a child and since I came to US like most immigrants my time was consumed with work and now that I’m older I want this lifestyle back once again I want to have time to cook and to enjoy the food in the way God intended it for us to enjoy Even though my kids are away to college I’m cooking more than ever And today I’m going to make myself some very good fresh pasta And when you think about this there’s really nothing to it Making pasta is probably one of the easiest things you can do All you need are some eggs flour and some salt Time and will are usually the hardest and the most expensive ingredients to find Somehow we have grown and learn to accept less out of life especially when it comes to food There are many people out there particularly women who will spend an hour to two hours in the morning getting ready with their makeup and hair and then they would go to kitchen and pick up a power bar or protein bar a cup of coffee and be on their way It’s the same thing with dinner Who in the world has time to make homemade pasta Well let me tell you we do have time but we have fallen out of the culture of making our own food And then there is internet and the devices And can you imagine how much richer and how much more quality our lives will have if the time we invest scrolling through our phones into something that’s more meaningful to us personally and to our family I often watch people and I’m thinking they’re living as if this is just one of many lives they will live So as if there’s a time to spare and time to throw away as if time that they’re given right now does not truly matter Time is the most valuable thing we have What we decide to do with this time is truly up to us So here I am making homemade pasta as if I have abundance of time to waste It’s nothing like that This is a very conscious decision to invest part of my life into moments like these When I take a bite of food I want that food to tell me a story I want my brain and my body to be excited about every bite It’s so important to me that I’m willing to work extra hard to get to that perfect taste As a child I would watch women in my family and my neighborhood immerse themselves in cooking experiences making incredible dishes Deep in my roots I am one of those women But life had different plans And most of my life I had to play a role both of mother and a father as well as a businesswoman which is okay because there’s a time in everybody’s life when the duty calls However now that I’m older I want to reconnect with my roots and I want my daughter to see me doing things that I watch my mother and my grandmother do Doing things like this it’s a big part of being a woman and being feminine Our young people are so far removed from simplicity and beauty of life They are overwhelmed and bombarded with all sorts of things today And it would be wonderful to bring them back to the core of what really matters in life Good food shared within the warmth of a family and home will never get out of style Because of the way my life was I often felt that I have to play a role of a man to survive and to succeed in business To protect my family my children and my home I would often bring my strong side forward neglecting more feminine and softer part of me But as I said life is full of different chapters and I’m very excited about this new chapter in my life It’s a beautiful hot day outside The weather is very dry and this is the perfect time to make pasta So I will no longer look at the cookbooks and wish that I could have some of those meals Instead I’m going to work hard and make my own This beautiful apple tart done And not just that I made it but I also have my own apple tree Another beautiful recipe done Thank you so much for watching and for listening so far If you would like to join me on my cooking adventure please subscribe because new videos are on the way In tomorrow’s video I’m going to use some of this pasta to make delicious beef and herb soup Thanks again for watching and I will see you tomorrow