And the boots she loves to wear in and out of the kitchen.
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Well, it always starts with copious copious amounts of coffee.
No sugar, no milk, just straight caffeine.
For me, because my job is around food, I don’t like to feel overly full.
A lot of dried fruits and nuts.
A great pastrythat is like 90% air in my brainsounds like a low-volume food for me.
Then, I can continue to eat more.
What’s your favorite pair of restaurant shoes to wear in the kitchen?
I chose style over substance at first, because the kitchen clogs are just not cute.
So, I stick with theBlundstones.
I like the taller ankle Australian work boots.
They’re great because they’re waterproof.
you might splatter some oil on your foot and not completely burn your sock.
I think they’re really versatile.
Is there a tool or cooking ingredient you cannot live without in your kitchen?
All forms of salt.
Various kinds, because every dish requires something different.
I’m not spending a gajillion dollars on precious salt.
It’s just the Costco brand, Kirkland.
And obviously the Ninja Outdoor Oven, truly.
Being a professional cook, at home I am the complete opposite.
I don’t want to spend time cooking, I want it to be easy.
I want it to feel like I can do it with my eyes closed.
I’m like, okay, that makes sense to put into my equipment arsenal.
What’s your favorite thing to cook in the Ninja WoodfireTM Outdoor Oven?
Are those your favorite pizza toppings?
What would be on your ideal pizza?
So, there’s pizza in general.
There’s very few ingredients that I don’t like [on] it.
So pizza and mushrooms for me, aren’t a good thing.
What would you do before putting mushrooms on pizza?
You have to pre-cook them, especially if they’re a white button mushroom, which I love.
Otherwise, they’re just steamingthere’s no development of flavor, in my opinion.
I would cut them, pre-steam them or pre-roast them to pull out that initial liquid.
Then, when you put it in the outdoor oven, they start to caramelize right on the spot.
It means a lot of different things.
Now, those two things don’t have to be the same.
You have to find the right harmony that makes sense for you.
There’s nothing worse than feeling like you have to do something one way to yield the healthiest result.
So, eating well to me is finding your own personal harmony, whatever that looks like.
Eating well means how you feel in that sense.
Not just in the healthy, physical sense.
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