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1 cup of Quniona

2.5 cups of water

1/4 of a chopped onion

2 cloves of garlic chopped

1 tsp. of olive oil

pinch of salt

a small piece of Kombu seaweed – it expands.

*If you don’t have a rice maker use a regular dutch oven or small soup pot.

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Yesterday I sat with Reverend Fuzz of Corinthian Baptist Church – located at 819 33^rd Ave N here in Nashville.  Abi, one of my assistants here in the office is the President of Vanderbilt University’s Art Out Reach program; she’s been showing up for a group of kids after school once a week for the past 3.5 years.  She thought it would be great if I met with Reverend Fuzz to discuss offering cooking classes.

Sitting in his office, listening to the stories of some of these kids’ lives, my mind flashed back to another time and I walked through a door, a door that is connected to my past, when I was a little girl my mother was a single parent of 3 young children and suffered from Crohn’s disease.  She worked when she felt well and wasn’t hospitalized.  When she was hospitalized my 9-year-old sister was in charge of myself – 6 years old and my little brother 2 years old.  We’d load our baby brother onto the back of the bike and headed to the closest market – a convenience store that sold minimal fresh produce and mostly processed foods.  Our diet consisted of chipped ham (lunch meat), white bread, boxed mac & cheese, cheerios & occasionally a can of corn or peas.  There were plenty of nights where we had absolutely nothing to eat.  I cried wanting someone to feed us, and I yearned for the unhealthy lunch that awaited me at school.

When my mother was well she tried to eat what wouldn’t hurt her but she had no access or money to attend any type of cooking classes that could have taught her how to heal her own body.  Now a days most folks don’t know how to cook food that isn’t in a box, we think it’s hard and takes to much time – NOT TRUE.

The past two years I’ve learned all about food and how it heals our bodies, as I faced an intestinal ulceration and my mothers’ disease within my own body.  Knowing that my two little girls have a huge potential for digestive disorders I have been on a mission to find healing and preventative foods that taste good. I had always looked upon “health food” as something “hippie”; I’d tasted it before and never found comfort in it.  Now that I KNOW what each ingredient does for the body I’ve come up with bangin’ recipes that bring that comfort food feeling to a  “Table that aids in healing.” I call it an ANCESTRAL diet – eating foods in their original form is how our body is designed to receive nutrition.

I’m now on a mission to share what I have learned with anyone that will listen, I KNOW how sick folks are, not just with digestive disorders but also with EVERYTHING!  The human root is our intestines, just like a tree if our roots are weak  - disease of all types move into the body, a tree dies when it’s roots are sick.

If we can take our power back via our kitchens than we can regain our personal power in everything we do.  We must work WITH modern medicine; it’s time to rely on ourselves. Yesterday I KNEW I’d come full circle and my personal goal of living a congruent life has given me an opportunity, if I can reach one momma than I’ve succeded.

Reverend Fuzz and I have teamed up and we are bringing a “Noble Makeover” to Corinthian Baptist Church, our goal is to get folks cooking REAL food again, food with intention and purpose.  I will be hosting weekly cooking classes free of charge and providing a meal to those that participate – Corinthian Baptist has opened it’s doors to the public our intention is for New Years Day for each member of the CONGREGATION & COMMUNITY to prepare a dish by using a Princess Know It All recipe  – ONE MEAL AT A TIME we can bring Nobility back to the table.

If you would like to volunteer or participate in any way please contact mee@princessknowitall.com or Reverend Fuzz at enoch.fuzz@yahoo.com