Cooking From Scratch
Healthy Eating and Mindful Meals for Women 40+
Welcome to the first non-cooking cooking podcast!
Join Aliye Aydin as she inspires you to create nourishing, from-scratch meals that heal your body and soul.
In each episode, Aliye chats with chefs, health coaches, doctors, farmers, nutritionists, and healers to explore their unique perspectives on cooking, culture, healing, and mindfulness.
Aliye, born and raised in sunny Southern California, discovered her love for cooking as a healing tool following a scary health diagnosis in her teens. She learned to cook to implement necessary dietary changes, which not only helped her heal but also shaped her life's work.
After graduating from UC Berkeley, Aliye traveled extensively, diving into international cuisines and cooking alongside grandmas and aunties, including exploring her heritage in Türkiye.
Upon returning to the U.S., she attended culinary school and gained experience in various restaurants and catering kitchens. Aliye worked as a culinary instructor and personal chef, and even ran a farm-to-door organic produce delivery service for 8 years in Long Beach, CA, building relationships with top growers and producers.
As a certified facilitator in Spiritual Literacy and Transformative Practices, Aliye incorporates mindfulness and principles like hospitality, gratitude, presence, and listening, and more into her cooking, enhancing the overall experience and fulfillment.
Aliye empowers her students to make healthy eating easy, delicious, and fun, without spending hours in the kitchen!
Explore her latest courses and offerings at www.soulspacechef.com.
Cooking From Scratch
EASY Food Portions: Stay Full Without Calorie Counting with Dariella Gonitzke
For simple delicious recipes optimized for women 40+: https://www.soulspacechef.com/free-youtube-recipe-vault
Food portions made easy is the focus of my conversation with functional nutritionist Dariella Gonitzke. We break down the plate method and why it works, especially for midlife women. We talk about intuitive eating, the truth about calorie deficits, and how protein, fat, and fiber keep you full. Learn how to use visual cues, short-term tracking, and mindful eating for lasting satiety.
Connect with Dariella: www.saravitanutrition.com.
In this episode you'll hear:
- The Midlife Plate Secret: Why the simple visual plate method is the non-negotiable key to managing muscle loss and hormones after 40.
- Beyond Calories: The forgotten metabolic factor (it’s not cardio) that makes the biggest difference for midlife weight loss.
- Intuitive Eating's Blind Spot: When is listening to your body a bad idea? Learn how external stressors can completely override your natural hunger cues.
- The Low-Calorie Trap: Why your current diet app is likely slowing your metabolism, and the simple test that reveals your non-negotiable minimum calorie number.
- The PFF Satiety Switch: How prioritizing three essential food groups instantly sets off your body's most powerful appetite hormones—no willpower needed.
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