A younger version of myself only ate pasta when I went to Italy (which was not so often) and I admit even then, I had certain restrictions about the meal I ate. Since becoming a Certified Intuituve Eating Counselor (and adding this to my resume!) I have learned more about Intuitive Eating, and began my own journey towards making peace with food. I have learned to trust myself and follow my own internal cues about food and exercise rather than relying on external rules.
The past few weekends my husband and I have been making shopping trips to Italian neighborhoods in NYC to shop for Itailan ingredients. I follow a chef on Instagram, Chef Max Mariola. He makes easy meals that are easy to replicate! He used shrimp, asparagus, green onion, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper and fresh linguine. We did a pretty good job of replicating this pasta and if you are a user of instagram, I suggest you look him up.
And so now I don’t save pasta for Italy!
If I can help you make peace with food, please contact me at rachel@livehealthynyc.com