A few words about me
Welcome to Your Lighter Side, helping people love their food since 2007.
So why food? Why this site? Why? Well it’s simple, to be honest.
I want anyone–everyone who looks at your plate of food–at my plate of food– to look at me and at you with a look of disbelief and say, “That’s gluten free? Sugar free? Really?” followed by, “And that’s healthy?” and “You lose weight eating that? You can have that?” And I want you to smile and say YES!
But more than that, I want kids and spouses to embrace our lifestyles because they see we’re not doomed to sob over frou frou cuts of lettuce, garbanzo beans and pork chops for perpetuity. And I want them to be so excited about your food they want to plan and prepare those meals with you. I want them to see me enjoy this pizza. You enjoy the lasagna. The cheesecake. The doughnut. The taco bowl. A life without woes and a life full of flavor, color and fun. And I want them to beg you to make the dish for them again.
I want people who have never before considered a lower carbohydrate/ketogenic/low glycemic/sugar free lifestyle to doubt. I want people to doubt that this way of eating is nothing more than eggs and bacon, sad slabs of beef, and green, wilting salads. I want people to doubt everything they thought they knew about eating and health based on what we’ve been told to believe. And I want them to taste a slice of sugar free, gluten free cheesecake and wonder why they’d ever had anything else.
I want people to want to taste our food and experience the joy we savor every meal of every day. And I want them to want that, too. For themselves, for their children and for everyone they love in their loves.
My skills
- Mom of Four
- Poised with forks in hand and ready to tear every dish apart, my kids have never quite forgiven the fact that I once hid cauliflower in their pizza crust. Forget that this recipe was featured on Dr. Oz, Glamour.com and Lauren Conrad’s site.
- Bacon Lover
- Able to leap small heaps of ham in a single bound, I know everything tastes better with bacon. Even bacon. Except zombies. Those don’t taste great with much.
- Avid Snacker
- Who better to trust to your crusts, shimmy to your shakes and party with your pastas than someone who loves food? She’s me, and she’s happy to meet you; bring your fork. There’s adventures to be had. And shenanigans.
My history
Atkineer since 1984, when legwarmers were as shimmery as unicorn sprinkles.
Ever since Your Lighter Side originally launched in 2007, I was in love with the idea of paying it forward. A volunteer in the community and supporter of healthy, low glycemic load eating since 1984, I’ve been working to help millions of others ever since, bringing the most creative, innovative, sometimes crazy dishes to the table.
About Your Lighter Side
Make lunch not war. Preferably with bacon.
It’s not about being right; it’s about being right on when it comes to those foods you think you miss most when you change your lifestyle. Think you’ll never again savor a gourmet cheesecake or sure pizza night will fail to exist forever? That’s where you’d be wrong. Over 300 recipes prove that there’s nothing more delicious than healthy vegetables, fruits, dairy, proteins and just the right fats. Infused with flavor, love and humor, Your Lighter Side delivers laughs with lasagna, bawdiness with bacon, and cheers on the cheese. We don’t take ourselves seriously, but we take food seriously.
And that’s a promise. Cross my bacon.