My guest this week is Krista Sanderson, c0-founder of “Eat Real America” and co-author of the “Eat Real Cookbook” with her partner and nutritionist Zonya Foco.
Krista is passionate about teaching people how to eat REAL food and make it taste delicious, and the funny thing is, and Scott (her husband) are frequently asked “What do you really eat?”. So, for Lent they decided to do a short (less than 5 min) video recap every day to show people exactly that…what we eat! Krista says; “Yes, it was a video of our meals, every single day!”
“We started to think we were crazy and bit off way more than we bargained for, but then it got easier and was really enjoyable! There ended up being 47 videos! We posted them on Facebook and Instagram and they can also be found on our You Tube Eat REAL America channel. We also did a coaching tip re-cap after Easter and have this posted on our Eat REAL America website. You can find it here: What Do We Eat Coaching Tip. It sums up what we learned and some of the feedback we received. This has inspired us to now begin working on a program to help people who want to improve their health but don’t know where to start when it comes to eating healthy.”
MEET KRISTA SANDERSON, REAL FOOD CHAMPION, WIFE AND MOM
Hi! My name is Krista Sanderson and I live in Wichita, KS with my husband, two kids, and our spoiled Border Collie. I have a HUGE passion for enjoying REAL food! After many, many different ideas on how to help others enjoy all the benefits of REAL food, in 2013 (with the help from some great partners), our service, Get REAL Wichita, was born. After a year of talking to our members, learning, helping others, and building the content on Get REAL Wichita, we were asked repeatedly to expand beyond Wichita…thus, the birth of Eat REAL America…with weekly meal ideas, recipes, blog topics, tips and more — all focused on REAL food!
Later in the show I’ll be talking to CEO Rovin Singh about Mode Chocolate, a company co-founded with his wife COO Crystal Braganza.
Crystal and Rovin have been married for almost four years and welcomed their first child into the world last summer. They started Mode to create delicious chocolate without the sugar highs and crashes. Each with significant CPG and retail experience, they’re putting their skills to good use and sharing their innovative chocolate bar with a health-focused customer.
Crystal and Rovin started Mode after their love affair with chocolate turned into a troublesome relationship with food. Too much sugar was taking a toll on their health and cutting it out only made them crave it more. So, they cleared off the kitchen island and began experimenting. Days turned into weeks and weeks into years, but they finally created a delicious chocolate bar—combining just a few ingredients you can actually pronounce, without all the sugar.
“We believe that guilt, permission and shame shouldn’t drive our decisions around food, and the less we have to think about food, the easier it will be to live our lives. Mode exists to give you an easier option to enjoy chocolate, however it fits into your life. Great tasting chocolate without the extra sugar.
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2019 Bodegas La Purísima Red Blend from Spain
La Purisima has a gorgeous black cherry color, with good intensity. There is a prevalence of ripe fruit, with hints of vanilla, toast and spicy notes. The nose is clean and complex with many nuances. The palate is fleshy, long and powerful with great fruit and spice on the finish.
Critical Acclaim JSJames Suckling
An excellent blend with 85% monastrell, 10% syrah and 5% garnacha. Deep and glossy with blackberries, wild spices, tar and mineral. Concentrated but not hefty. Juicy, with a medium-to full-bodied palate enveloped by fresh, chalky tannins. Balance is the key here.
A Jacob Liquor Exchange exclusive with limited quantity available at the North Rock store!
This wine is a great value and brings BIG flavor to the party…