Welcome to Celebrating the Nourishing Life

I am Executive Chef Cathryn Matthes and this is my story.  When I was 15 years old I weighed close to 200 pounds.  I hated my body and high school was a torment so I dropped  out and got a job washing dishes. Twenty five years later I would be recognized as one of the Top Ten Spa Chef’s in the Southeastern U.S, be called an ‘expert’ in weight management and earn my stripes as one of a handful of female Certified Executive Chefs in the country.  Ain’t life grand!

Now I spend my days, talking, teaching, writing, cooking, helping, any way I can-to demonstrate the healing power of super-quality food, and hoping to inspire others to join me in a conscious eating style that supports health and wellness for all people and the natural systems that support us. This site is my virtual kitchen table where I share my thoughts and my recipes. I hope you will find it entertaining, informative and inspiring.  Join me in Celebrating the Nourishing Life!

Our Delicious Mission

Our mission is to guide you away from short term, boring dieting for weight loss into a rich world of health, beauty and people, places and… FLAVOR.  Using our simple savory, super-nutritious recipes and some teaching videos we hope to entice you into your kitchen where you will make soul-satisfying food-food that will make you feel so good, you won’t want to eat any other way.  Soon those unhealthy habits you’ve been battling for years and those unwanted pounds will begin to fade away and eating well will become as effortless as breathing. No more pain, no more fighting, no more fear; just a happy you, enjoying pure food pleasure.

Our mango method:

To support you on your journey we offer the astute assistance of the Dancing Mangos; Bongo Pongo and Dale, our resident experts in environmental wellness, natural beauty and spiritual health.  In this interactive community you can connect with others and draw inspiration and motivation to stay on track and share your inspiring stories.

Our dreamy desire:

We wanna get you cooking up a storm, chatting with the chef, learning and loving it, making friends, shopping clean, living green and getting lean…shedding those sticky extra pounds and beginning to experience a faboo new you-strong, radiant, and purposeful, eating the best tasting food ever and helping heal the planet at the same time.  Can we get a Hallelujah?

Come on…don’t weight another minute.  Joyful healthy eating is here.