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Hi, I’m Stormy Sweitzer. I help home cooks with active lives eat more real food
That’s right, real food – the kind that doesn’t require an ingredient label because it is whole. The kind that is nourishing and healthful, and is naturally free of gluten and dairy – foods that can aggravate food allergies and sensitivities and other health concerns. The kind that supports long-term wellness and fitness goals. The kind that increases energy, clarity, and strength. The kind that your body craves and your taste buds yearn for.
I do this by sharing straightforward and supportive advice, stories, recipes, and tips with you that make it easier to add delicious, real foods preparation and eating into your already-full life – whether you want to share a meal with friends and family, plan a special occasion, grab food on-the-go, or just find ways to transition to a lifetime of good eating so you can spend your time and energy on the things you love without compromising your health.
Eating a real food diet does not have to be difficult
It is very important to me that Maoomba.com reflects the idea that the food we eat needs to fit into our lives, not the other way around. And, by focusing on what we can eat, rather than what we can’t, we can eat more healthily and satisfyingly – in spite of the food choices and constraints we need to navigate.
Especially, when you have help
I created Maoomba as a place where people who seek a more natural or ancestral way of eating – whether to improve their health, manage food allergies or chronic disease, and/or achieve fitness goals – can come to learn the basics, while building up their confidence in new flavors and cooking styles that support a whole-food, real-food life.
I know that my life would have been so much easier with a guide at my side.
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And, believe me, it works
As an on-the-go, working woman who loves to travel, eat out with friends, go backpacking for days at a time, and share a good meal with my husband, I was nearly stopped dead in my tracks when I discovered my numerous food sensitivities and all of the ways I would have to modify my life to manage them and still enjoy my favorite activities. Today, I do this well, finding balance in the kitchen and my life, while enjoying simple and delicious foods that are good for me. I feel energetic, have focus, and feel great.
“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.” —Adelle Davis
I want to help you make the transition to a real-food diet that is naturally free of processed ingredients, gluten (or possibly all grains) and dairy. Through my blog, classes, and other services, you can:
- Learn how to cook using new and unfamiliar ingredients, including some very foreign ingredients that have been life-savers for me.
- Manage the frustration that comes from trying to figure out simple ways to eat satisfyingly and safely.
- Navigate food allergies and sensitivities to gluten, dairy, and commercial yeasts easily and deliciously.
- Shop for healthy food – from your local store to farmers market and ethnic shops.
- Eat really well by focusing on what you can eat, not worrying about what you can’t.
- Eat food that supports your health, fitness, and weight, particularly when time is scarce and energy needs are high.
- And, maybe even garden a bit…
Want to know my food orientation?
My food focus is on healthful food that is naturally gluten and dairy free. I focus on foods that include fruits and vegetables; meat, poultry and seafood; nuts and seeds; and healthy fats. I am inspired by ancestral and traditional ways of eating. And, while my diet is mostly Paleo in nature, I do incorporate gluten-free grains and legumes on occasion.
My recipes are an eclectic mix of seasonal ingredients, global flavors, comfort cooking, and foods to fuel an active life. All foods I share are simple, delicious, and straightforward to prepare.
Here are some great places to start exploring
Blog Feel free to take a look around my recipes and other posts. They will give you an understanding of my cooking approach and ways that you can begin eating a real food diet today.
Newsletter Want to be the first to hear of new recipes, stories, classes, and other Maoomba news? Sign up for my weekly newsletter here.
Virtual Cooking Classes I will soon begin teaching live classes through Google+ hangouts that help active people like you learn to shop for, prepare, and enjoy real foods every day and for different occasions. Learn more here.
Culinary Travel I work with my tour operator husband Will to develop culinary tours to countries with amazing food traditions, beautiful natural surroundings, and with opportunities for cultural and wild encounters. In 2012, we are headed to South Africa. Join us!
Consulting Finally, I use my diverse nonprofit, health, and business startup experience and education to provide strategic consulting services to organizations that promote health, food access, community, and economic empowerment through food.
About Stormy
I am a lover of good food, creating things, dancing, & being in the outdoors; a kitchen experimentalist; world traveler; runner; ethnic grocery store wanderer; voracious reader; tinkerer; and do-gooder.
I have two beautiful, but aging fur-kids, and a husband who has kept up with my adventurous spirit for nearly 15 years. We live in the foothills of Salt Lake City, Utah, and are frequently visited by bunnies, deer, and dozens of bird varieties, as well as tarantulas and rattle snakes.
My background is eclectic, but consistent with the themes of curiosity, health, learning, and helping others.
I have undergrad degrees from the University of Utah in Economics and Russian Language and Literature with a minor in Spanish – yep, I love languages and numbers.
Later, I gained a Masters in Public Health from Emory University in Atlanta, where I unofficially minored in farmer’s markets and ethnic restaurants. I spent many of the next ten years working in the field of public health on issues of chronic illness and improving processes.
And, most recently, I completed a Masters in Business Administration, again, at the University of Utah, where I focused on marketing and entrepreneurship, and began developing an eco-friendly business, that was followed by another business and then another.
I’ve spent time living and working in Venezuela, Russia, the Republic of Moldova, and Finland, and have traveled to over 35 countries over the years. A lot of my cooking inspiration comes from these and my continued travels. And, my Mexican heritage does make an appearance on a plate now and then. But, I am also an outdoor girl who grew up in Utah learning to preserve food, eat from the wild and in the wild, celebrate potluck style, and cook a mean Dutch oven dinner!
And through it all, I’ve explored food, cooking, food allergies, the impacts of diets on our health and disease, and the role of food in fitness.
Today, I blend my love of food, teaching, travel, and starting up new ideas into my Maoomba site and my social impact consulting.
Want to learn more:
- Read my food story and the kiwi incident that foretold my challenges with food.
- See my food allergy and eating realizations and philosophy here.
- Read about my qualifications and the Maoomba name here.
Happy eating!
-Stormy Sweitzer, MPH, MBA