“My home cooking is simple, but special.”

No ultra-processed foods, refined sugar, gluten, or dairy.
Wholesome's Guide to Home Cooking: Easy, Healthy, Delicious, and Attractive

There are so many things that get in the way of preparing a home-cooked meal, from delivery apps to eating out and even meal kits.
So, before we knew it, we started thinking that cooking at home was a hassle and a bother.
But we lose more than we think with each meal we eat.
No matter what anyone says, the biggest loss is health.


So the author says let's be a little picky about what we eat.
Let's stop being swayed by diet fads like the vegetable diet, one meal a day, and low-carb, high-fat diet and return to real home cooking to regain a healthy life for ourselves and our families.


The author ate 1,083 meals at home, excluding two days, during 2020, a year when the world came to a standstill due to COVID-19.
As a true 'home cooking expert' who cooks over 1,000 meals a year, from 1,052 in 2021 to 1,033 in 2022, I have established my own home cooking values ​​and philosophy.


Above all, the author says that cooking should be delicious and easy for 'everyday home cooking'.
That way, you can continue eating home-cooked meals for a long time, and home-cooked meals can soon become a part of your daily life.
So, all the recipes introduced in the book can be completed in just 5 steps, without the need for complicated seasoning or cumbersome preparation.
Baking, which is synonymous with complexity, is no exception.
Thanks to this, anyone can easily and simply prepare a delicious meal.
It also doesn't include ultra-processed foods, gluten, refined sugar, or dairy products, so you can regain your health just by eating home-cooked meals.
It's full of healthy recipes that naturally increase your vegetable intake and even help fight inflammation.


The author confesses that home cooking helped her regain balance in life and learn to love herself through daily home-cooked meals.
And now, I hope to share these experiences with more people through “In Praise of Wholesome Home Cooking.”
Even if you only eat one meal, enjoy everyday home-cooked meals without the burden of burden with Wholesome's simple and healthy recipes, and experience a better everyday life.

Looking back, the daily home-cooked meals I had been dotting the horizon had become long lines, guiding the direction of my life.
I realized that taking pictures like this is not just the act of preparing a meal, but a process of taking care of myself with affection and sincerity.
In addition, the first thing that changed when I started eating healthy home-cooked meals was the quality of my sleep.
After a good night's sleep, I woke up wanting to build up my stamina through exercise. After exercising, I felt energized and my next life goal began to emerge.
Then I started sleeping better and positive thoughts started coming to me naturally.
That's how I developed a desire to become a healthier and better person.
---From the "Prologue"

Even though I was determined to enjoy healthy, home-cooked meals as much as possible, the process wasn't easy.
It was difficult to choose a menu for each meal, and on days when I wasn't feeling well or was tired, I really wanted to eat out.
There were days when I gave up on cooking because I opened the refrigerator door and saw that it was full of unprepared ingredients.
Vegetables that were left unprepared for a day or two would eventually spoil and have to be thrown away, so it seemed like home cooking actually cost more.
Then I thought again.
“Can’t we eat home-cooked meals every day easily and conveniently?” To eat home-cooked meals every day, two basic elements must be met.
The point is that it has to be delicious and easy.

---From "If you want to eat home-cooked meals every day"

Ingredient-centric cooking has many advantages.
First of all, you can try new recipes that only you can make without being stuck to existing recipes.
Your understanding of ingredients will increase, and you will naturally be able to understand the nutritional information of your dishes.
You can reduce the use of unnecessary seasonings, condiments, and processed foods, and increase your intake of seasonal ingredients.
As I focus on ingredients, I naturally start researching what makes them better, and I realize how exceptional the taste of seasonal ingredients is.
As you naturally learn the compatibility and flavor combinations between ingredients through the cooking process, your cooking skills will also improve.
---From "The Real Star of Food, Ingredients"

In fact, many people are so obsessed with the idea that vegetables are healthy that they reluctantly eat them as if they were doing homework.
As an adult, I have also tried to eat the recommended daily amount of vegetables, but have given up after just a few days.
He said he would fill in the missing nutrients with supplements.
But if you treat eating vegetables like homework, you won't even have the chance to experience the charm of vegetables.
This kind of diet can never be sustainable or healthy.
---From "Eat Vegetables, Enjoy Vegetables"

Managing inflammation, the root cause of many diseases, is key to a healthy life.
The reason I actively cook at home is, in a way, because I want to control inflammation.
In fact, in the past, I did not fully understand how dangerous and serious the symptom of inflammation was.
(…) But when I started paying attention to my daily diet and preparing my own meals, surprisingly, most of the symptoms that had been bothering me disappeared.
It was truly an amazing experience to see how, just by changing my eating habits, I felt lighter, my skin problems disappeared, I could go to the bathroom more easily every morning, and even my depression and anxiety were reduced.
---From "If you want your home cooking to be truly healthy"

There is a lot of advice for health, such as exercise, meditate, and eat vegetarian.
But no one seems to be suggesting that we do more cooking ourselves in the kitchen.
But I think the more I spend in the kitchen, the healthier I become.
The time I spend in the kitchen using knives and fire every day is an opportunity to think about my body again and learn how to love it.
I hope you don't think the process of finding healthy home-cooked meals is too difficult, tiring, or overwhelming.

---From "The Real Reason We Should Cook at Home"