Hi!  I’m Mindy.

Growing up in a family of six kids meant a lot of hungry mouths to feed!  My mom’s delicious cooking really whetted my appetite to create meals as yummy as hers (my dad had a few tricks up his sleeve too), but it wasn’t until I was living on my own that I began to cook.  Like so many other bloggers, I’m a self-taught cook and recipe developer.  Originally from Montreal, I now blog in Toronto, Canada, where I live with my three cats.

Throughout my experiments in the kitchen, I became interested in what foods actually do to us.  What does make certain foods so healthy and others not?  If we’re deficient in a certain vitamin, what should we be eating more of?  What do all those strange ingredient names on the back of cans actually mean?  (Yes, I admit it, although I try to eat fairly healthy, you will find cans in my cupboard!)  And so, A Balanced Kitchen was born.

This blog strives to emphasize ingredients, what they contain, and how they affect us.  I am not a nutritionist, so my information comes from lots of research.  If you see something I’ve missed, please feel free to add information in the comment section.  If you think I’ve erred on a certain point, please feel free to comment (politely) as well.  This blog is meant to share information, and a team effort is great.

Comments:  I love comments (what blogger doesn’t?)!  However, I reserve the right to remove any comments I find distasteful (no pun intended:), rude, offensive or spam.

Link exchanges: My Blogroll consists of blogs I love, so I won’t do link exchanges simply because I’m asked.  I do, however, love seeing what everyone else is up to, so please feel free to send me your blog address if you want me to see it.

Twitter:  Find me @abalancdkitchen (no ‘e’ in ‘balancd’ here)