For Tia Mowry, food is both medicine and love.
Eating healthy has been life changing for you.
Tell us about that.
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“I wasdiagnosed with endometriosisin my 20s.
I had two surgeries.
She got me on the path to eating right.
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I saw a huge shift in my health when I started to eat organic and avoid anything overly processed.
Now I focus on real foods vegetables, protein, grains.
Foods that come from the earth.”
You head a wellness company called Anser.
What inspired you to start it?
“The catalyst was my personal wellness journey.
Along with excruciating menstrual cramps resulting from my endometriosis, I also hadmigrainesandbad eczema.
Those problems went away.
“At the same time, I realized thereweren’t any women of color in the wellness arena.
I didn’t see anyone who looked like me, and I wanted to change that.
So I startedAnser, which is a line of supplements that help us reach our health potential.
I’m very proud that they are.
“What drives me is inspiring others to believe in themselves.
Representation is so crucial in wellness and cooking.
I want people to say, ‘She looks like me.
If she can do it, I can do it too.'”
How can they make it fun again?
In the end, cooking is about creating memories with your family.
Some of my favorite moments are on Sundays, when our whole family makes breakfast together.
My son, Cree, 9, helps prep.
He loves mixing things.
He is also getting comfortable with the stove and helps make eggs.
My daughter, Cairo, 3, has a little ladder that she stands on to help out.
Growing up, I used to cook with my family.
What are your favorite foods to make?
“Pasta, for sure.
There’s a mac and cheese recipe in the book that’s so good.
It gives the mac and cheese richness.
“Also steak, chicken, salmon.
I like to experiment with mycast-iron skillet it’s one of my favorite things to do.
I love a good sear.
It starts to caramelize, and that’s when you get all the flavor.
It’s delicious.”
What tools and tricks do you use to make good cooking faster and simpler?
The trick is to cut all the ingredients the same size so everything cooks evenly and thoroughly.
And sheet pans aren’t just for dinner.
I even makesheet pan pancakes, which is a great way to cook a lot of them quickly.
“Another one of my quick fixes is to use store-bought dough.
I’ve made some bomb cast-iron skillet pizzas with it.
In minutes, you havedelicious homemade pizza.”
