Meet Jo
Hello there my fellow foodies!I grew up in Europe, Austria to be exact, and was fortunate enough to have access to organically grown fruits, vegetables, as well as grass-fed beef, lamb, etc. My mom and dad always valued super healthy foods and encouraged me to help them in the garden, as well as take interest in the kitchen. As a little kid I preferred baking things with her, especially around Christmas time.
When I got a little older I began experimenting with vegetables and herbs from our garden, I thought that it tasted great, not really sure what my parental guinea pigs thought, but nonetheless they kept encouraging me. 
Although I attended public school, European schools require an immense amount of studying, covering a wide range of mandatory subjects, one of them is to attend cooking school. For four years I was required to attend a weekly five-hour cooking class in which I learned how to cook every course of a meal, including table etiquette, menu planning, food shopping and how to keep a budget. It was really then when I developed my love for creating food.
Food is one of the most important areas of focus in anyone’s life. It is the fuel for our mind, body and soul. Without the proper nutrition, we open ourselves to invite different diseases which more often than not create a domino effect, affecting different organs. Unfortunately most medical professionals don’t understand what incredibly positive impact and power real food and unprocessed foods can have on a person’s health. Rather, once we fall ill, we are encouraged or ordered to take boatloads of various medications.
I am saddened by how many people who I have met and know as friends battle with some form of obesity, have lost loved ones to diabetes and have lost their eyesight. I find it disturbing that, in general people, seem to have lost touch with their relationship to food; they have forgotten how to feed themselves and have succumbed to the easy way out – processed ready-made foods.
It is of paramount importance to me to help people change their relationship to their daily food choices, live just a little better, happier and more balanced. It is exactly for these reasons that we’ve built this website to help create awareness around healthier (non-dietary) ways of losing and maintaining weight, and to learn moderate routine exercise and flexibility such as yoga.
Feel free to contact me with any questions pertaining to our recipes via e-mail: jo@nuttykitchen.com, or check out my Chef Page at Big Oven! * Meet Jo when she’s not creating delicious food awareness.
Hi Jo,
how are you. I hope your flight back home was not to bad. Before you left Austria we talked about puzzle books. It would be great when you can send me a crossword puzzle book. With this I can improve my vocabulary.
The aim of glute free life is still runing!
In the next days your dad will visit me to go swimming. After the last weekend where it was not so fine the temperature sank to 26°C (=78.8°F)
best wishes
Martin
Hi sweetie,
please send me some examples of what you’d like to my email at jo@nuttykitchen.com, and I will get you some. Keep gluten free my friend – you can do it. xo jo
Hi Jo: We follow each other on twitter which lead me to your blog. Great recipes and info!! Since you are into Gluten Free & Paleo, I thought I would check to see if you have looked at my Paleo Granolas that I sell across the globe & in stores. You can view on my website at: http://www.paleopeople.com I am a former Crossfit Affiliate who branched out into the Paleo Snack Biz and its going really well. Let me know your thoughts Jo & keep up the great work on yout blog!
Hi there, thanks! I have seen your goods and they look great. We haven’t tasted them yet, we will have to in short order
. Great site as well. Awesome to be connected. Jo
The world surely is a small place. I appreciated your bio, having lived in Germany as an exchange student years ago, and later in Austria. The food was truly incredible. Having been a gardener all my life, I can also share your passion for wonderful food.
I’m following the Perfect Health Diet to try to recover my health and it is working! In my search for excellent health, I made the mistake of buying into the vegetarian/then vegan way of eating. What a change the Perfect Health Diet has been for the better.
As I said, the world truly is a small place, as my son formerly worked also for Quest Diagnostics!
Keep up the excellent “Nutty Kitchen!”
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Love your site and will visit often.
Christine