Welcome to episode 21! Today on the show, I welcomed linda to speak to us about her knowledge and expertise, how to grow cooking and kitchen confidence. In this episode, we dive into the essential tips and tricks that will help you build your kitchen skills and gain confidence in the art of cooking. Whether you're a beginner or someone looking to enhance your culinary prowess, we've got you covered. We covered: Overcoming Kitchen Intimidation: Acknowledging common fears and misconceptions about cooking. Embracing a positive mindset and believing in your abilities. Starting with simple recipes and gradually challenging yourself. Planning and Preparing Meals: The importance of meal planning and how it reduces stress. Tips for efficient grocery shopping and minimizing food waste. Prepping ingredients in advance to save time during cooking. Exploring Recipe Adaptation and Creativity: Learning to adapt recipes to suit your preferences and dietary needs. Experimenting with flavors, textures, and ingredient substitutions. Embracing mistakes as opportunities for growth and culinary innovation. Here is a little bit more about linda and how you can connect with her: Linda is a kitchen confidence coach and owner of Balaboosta’s Secret where she teaches busy moms how meal plan, prep and cook with speed, ease, yum and lots of fun. Linda’s cooking skills were so bad, her own family banned her from cooking when she was a teen. Thankfully, her skills have dramatically improved. She now has over 1000 cookbooks, is a graduate of Rouxbe Cooking School and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and has countless cooking courses from the International Culinary Center. Lets get started linda and I cannot wait to learn from you.  To connect with linda,  https://balaboostassecret.com/ social media links:   https://www.instagram.com/balaboostas.secret/ @balaboostas.secret  https://www.facebook.com/groups/easyweeknightdinnerforbusymoms https://www.facebook.com/BalaboostasSecret   Ways I can support your health journey or to simply connect with me check out the following links/ resources ✅ IG- https://www.instagram.com/wellnessbygretchen/ ✅ Sign up for my free Healthy Eating Foundations Wellness class/ group- https://wellnessgretchen.kartra.com/page/Healthyeatingfoundations ✅ Book your Complimentary Lifestyle Audit coaching call- https://wellnessgretchen.kartra.com/calendar/bookingcalendar ✅ Receive my weekly newsletter- https://wellnessgretchen.kartra.com/page/newsletter ✅ Free Healthy Habit Tracker- https://wellnessgretchen.kartra.com/page/habittracker ✅ Learn more about Healthy Weight Simplified Private 1:1 Coaching-https://wellnessgretchen.kartra.com/page/Healthyweightsimplified