Welcome to Dishmeetup

Lily Ciric Hoffmann is a creative techie who uses home-cooking and baking as therapy. Please read her article on Medium “Does cooking reduce stress? I think so.” to learn more about her philosophy on food.

You want to:

- explore and use home cooking as a way of self-care, a sense of accomplishment, and improve your self-esteem. 

- cook smarter and more efficiently on busy weeknights with delicious easy to make and nutritious meals.

- tune into and analyze what your body needs vs what you think it wants. 

- explain and identify how your gut and emotions communicate and are interconnected. 

- feel strong both mentally and physically.

- nurture and test your creativity in the kitchen. 

- improve your relationship with yourself and others.

- build a holistic, balanced, and realistic relationship with food where both successes and failures are welcome and considered as valuable lessons. 

“A study in the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science looked at the therapeutic qualities of cooking as a hobby, including its reported ability to cause a dimmed sense of time and an altered sense of consciousness. The researchers found that the act of cooking improves a person’s wellbeing and is associated with life satisfaction.” read the whole article in Why Cooking Makes You Happy.

Follow Dishmeetup on Instagram, tag your creations with #dishmeetup, or mention @dishmeetup. 

As a community, we believe in inspiring and supporting each other. Often times when we see a member create a dish we feel more compelled and less intimidated to make the same dish vs seeing a professional chef making it. Plus you can ask questions, share your modifications and experience making the dish.

And for folks on Pinterest, all the recipes we create and like are on the Dishmeetup Pinterest board.