Hi there!

 

My name is Nathaniel De Young - professional meal prepper, personal chef and owner of Honey Bread. I absolutely love cooking for others and appreciate how a good home cooked meal can nourish and bring people together.

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My experience: I have more than sixteen years experience in professional kitchens. For seven years, I worked as food technologist in a test kitchen where I researched and developed recipes for some of the largest food companies in the world. I also have experience as Neapolitan pizza chef, German wood-fired bread baker, French bistro pastry chef, independent food consultant and culinary arts instructor at Northern Essex Community College. I opened Honey Bread Meal Prep in 2020. 

 

My education: I completed a culinary arts program at North Shore Community College in 2018. I have developed my skills since then, learning world cuisines and adapting recipes to special diets.

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My food philosophy: I believe the foundation of good nutrition depends upon home cooked meals made with high-quality, minimally-processed ingredients. I specialize in preparing personalized meals made with plentiful fruits and vegetables (organic whenever possible), 100% whole-grain pasta, rice and grains, humanely-raised animal products, wild-caught seafood and healthy fats, with the occasional treat or dessert (homemade, of course!). And unless you say otherwise, I make sure not to include heavily-processed oils, artificial or natural flavorings/colorings, preservatives, and other highly-processed ingredients.

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I do not cook meals to meet a certain amount of calories (calorie counting has been shown to be unhelpful for losing weight/improving health). Instead, I prefer to utilize Michael Pollan's mantra to healthy eating: eat food, not too much, mostly plants. This mimics the eating approaches of people living in ultra-healthy Blue Zones such as Okinawa, Japan and Sardinia, Italy. If you aren't accustomed to eating with this approach, perhaps give it a try with Honey Bread Meal Prep and see how enjoyable it can be (while improving your health!).