30: Healthy Eating Tips With Expert Chef Mareya

In this deliciously insightful episode, the one and only “Fit Foodie”, Chef Mareya joins Kimberly and Terry to uncover the power of nutrition in fitness and overall well-being. She shares her journey into healthy cooking and delivers game-changing meal prep tips that make clean eating easy and enjoyable!

What You’ll Learn:
🥗 How to build a better relationship with food and manage cravings
👩‍🍳 The benefits of cooking as a family for healthier habits
🌱 Why seasonal fruits & veggies are a must for maximum nutrition
💧 The importance of hydration and how it impacts performance
🧂 How spices & phytonutrients can level up your meals
🍽️ The best post-workout recovery meals to fuel your body

Chef Mareya also introduces a new simple way to supercharge any meal! If you're ready to eat smarter, fuel better, and feel amazing, this episode is a must-listen!

🎧 Tune in now and take your nutrition to the next level!

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Transcript

All right, Group X appeal family, get ready because today we're bringing you a powerhouse guest who's about to change the way that you think about food, fuel and feeling your absolute best. If you've ever struggled with meal prep, battled sugar cravings or wondered how to eat for energy and performance without spending hours in the kitchen, this episode is for you. Our guest today is none other than Chef Mareya, also known as the Fit Foodie.

She is a chef, nutritionist, award-winning entrepreneur, and bestselling author who has made it her mission to help people eat cleaner, train smarter, and live vibrantly. You may have seen her on the Food Network, the Doctors, or NBC's Today Show, and today, she's here to drop some serious knowledge bombs on how to simplify nutrition while maximizing results.

Kimberly/terry (01:25)
Oh my goodness. This is episode number 30. 30. Yes. 3-0. 3-0. I'm so excited. Huge milestone. And it couldn't be any better because we have Chef Mareya in the house with us. Who we've been talking about having on the podcast since before we did our first podcast. Before day one. you'll see why in just a moment, you guys, Chef Mareya and I go way back. How many years now, Mareya?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (01:45)
You guys.

gosh. I want to say like 17 years or so. Right around there. Yeah. Yeah. Since, since my guy who's now heading to culinary school next month was two years old. So crazy.

Kimberly/terry (01:55)
gosh. That many, huh?

Yeah, closing in on, yeah.

Yay. wow. Yeah. my goodness. So it's,

it's been a while and we, chef Mareya and I really cultivated a friendship, a family ship, through even further through group exercise. Yeah. Right. Through wellness. And so we're so food. Yeah. And through food, our love of food. absolutely. So

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (02:30)
Yeah, always, there's always food involved. Yes. We've shared a meal or two together for sure.

Kimberly/terry (02:37)
Yes, we have. we again are so thankful to have you here today on Group X Appeal on our 30th episode to celebrate this huge milestone. And for those who don't know, Mareya's passion for food, really is contagious. And but even more so her practical no nonsense approach you're going to find makes healthy eating very doable, even for the busiest people out there on the planet. So whether you're

teaching back to back fitness classes. who would do that? Whether you're juggling a packed schedule or just looking for ways to level up your nutrition, get ready to take some serious notes and walk away with some game changing tips today. Mareya we're so excited to have you and welcome to Group X Appeal.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (03:25)
Thank you. I'm really

happy to be here. I, you know, I think it's, it's just so important, especially for people who are, you know, in the fitness world that are trainers, that are taking classes from fitness professionals, that we really understand how important nutrition is in this equation of getting fit. Like, you know, I think oftentimes people

that are really into fitness think fitness is what's driving the whole, you know, the fit lifestyle. When in fact, 85 to 90 % of your success is really on the end of your fork. So I'm really excited to share what I've learned over the past, you know, 25, 30 years in this industry, because it is a revelation. And I think it's very freeing when you have

Kimberly/terry (03:58)
Mm.

Mm-hmm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (04:23)
a good relationship with food, and then you know how to apply it in a way that helps you thrive.

Kimberly/terry (04:25)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah, it starts with knowledge. They say knowledge is power, but knowledge is potential power. So I like how you said, make it easy way to apply it because it's one thing to know it, but then to apply it. So that's fantastic.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (04:43)
Yeah, and let's be

honest, it's a minefield out there. mean, all you have to do is scroll through Instagram, you'll have 5,000 different opinions on how to do it, what's quote healthy, and what we should all be doing. And the truth is it's never a one size fits all. We're all different. Terry might eat versus you, Kimberly versus me. We all have different needs.

Kimberly/terry (04:46)
Mm-hmm.

For sure.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (05:09)
But there are some common denominators and that's really what I want to get to, to help people today.

Kimberly/terry (05:14)
I love it.

So Mareya, you're known as the fit foodie. How did your journey into healthy cooking and nutrition begin?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (05:24)
Well, it really started when I was in my mid twenties. I had started my career in the natural products industry, working for a chain of natural food stores, kind of like the precursor for Whole Foods. And what really impressed me and what resonated with me is that this market called Alfalfa's Markets in Boulder, Colorado,

really had an emphasis on farm to table. So it was all about sourcing clean ingredients from farmers, particularly local growers, telling their story on little printed out storyboards in the produce department and in the dairy aisle and all around the store. And that was a really big emphasis. And, you know, I'm Middle Eastern. So growing up in an Egyptian household where we'd

you know, in Egypt, you'd walk to buy your produce in the market and then you'd go to the dairy guy and buy the milk and the cheese and then you'd go to the butcher and the fishmonger. And that's how I grew up. So it really resonated with me. And what I knew early on was that I wanted to do something with food that would help me feel good because, you know, on the flip side of all of that,

you know, being around food was people didn't know how to stop eating sometimes. It's like this, this, this hospitality thing. It's like, eat more, eat more. And it's like, all of a sudden your plate is piled high and you're leaving with a stomach ache. So I knew I wanted to find a balance there just for my own wellbeing. And I've always been an athlete. Um, you know, I was a gymnast when I was young, I raced bikes. Um, I played soccer on a competitive, uh,

Kimberly/terry (06:54)
Welcome to America. It's always there.

Right.

Mmm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (07:17)
you know, club team. And so I've always been like obsessed. I'm wearing like an Olympic jacket, cause I'm so obsessed with like sports and athletics and fascinated with the power of, of the body. So, you know, kind of fast forward to about 15 years ago when I really started going down this path, I was like, I want to teach people how to not just eat because I'm a chef, but how to eat to thrive, how to eat to feel good, how to eat to fuel.

Kimberly/terry (07:24)
Love it.

Mm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (07:47)
metabolism and fat burning and longevity and all of those buzzwords, guess now, but really that was like kind of my objective 15 years ago. So I did that in tandem with creating a product line called Eat Cleaner. And really that's kind of how it all began. And I was on the news in San Diego. I had a little segment called the Fit Foodie every Friday. So you could see me get drop a tip or

Kimberly/terry (08:13)
it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (08:16)
show a quick recipe and that's kind of how it all began.

Kimberly/terry (08:20)
That's amazing. Wow, what a journey. Yeah, and she's not done. She's still just getting started.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (08:26)
Yeah, I'm like

downshifting so I can put it into full gear, you know? Yeah, the downshift. Yeah.

Kimberly/terry (08:31)
The buzzword that's Mareya's new buzzword right now in this season, right? I love

it. So let me ask you this, Mareya, and thank you so much for sharing. It inspires us and excites me because I've been able to see that progression, you know, just in just in person, which has been amazing to see your your evolution and your growth. So congratulations.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (08:56)
Thank you. mean,

I think for me, know, Terry, it's like, you know, I think the evolution of a career is such a cool thing when you allow things to just kind of unfold. And I don't think I would have ever imagined that it would have unfolded this particular way, but I'm so grateful because every time I talk to people about their relationship with food, it comes up that people are like, well,

Kimberly/terry (09:08)
Mm-hmm. Happen. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (09:25)
you know, I haven't always had a good relationship with food or honestly, I don't even know how I'm supposed to be eating. And I can share my own really hard journey there because I struggled with an eating disorder for over a decade. And I think there's a lot, still a lot of disordered eating out there, even if it's not an eating disorder, so to speak. And I think the really important thing, especially for those, you know, athletes and group X people is that

Kimberly/terry (09:45)
Sure. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (09:54)
We have to really understand what food does for us. And it's our engine. It's what gives us energy. It's what allows your brain to function and your gut to stay balanced and your muscles to have, you know, growth potential and all of the things that we go and exercise to do more of, you know what I'm saying? So it's like, and the very simple, simple, simple, simple analogy is the

Kimberly/terry (10:16)
Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (10:23)
I mean, if you don't feed that engine or you feed it really crappy gas, know, it's not, it's the pipes are going to get junked up pretty quick, not going far. And, and you know, what pains me is when I see people like living on bars and, and energy drinks and, know, it's just like those energy drinks are like not good for your heart. So, you know,

Kimberly/terry (10:32)
Yeah, you're not going far, not going far at all.

Mmm, protein drinks, yeah.

No, no, and so much

more.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (10:51)
Yeah, so much more caffeine. So I think, you know, people can have the best of intentions, but there is a point where your body will break down. And normally it happens like right around for my ladies. It happens in the forties, fifties, like as our hormones are really changing. Yeah. And, and the guys, you know, it does start to look different when

Kimberly/terry (11:01)
Mm-hmm.

40s. Preach sister. Same.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (11:16)
things start to, when you start to get older too. And I'm not saying like, that's a bad thing. I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life, but food is now such an important part of that equation rather than in the past where I could just kind of like get by, you know, I could get by on a bar and, a coffee to last half the day, but I can't do that anymore.

Kimberly/terry (11:31)
Yeah, just eating anything, sure.

No. And so, yeah, and that's I love that you share that and kind of distilling it down even more for those busy professionals that are out there for those fitness enthusiasts, for those fitness instructors. For you, what would you say would be your top three go to meals that are quick, that are delicious, that are balanced? And I know it's not going to be easy for you because everything I see you post on Instagram looks quick, delicious and balanced. So.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (12:06)
It is,

I mean, that's really the point. I think in that equation, that's what I always wanna bake in, because I'm assuming that everybody is pretty busy and if they're not that busy, then maybe I'm probably oversimplifying things. But I really think about centering the meal around a good clean protein. So proteins that cook quickly.

Kimberly/terry (12:07)
I know!

Mm-hmm.

Right?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (12:34)
fish. mean, seafood is one of the best things that you can eat. Fish is a wonderful source of protein and omega threes, and lots of other minerals and, and vitamins. So, you know, starting there and getting like, I mean, four ounces of sea bass, you're going to get about 30 grams of protein, which is fantastic. And it's super low in fat. So good clean. When I was prepping for my competitions, that was like my go-to.

Kimberly/terry (12:53)
protein.

lean.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (13:03)
so definitely seafood. can cook a nice sea bass in 10 to 12 minutes. So it's pretty quick from start to finish. I'm also a big fan of pounding chicken. So like have your chicken, but take a mallet and pound it. Not only is it going to tenderize it, but the flat, a flat chicken breast is going to cook a lot faster than a thick one. So that's just like a nice hack. can pound a chicken breast and then

Kimberly/terry (13:09)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Cook faster. Yeah.

And

also will help digest a little bit easier as well too, as opposed to, yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (13:34)
Yeah, when you're tenderizing it too.

And you can, you know, roll it up, use citrus to kind of further help it cook faster. When you use any kind of citrus, kind of par cooks it a little bit. So the same with, with fish. And then, you know, for my people out there who are not big meat eaters, or maybe, you know, you're trying to explore more plant-based options. Great. Do beans and rice, do quinoa.

Kimberly/terry (14:04)
That's always

nice.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (14:05)
You know, beans and rice is always nice and beans and

beans and rice. It's a nice way to remember that beans and rice. so nice because beans and rice create all of your full amino acid profile. So when you eat beans and rice or you eat quinoa and beans, you're even getting more of that. you're getting good quality protein in a complete amino acid profile, which is really important. That's why people do defer to,

Kimberly/terry (14:12)
Yeah.

everything you need.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (14:33)
you know, do defer to animal protein, but I don't want to forget eggs. Eggs are a super food. They come together and literally like that. You can make a poached egg in the microwave in 45 seconds. so, you know, there's, there's really no excuse for saying like, I don't have time to cook. by the time you go to a restaurant and sit, it's going to take longer and food going out to eat is ridiculous.

Kimberly/terry (14:38)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't get enough. Yeah.

And more expensive too. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (15:02)
donkulous right now. mean,

Kimberly/terry (15:02)
It is. is.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (15:04)
like, you know, every once in a while, my kids want to go to Dell taco. Can I just talk about this for a second? I had, I had sticker shock. The other, Oh my God. was like $30. What for what? What did we just buy? I didn't even eat, you know? Um, so there is no such thing as cheap food anymore, even in fast food.

Kimberly/terry (15:08)
Let's talk. This is real talk here at Group Exit Field. Del Taco. At Del Taco, right? Really? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Yeah.

And that's fast food.

No,

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (15:31)
And why

Kimberly/terry (15:31)
no.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (15:32)
wouldn't you want to be in control of the quality, what people are cooking with, you know, and in the comfort and beauty of your own home where you can just like, you know, do things in a way that are conducive to your health. And I think we really have to own that process.

Kimberly/terry (15:35)
Mm. The content, absolutely.

And

it's also a great opportunity, and I actually got this from you, it's a great opportunity when you're cooking at home to connect with your loved ones as well. The people you care about, right? It's another experience. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (15:58)
100%, I mean, that's really like, that's it.

That's really kind of like in a busy day, sometimes the only time you can connect with your loved ones is over a meal or cooking together, eating at the table. And that's really like, I was a single mom for over 13 years and that was like our time. And some of my fondest memories growing up with my family were at the table or in the kitchen.

Kimberly/terry (16:11)
Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

Nope,

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (16:27)
and passing that on,

Kimberly/terry (16:27)
absolutely.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (16:28)
like, I think those are great traditions.

Kimberly/terry (16:30)
Yeah, so I love that you said that Mareya so I am a single mom I have a 12 year old son and some of the most fun we have is when we're cooking in the kitchen Yeah, and now I have a very small kitchen. So we part of the laughter is bumping into each other and fighting for counter space and everything but but it's really it really is fun Yeah, we enjoy the cooking together part as well as the eating together. It's saying we would turn on music Tawny and I would turn on music and dance in the kitchen as we're cooking and making our meals and that you know Makes it so priceless

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (16:38)
Yeah.

Yeah,

make it fun, make it fun. I believe that when you cook with love and pour that love into your food. I mean, why does grandma's food taste so good? Cause she's like, I'm making that for you, baby. And we pour that love and intention into our food when we cook. And you don't get that when you go.

Kimberly/terry (17:00)
Incredible and the food even tastes better when you do that. I think so too. Yep. Yeah.

Right? Right.

Mm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (17:24)
out to eat most of the time. Some chefs are really good and they do that. But I'm just saying like, you know, on a day-to-day basis, become comfortable and have the skills that make it so that you actually enjoy your food. I think a lot of the time people will go out because they simply don't feel confident or they're like, I don't cook. like, don't, that's not even an option, but it can be.

Kimberly/terry (17:25)
Now, right.

Mmm.

Sure.

Mm.

Sure. Absolutely. So you shared some of the some of your favorite go to protein sources, which is great. So what about your favorite fruits and veggies? Because I know you are a fruit and veggie expert expert as well. Specifically, the ones that are in season right now in the United States, not in Costa Rica. And of course, for us right now, as we're as we're recording this, is spring. Yeah. So spring fruits and veggies.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (18:07)
They're like, why Costa Rica?

Yeah, so spring, okay, first of all, let me qualify the Costa Rica, because I just got back from being there for three weeks and was just marveling at like how good the fruit is there. It's just mind blowing. mean, fresh coconut water everywhere on the street corners, in restaurants. It's like there's no fountain drinks. You order a meal and it comes with a pipa fría they call it. It's fresh coconut water, but.

Kimberly/terry (18:21)
Yeah

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I love that.

Pippa fria. Pippa fria.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (18:44)
Right now we're heading into the spring season and it's like, this is when the bounty starts to wake up. You you've got fresh berries, strawberries and asparagus and you know, you're going to start to see lots of leafy greens, all of the different greens. And those are one of my favorite things because you really get so much phytonutrient bang for your calorie bucks, so to speak, but virtually zero calories.

Kimberly/terry (18:51)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (19:12)
and so much fiber and phytonutrients in arugula and baby spinach and baby kale and watercress and even like zucchini. We'll start to see zucchini further along into the summer, but all of those green vegetables and herbs, don't discount the herbs because herbs have tons of nutrients too. And all the fresh herbs are coming into season as well. So those are all great. Those will be followed by stone fruit,

Kimberly/terry (19:25)
Sure.

Right.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (19:42)
and early peaches and plums and all of that deliciousness too.

Kimberly/terry (19:48)
Are you getting all this?

I'm, I'm, well now I'm hungry. have a follow up question because I noticed that you specifically said baby spinach and baby kale. And I've always wondered is one better than the other is not spinach versus kale, but baby versus the, you know, mature leafy.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (20:04)
It's really interesting. So when you buy like micro greens, micro greens grow incredibly fast. They're ready to eat in just a matter of like a few weeks. Sprouts, I mean, I grow sprouts in my kitchen and they're ready to eat in five days. So, it's foolproof. Like you can't mess them up really. And what I love about them is they actually deliver more

Kimberly/terry (20:21)
Wow, I need to grow some sprouts. We should get sprouts.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (20:33)
benefit, more phytonutrient benefit in that quick amount of time. So when you're picking those, know, don't think that because they're not like the larger leaf that you're getting kind of like gypped and you're not getting the full phytonutrient profile that you would be. So I like the baby greens because it's the same situation. The way that they're grown, you're still getting all of that phytonutrient power, but it's in a smaller leaf.

which makes it easier to use a lot of the cases. Like you don't have to chop, you know, you can kind of just use the whole thing and throw together a salad or a bowl or, you know, add it to a saute or something like a stir fry and you don't have to prep as much.

Kimberly/terry (21:04)
Mm-hmm, yeah. Yep.

We're going to dinner after this, right? Yeah, I hope so. All right, so I have another question for you, Mareya. Now, I just want to, in full disclosure, say I'm asking for a friend.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (21:20)
Come on over.

Okay, you got it.

Kimberly/terry (21:31)
But

should there be listeners out there who struggle with craving sugar, what would you suggest as maybe some sneaky or not so sneaky ways to cut down on sugar without feeling like you're depriving yourself?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (21:44)
Yeah, let's talk about sugar because, you know, sugar, and this might kind of, people might raise an eyebrow right now, but sugar inherently on its own is not like the enemy. you know, it's more about how much we eat, what type, and ultimately like how, what role does it play in our lives? You know,

Kimberly/terry (21:47)
here we go.

that.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (22:12)
I just actually, cause I have a podcast too, and I just recorded an episode about emotional eating and what we tend to do is we'll defer to sugar because we need quick energy, right? I mean, especially for my active people out there, like you're, you're burning. Okay. Especially if you're teaching back to back, like you're burning a lot of calories. And if you're not getting enough protein or you're not getting enough good fat or enough.

fiber, you probably will be craving sugar because you need some energy and your body's telling you your glycogen stores are low. So first and foremost, I would say make sure you're getting enough of the other stuff. So we want to make sure you're getting enough protein and that in and of itself, that coupled with good fat is going to curb your sugar cravings. Watch what happens when you do that.

Kimberly/terry (22:57)
Mhm, the good stuff.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (23:09)
that coupled with enough hydration. So, you know, I've got a drink here. Want to make sure you're getting at least half your body weight in ounces of water or clear liquids every day. And that's also going to serve as a way of just kind of like flushing toxins out of your body, lactic acid and other things too. But you want, you know, you want to make sure you're getting those, those big nutrients and that's going to kind of squeeze out.

all of those cravings pretty quickly. So if the crave, yeah, you'll be more satiated, but let's be real. Like cookies are good and, and cake is good and all those things are good. And, and we, and, and I would be the last person to tell you, I would be a hypocrite if I told you never eat those. That's just silly. but what I do think is we want to create a safe space for it. We want to never feel.

Kimberly/terry (23:41)
Because you'll be satiated, right? Yeah.

yeah, cakes, cupcakes, pies.

Mm-hmm. Right. Right.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (24:07)
guilty or bad for it. But we want to be smart about the other things. So maybe like, maybe the cookie becomes more of a treat than it becomes like the thing you eat at every meal. You know what I mean? Or maybe it's, you know, you want the cookie, but you know that if you eat the plum or if you eat the bowl of berries, it's not going to spike your blood sugar as much. And it's actually going to deliver all these phytonutrients that are important for

Kimberly/terry (24:09)
Bad,

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (24:36)
preventing disease and encouraging longevity. So, you know, I think it's about making good choices. And of course, in your home, your home should be your safe space, right? Like if you're relying on only willpower, willpower will fail you every time you're hungry, you know? So make your home your safe space and make the really fun treats, the things that maybe you go out for or you have on occasion. So,

Kimberly/terry (24:47)
Yeah.

It always does. Every time.

That's smart. It's not as

accessible.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (25:06)
Yeah, it's not as accessible. So have the beautiful berries in a bowl. I like to wash them in advance and then put them in a bowl at eye level. So it's the thing that you grab. Raspberries and blueberries and boysenberries and blackberries and straw. mean, just go for it. And then maybe have like the, you know, stevia drops that like, if you really feel like you need dessert, but you're trying to watch your sugar intake, have a cup of tea in the evening.

or I drink this like this mushroom drink. It's like an adaptogen drink and I'll add like some stevia drops to it. And it's like toffee, it tastes like toffee. So you feel like you're getting that sweet tooth kind of curbed. Like when I was, and also like there are low calorie desserts. And I was going to say like, sometimes it's just a matter of being stocked up on the right things.

Kimberly/terry (25:36)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

You

Hmm.

Absolutely. Oh yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (26:03)
so that you're ready for it.

know, it's like your break open in case of emergency. you know, just it's gonna happen. But you have to kind of check where the cravings are coming from. Is it an emotional thing? Is it a sad, lonely kind of feeling? You know, is it like frustrated? Some people eat out of like just trying to manage their emotions. you... Well, yeah, yeah.

Kimberly/terry (26:09)
Because it's gonna happen. It is absolutely gonna happen. It's inevitable. Yep.

rage eating. I've never done that before, but that's

gotta be a thing. I'm bigger on celebratory eating. Like I earn that Reese's peanut butter That's right. I earn it too.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (26:37)
There you go.

mean, and everybody has like a reason or a rationale, you know, a trigger. So know what your trigger is. And if just having it in your house is a trigger, like don't have it in your house, you know, really as simple as that.

Kimberly/terry (26:41)
A trigger, yeah.

Yeah, I cannot have tortilla chips

in my house. Really? Yeah, the whole bag will be gone. This is good. % no tortilla chips. That is actually I made the joke, but that is Reese's peanut butter cups for me. They cannot live in my house. can't.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (27:04)
If you can't coexist with it, then one's gotta go, right? Yeah.

Kimberly/terry (27:07)
Yeah, exactly. Right. It's

either me or them and well, I pay the rent.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (27:14)
And listen,

along your question, Kimberly, I mean, I think the elephant in the room, can we talk about alcohol for a second? Okay. Because sugar in and of itself is just a thing, right? mean, can, carbohydrates break down and produce sugar in the body. It just depends on what that is going to do. If you're eating sugar on an empty stomach, or if you're eating it with

Kimberly/terry (27:21)
Let's go for it, yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (27:41)
a protein or with a fat, it's going to metabolize differently in your body. And really drinks go along with that, you know, whether it's a soda or a smoothie that's got like a ton of other things added to it. that can all, I mean, I've seen some smoothies and blended drinks that may, you may as well eat a Snickers, you know, it's kind of like similar. I'm not saying that fruit's bad. I'm just saying like, eat the fruit.

Kimberly/terry (27:56)
40 grams of sugar.

Yeah. Right.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (28:09)
versus having like a ton of it in a drink where you're not getting all the fiber, but alcohol too. So alcohol becomes sugar in the body and can also kind of mess with your hormones. So insulin sensitivity becomes a thing as we get older and, you know, trying to manage the whole hormone, you know, kind of sending you off on this like hiatus in your body.

Kimberly/terry (28:36)
Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (28:38)
insulin

sensitivity becomes a real thing. So I want to just mention that along with just refined sugar and all the other things that we talked about, alcohol can also do some damage. I'm not saying you have to completely be a tea totaler unless you want to be, and that's good too. But I'm just saying watch out for that sugar in the alcohol, especially your blended drinks like your pina coladas and yeah, margaritas and things like that.

Kimberly/terry (29:07)
I'm thankful we're not big drinkers. No, thank goodness we are not. So there was a lot of great information there regarding sugar. And so like a workshop, I love it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (29:22)
Yeah, mean, sugar

become, you know, it's not sugar in and of itself. It's kind of like the context of it, you know? Like when people get really upset and they're like, well, you can't even have honey or you can't have, you know, and I'm like, hold up, honey has lots of benefits, especially, yeah, local honey. mean, local honey has a lot of benefits. It's really good for your immunity. can be great for people with allergies.

Kimberly/terry (29:27)
Right.

Yep.

Yeah. Yeah. Don't mess with my honey. Don't you mess with my honey.

Mm-hmm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (29:51)
you know, so to say like throw the honey out with everything else is like not really fair, but I think we just need to understand it in the context of everything else.

Kimberly/terry (29:57)
Sure.

Absolutely. And I think this whole this this moment in time, this seems to be the buzz right now. Sugar is the buzz, whereas a few years ago it was carbs. Don't do carbs. And a few years before that, it was don't do fat. Everything has to be fat free. So it'll pass. Exactly. So it's passing. Then I don't know what the next thing is going to be, but we're ready for it. We're ready for it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (30:15)
Look where that got us, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Well, even on the extreme side

of like all meat, know, like you see the carnivore diet and people taking bites of butter and raw steak and stuff. I we, and this is exactly what I mean by like, we have to just subscribe to real food science versus the latest trend or what works for a 25 year old Instagram influencer versus real life. know, like it.

Kimberly/terry (30:26)
Absolutely. yeah. Absolutely.

and moderation as well.

Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (30:49)
It's not what you see. And you know, I think when you understand what you need personally for you, and we're all different again, like I may metabolize certain things better than others, like I may have issues with gluten or maybe I don't, but that might not be the same story for you.

Kimberly/terry (31:11)
Sure. So, and to switch gears a little bit, Mareya, you know, for busy people, that's really the listener that we want to be able to address for those busy folks when they hear the word or the term meal prep. Exactly. That's the reaction. It could seem, he or overwhelming. Right. And so.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (31:34)
see overwhelming. Yeah.

Kimberly/terry (31:37)
What would you say, are some key hacks, if anything, to make it fast and easy and uckless? Especially for those who teach multiple classes a day, wink, wink. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (31:44)
Yeah.

Well, I

actually am going to ask a question to your question. Kimberly, why did you say

Kimberly/terry (31:52)
Yeah.

The word that came to mind for me was overwhelming. It feels, it's stressful to think I have to prep it all in advance. Eight chicken breasts, 10 cups of rice. heaven help me. 500 pounds of broccoli.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (31:58)
Hmm. Okay.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So the overwhelm is from kind of like thinking that I have to make all this food and then pack it into all these little containers and have them all perfectly organized. Like, you know, in this dream refrigerator that's got like all these different colors and partitions. And I think if you kind of take a step back and think, okay, I don't necessarily have to have it all partitioned out, but if I can just think in threes,

Kimberly/terry (32:24)
in the refrigerator.

Yes.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (32:41)
If I can think protein, fiber, vegetable slash fruit, what fits into those buckets? And then what are my pantry staples that I have to make them feel fresh? So let's just kind of walk through this. So it's a chicken breast, it's broccoli and it's brown rice. Okay. It sounds boring, right? But here's where it gets fun. Maybe you cook off the...

the several chicken breasts or you have a whole chicken or you pick up a rotisserie chicken. Okay. Like let's really be real. Like sometimes it's just going to be the rotisserie chicken and yeah. And you have that and you have a pot of rice or quinoa and maybe you didn't even cook that. Maybe you bought it from Trader Joe's and it was already pre-cooked. Okay. Again, a shortcut, but it's still getting you to the same end result.

Kimberly/terry (33:19)
The Costco special.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (33:35)
And then you've got your broccoli and you're just gonna steam that or you're gonna roast it in the oven with a little lemon and just a little olive oil or whatever your favorite spices are. And you've got those three things, but then how you mix it up and you make it fun and interesting is maybe tomorrow you have that with roasted sweet potato.

Kimberly/terry (33:46)
olive oil.

Getting hungry again no.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (34:03)
and you add your favorite salsa to the top and then you chop all those ingredients up and that becomes the filling for your overstuffed sweet potato. And then the next day you have those ingredients and you make a stir fry and you add a couple eggs to it and some scallions and sesame seeds to top that off and that becomes your next meal. And then the next day you make a wrap out of it and you add a little bit of avocado and feta to it. You see where I'm going with it? So

Kimberly/terry (34:29)
Yum. Yeah.

Yes.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (34:32)
It's just think I'm gonna tackle three ingredients. I'm gonna tackle a fiber, I'm gonna tackle a vegetable, and I'm gonna tackle a protein. And then have all these other little peripheral ingredients so that you can make them new every single day or maybe every other day. Some people don't have a problem with eating the same meal every day, but other people need variety. Yeah, you can, yeah.

Kimberly/terry (34:54)
It's variety. It's a spice of life.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (34:57)
And you do that, you just said the magic word, you do that with spices. One day it's, you know, East Asian inspired. One day it's Middle Eastern inspired. One day it's Mexican inspired. So you can vary your flavors with sauces, with seasonings, adding slightly different ingredients, definitely staying seasonal. You know, like I made a salad last night and I was like, so thinking about Costa Rica and I'm like, I'm to do like ceviche style. So I did like

Kimberly/terry (35:25)
Ooh, I love

it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (35:26)
go with tuna and had my cucumber in there and it was delicious and I just use canned tuna. So you know you can you can once you get comfortable in the kitchen then you can start to get more creative but if you just stay with core ingredients and what you know how to cook or get and and the seasons you can't really lose.

Kimberly/terry (35:48)
Yeah, I love that and not not be afraid to be adventurous and to explore a little bit Yeah, yeah and I loved having that core because that is the other thing that in my mind because it historically when I have done meal prep You're basically saying four days from now. I'm gonna be eating the same thing I'm eating right now and it does become a bit boring And so I love the way you just gave us that tip to just kind of tweak it each day and make it new all over again Everyone could do threes. It's awesome

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (36:14)
Yeah, everybody can do threes.

And, and you know, one other thing is I love sheet pan meals because, know, sheet pan meals, it's just like finding all the ingredients that either cook all at the same time, or you stagger them. Like maybe you'll cook the potatoes off for a little bit longer than you cook the, you know, add whatever protein you're going to add, because it's going to take less. So you have everything all on one sheet.

Kimberly/terry (36:20)
Mm, me too.

Mm-hmm. Potatoes first.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (36:40)
and it makes it easy to like not have to think like through all of the different individual things. I'll give you like a great recipe that I love is a sheet pan paella. So the idea of paella. Yeah. Do a sheet pan paella and you do instead of rice or you can do rice, especially if you use like a pre-cooked rice. you can do cauliflower rice and you.

Kimberly/terry (36:47)
Yeah.

pan paella, I'm gonna do that.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (37:08)
Add your shrimp and you'll add your maybe your chicken sausage and you can do clams and you can do You know kind of your fish and any kind of fun seafood that will all cook around the same amount of time along with the sausage and then you can add your peppers and your onions and Take it out of the oven and it looks like this beautiful composed thing when you mix it all together But you've just done it on a flat sheet and it literally comes together in like 12 minutes Yeah

Kimberly/terry (37:33)
in 10 minutes. I love that.

OK, so let me ask you this for specifically that recipe, because I'm going to make it tomorrow. can't be the only one who's drooling right now. There's got to be at least one listener and we want to make sure we know who you are. Let us know if you're drooling. Do you have like that recipe written down somewhere or published?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (37:57)
I have that recipe on my website at chefmerea.com along with like, mean, so many recipes, so many ideas, scroll through my Instagram too at Chef Merea. Like I've been doing this for a little while and honestly, sometimes I'm like, I don't even know where that recipe is, but you'll get for visitors that head to the website, you get five free recipes from my book, emailed to you right away too.

Kimberly/terry (38:00)
Okay.

10 billion other ones.

Love it.

Ha ha

Love it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (38:26)
Lots of

free resources and programs to help you really eat to thrive.

Kimberly/terry (38:30)
Boom.

So chefmarea.com. I'll be right back. So what are we going to need to wash that all down with though? Well, I would love to get to that because you mentioned earlier the importance of hydration. So we'd love to hear from you. We always think drink a certain amount of water every day, but beyond, I know, On cue. But beyond just drinking water, what are some overlooked hydration boosters that you can recommend that would help us stay more hydrated?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (38:36)
Hehehehe

Take a sip of.

things. You know, aside from coconut water, know, vegetables are really hydrating in general. And I think if you love the idea of a smoothie or juice, like this is a greens powder that I get from a company called Sports Research and I just add water to it and it's super low in calories, but I get all the benefit of the greens and the enzymes. So, you know, you don't have to like

Kimberly/terry (38:59)
Aside from coconut water.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (39:25)
go and buy a juice, can get a greens powder and mix your own. And I put a little lemon in there. That's a great drink. Tea is a great option. mean, green tea is so full of nutrients and like, I love a good matcha. But if you go and buy a blended matcha or, I mean, there's a lot of sugar usually added to it, but matcha on its own is like one of the healthiest things and there's no calories. Yeah.

Kimberly/terry (39:40)
love matcha.

Wonder wonder food. You

you know what learned about matcha recently because I got just some organic matcha powder I learned recently you don't need much matcha. No, not that not that much. I learned that the hard way I Learned that the hard way I'm like putting scoops in and I'm like, oh it's potent. Yeah, it's gonna last me a while But at least you learned I did I learned it

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (40:03)
no, no, you actually not much, not much a matcha. Yeah. Yeah. Because it can be pretty bitter. yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's very potent. Yeah. So, mean, have trial by

fire sometimes, you know, that's how we learn. But, yeah. So I love the greens from tea from a greens powder, cucumber. mean, just if you love water, like

Kimberly/terry (40:22)
You

Mm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (40:32)
make your own spritz. You can do sparkling water, add some, you can add even a little splash of something you love, like a little splash of lemonade or a little splash of juice, just a little bit to give it flavor. And then add cucumber slices, add, you know, berries, and that'll give all of that great flavor to the drink. And you'll feel like it's kind of like a great replacement for soda, because you get the bubbles.

Kimberly/terry (40:58)
Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (41:00)
And you know, something that I do kind of, I mean, I'm a big fan of coffee. I love coffee. It is dehydrating. So you don't want to drink it all day, but I'm a big fan of just like a good, you know, brewed coffee. I'll do French press and then have some in the morning and then I'll put it on ice. And then I'll do just like a little stevia in that, that, that sweetened or the stevia drops.

Kimberly/terry (41:11)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (41:30)
And so you're

getting the sweetness, but you're not getting any calories with it or, you know, any refined sugar. So, you know, that just kind of gives me a little energy boost and satiates me. you know, there's lots of different things to do besides just plain water. But I think the key is getting that hydration in every day, because the truth is we can live like three weeks without food, but three days without.

Kimberly/terry (41:48)
Mm-hmm.

not water.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (42:00)
water. So

Kimberly/terry (42:01)
Right.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (42:01)
it's really that important to a healthy metabolism, maybe even more so than food.

Kimberly/terry (42:09)
Fantastic. so last question for you, Mareya. And this is going to be key for anyone who loves to train most people who are listening. So if you had to build the ultimate post-workout recovery meal, what would be on that plate? And let us know why.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (42:30)
Ooh, wow, so many things.

Kimberly/terry (42:33)
but your favorite go-to like you're

after a hard session that you've worked those muscles really hard. What's that meal look like?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (42:42)
Yeah.

You know, it's, you're going to laugh because it's so incredibly simple because usually, I mean, yeah, we want to try and get that protein, fat and carbs in within, especially the protein within about 30 minutes of your workout, not really more than an hour. And I don't know about you, but usually I'm not like starving 30 minutes after a hard workout. Usually I'm just like, my gosh, I'm just,

Kimberly/terry (42:48)
simpler the better.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (43:11)
Like I feel a little sick to my stomach, you know, cause I just put it all out there. So, I'm not usually thinking like that's the, the big meal, like right off the bat, but I do want to get those macronutrients in. So the simplest thing that you could do is like hard boiled eggs and some fruit, because you're getting literally you're getting your protein.

Kimberly/terry (43:12)
trying to recover.

Is that it?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (43:38)
Okay. Because again, I'm thinking portable. can take it with me on the road. If I'm at the gym or if I'm going, yeah, if I'm going from the gym to a meeting or whatever, like these are things that I can prep in advance. I mean, certainly if we want to get like cuter and fancier, I, yes, my favorite thing would be like a great bowl. I love, you know, any kind of like tuna or aji or anything like that. So.

Kimberly/terry (43:38)
Yeah.

Sure.

So no excuses in other words. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (44:07)
I would do like a poke bowl or, you know, have a little bit of rice, lots of veggies, like get that nice seasoned ahi tuna. That would be wonderful too and great for your brain health. But I'm just saying like brass tacks, like no excuses. Everybody can hard boil an egg, okay? And everybody can grab some fresh fruit. You can do berries again, like all the mixed berries. You could do a banana. You could do.

I'm obsessed with Karakara oranges these days. They're like phenomenal. So yeah. And you know, I like to, I have a spice blend called super food sprinkle. So I'll dip the eggs in the super food sprinkle and it's like, love it.

Kimberly/terry (44:38)
Okay.

I was just about to talk about that.

So,

so I wanted to talk about that because for those who are not aware, Chef Mareya has mentioned the term phytonutrients on several occasions so far in this episode and wanted to kind of circle back exactly what phytonutrients are and how Chef Mareya has enhanced any sort of food that you prepare with her brand new seasoning. So talk about that.

Where can people get it like today, like right now and go. Let's hear it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (45:23)
Yeah. Well,

I mean, you said it, Terry, spice is, you know, seasonings, all of these things really like make food fun, right? And make it different and unique. when I'm from Egypt and when I was in Egypt over a year ago in January of 2024, you know, it just like came flooding back, like all those memories and all the smells and yeah, walking through the market and just like, got to...

Kimberly/terry (45:33)
Yeah, absolutely.

Mmm, that's nostalgia.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (45:53)
got emotional, you know, just like experiencing that again and thinking about my grandmas that have passed and my grandfather and you know, just how much I really revered those memories and all their little spices. you know, when you look at what spices can do for your health, I think we just think of them as flavor, but honestly, they are so much more. And a phytonutrient is basically a plant, a nutrient that comes from a plant. And there are

Kimberly/terry (45:55)
Hmm.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (46:24)
literally thousands, maybe tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands. Like science hasn't even begun to discover all of the nutrients that are in a plum, for example. But when we lean into spices, know, turmeric for anti-inflammatory, cinnamon for it's an anti-fungal and also helps with blood pressure. Like all of these different spices have a purpose too.

And so I wanted to create a blend that would be easy for people to use in a variety of different contexts. And black cumin seed is a super food that I discovered, you know, they found it in the tomb of King Tut. So it's got a long heritage in Egypt and it's, it's only grown in a few places around the world and Egypt is one of them. So the primary ingredient is black cumin. It's got a really fun kind of like nutty flavor to it, a little smoky.

Kimberly/terry (47:05)
Wow.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (47:20)
And you get like lion's mane, reishi, chaga mushrooms for brain health. You get the turmeric, which is an anti-inflammatory. You nutritional yeast, which is high in B vitamins and just so many other things that it's just like your one and done. Like chicken breasts, sprinkle it on. Fish, sprinkle it on. Shrimps, everything. Eggs, like it's fantastic. Avocado toast, like pretty much everything. Yeah, it's just so good on avocado.

Kimberly/terry (47:31)
Hmm

Mm-hmm. Fish, eggs, even my eggs. Yes.

yeah, that's a good guy. haven't tried that yet. I'm going to do that.

So where do we get this?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (47:51)
You can find it on Amazon and on our website, chefmarea.com or and my superfoodsprinkle.com. Yeah.

Kimberly/terry (47:53)
Amazon. Oh my gosh. And what's it called again? My superfood sprinkle. Yeah.

And not only it doesn't come just in one flavor. Oh, so you have a spicy one for him. Spicy one for me.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (48:05)
Yeah, two right

now. Yeah. So there's the chef's kiss, which is the original and that's not spicy. And then the hot stuff and that's the spicy. Yeah. Yeah. And soon to come, we're going to be doing like one for your morning, like your sweeter things. So yeah, more of a sweet inspired one.

Kimberly/terry (48:14)
Yes, that's my jam. be ordering the chef's kiss. Love it. I love it.

that is

cannot wait. Well, you got to get the chef's kiss from Chef Mareya. You'll feel it. You'll feel it. Feel the vibration. So

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (48:40)
somebody

tell me that when they start and this is like I'm truly I'm not making this up. I had somebody text me he's like I started using your spice blend and I don't know what it's doing but I've lost 13 pounds this month. And it's not that far it's not like hard to believe because black cumin helps with satiety. It's one of the bazillion like benefits that are scientifically documented.

Kimberly/terry (48:46)
Mm-hmm.

wow. Wow.

Sure.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (49:08)
but

one of the things is that it helps with satiety. So it helps you feel fuller faster and it lowers inflammation. So inflammation, yeah.

Kimberly/terry (49:12)
Yeah. Inflammation is huge.

The inflammation piece. mean, that is a lot of people don't realize that is a huge element. you know, our contributor to weight gain and, if we can address that. Yeah. yes. Right. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (49:26)
They call it now, Inflammaging. All the diseases that are associated with inflammation, it's called Inflammaging.

I mean, cancer, diabetes, know, high blood pressure, all of that is inflammation. So we can really like think about food as being our medicine, but in a good way. I always think like food is medicine just like makes you go, yuck, food is medicine. it's your health, it's your wellbeing, you know.

Kimberly/terry (49:38)
Absolutely.

Yeah.

Absolutely. Right.

Yeah. Well, this has been amazing as we thought it be. kind of mind we knew it would be. Can I excuse myself to go order my sprinkle? Yeah, you can go ahead. To get my chef's Go to chefmariah.com. my Or on Amazon and it could be here as early as tomorrow. And I'm going for the avocado toast. love it. I am too. didn't even. Listen, Mareya, I didn't even think about that. It's been going on my fish.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (50:06)
Hahaha

Yeah, yeah, do it, do it.

Kimberly/terry (50:21)
It's been going on my eggs on the regular, my chicken, my beef, but avocado toast. There we go. you know, I'm thinking baked potato. that's a good one.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (50:28)
You know, I even put it on. Oh yeah, it's

great. I was just gonna say like, I make this really fun dish. It's called a Freak-o.

Kimberly/terry (50:38)
It's called what? I'm sorry, what? Afrika what? What'd you call him?

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (50:41)
It's good.

Hot tip, hot chef tip right here. It's the free of frico is yeah, it's a frico, but I call it the super frico with the superfood sprinkle. So yeah, it's a super frico. But what you do is you take sweet potatoes and you layer them so that they overlap, you know, kind of imagine like you're

Kimberly/terry (50:45)
It's not the first time I've been called El Freako.

a free go.

wow, the Rick James special.

Uh-huh.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (51:11)
like an accordion, okay? So you're overlapping the sweet potatoes and you make several rows of it. And then you sprinkle your Parmesan cheese over it. Just, and Parmesan is really high in protein, usually lactose free. So sprinkle it over the sweet potato, pop it into the oven and cook it until your sweet potatoes are soft. But if you're cutting them thin, it should only be about 10 minutes. Your, the cheese will kind of get, you know,

Kimberly/terry (51:24)
Yeah, yeah.

few minutes.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (51:41)
crusty if you leave it out once you take it out of the oven let it get crusty let it kind of harden and then it becomes a wrap.

Kimberly/terry (51:50)
snap!

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (51:51)
Yeah.

And so you, you, before you put it in the oven though, put some superfood sprinkle over it, but yeah, it looks like a wrap. I made it. I'll show, I haven't posted it yet. I'm kind of giving you guys a little peek under the tent, but yeah. And it's a sweet potato wrap, but you do it with, yeah, it's, it's actually, yeah. And the, the cheese part makes it the frico, but yeah, it's the super frico with the superfood sprinkle.

Kimberly/terry (52:04)
I love the peak under the hood. that sounds so good.

Sweet potatoes

I love it.

need. OK, so I need more Freak-o in my life. Chef Mareya and I did a song for Eat Cleaner years ago. She came into my office, into the studio. my gosh. And I love it. I don't. But I'm going to have to play it for Kimberly so she can see it.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (52:28)
I still know Noah by heart. Do you remember it?

yeah, I've been steaming

oven sweating about the crazy inland state about the fresh fruit and the veggies that be sitting on my plate. Just a side to take. yeah.

Kimberly/terry (52:40)
I love it.

So and there was a music video made for it as well. Stop it. We need Super Freak.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (52:45)
We need another one for super food sprinkle. I think the super frico is

the... my gosh. That is it. We gotta do it. We gotta do it. I love it. I love it.

Kimberly/terry (52:53)
That's the next jam. Don't make us do it. Don't make us do it. That is amazing. That just made my

entire day. Having Chef Mareya rap for 10 seconds. yeah. My day. Right. Love it. So, my gosh, this has been such a pleasure and we have learned so much. I'm like, I'm excited. Seriously. Put all this stuff into practice.

We want to encourage you as a listener. First of all, we thank you so much. means the world to us to have you tune into Group X appeal, especially to listen to all the knowledge bombs that Chef Mareya has dropped and has shared with us from her heart and from her vast experience, her rich experience. And we want to thank you, Chef Mareya, for joining us and share one more time where people can connect with you on social media, your website.

and please share again the name of your product so people can get that right away as well.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (53:50)
Yeah,

yeah, it's just chefmerea.com. It's M-A-R-E-Y-A with a chef in the front. And you can find me on Instagram mostly at ChefMarea2. Drop me a note, any questions. And you can find Superfood Sprinkle on Amazon. Just type in Superfood Sprinkle in the search or on the website at mysuperfoodsprinkle.com.

and make sure you go to chefmerea.com and get my five free recipes from my book, Eat Like You Give a Fork.

Kimberly/terry (54:23)
my gosh, I'm sorry. you, no, wait a minute. I know we're closing here, but I'm need the name of the book again.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (54:31)
Eat like you give a fork. And that title really came from a place of like eating with intention, eating like you care about your body, treating your body like it is the temple that it was created. Yeah, I mean, you know, all the fork jokes, it's like, it's the gift that keeps on giving.

Kimberly/terry (54:32)
my God, that is the best.

Yeah. Like you care. Of course.

Sister, it lands. Yes. It lands. It's awesome. Yes.

We had chef Mareya join us in one of our challenges, our ripped challenges and everyone got the book and we had like a challenge within the challenge. People were making the recipes that she shares in her book and we love them to this day. so that's awesome. We appreciate you. Yes. Yeah.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (55:09)
Easy, easy food, easy food.

You know, you don't have to be a chef to enjoy cooking. Like I really want to impress that upon people. Like it's not about fussiness and Instagram perfect. It's really about a good technique, good cook on your food and enjoying it with the people you love because that's really what life is about. Like at the end of the day, know, fitness is what...

Kimberly/terry (55:32)
having fun.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (55:38)
keeps us, you know, our hearts beating and happy so we can actually run around with the people that we care about.

Kimberly/terry (55:45)
Amen to that. So awesome, awesome stuff today. Well, we have enjoyed our time with you much immensely. appreciate you. Excuse me, your time out of your schedule to join us and you know, we appreciate you listening in out there. As always, we always promise that we're here to help you save time by offering you quick and practical ideas, whether it's just wellness related ideas.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (55:55)
Thank you guys, it's been great to be here.

Kimberly/terry (56:15)
Our promise is to help you feel way more energized with simple strategies, support you through your fitness and wellness goals and help kind of reduce decision fatigue as well with the things that we share. hopefully, and actually not hopefully, we know that by having Chef Mareya here join us today on Group X appeal, we've been able to do all of that. And so there's the promise and we appreciate you tuning in with us. We'd encourage you to share it with any friends, family, neighbors.

Perfect strangers, even the people you don't like. Share Group X appeal with them. They're gonna need it the most. Maybe. Exactly. Share the love. And so with that being said, thank you so much again, Chef Mareya for joining us. And as we close today, we thank you. We appreciate you. We love you. And as always, we encourage you to make it a great day. And why, Kimberly? It's a great day to have. Yes, it is. Take care and we'll see you again.

Mareya Ibrahim Jones (56:50)
Share the love.

Love you guys too, thank you.

Bye guys.