Mind Your Belly

02/08/2023

Things I've learned in life's Business School: ** You won't make money as a book author or as a restaurant owner. The ones who do are exceptions. **

Restaurant businesses are very difficult. They demand a lot of you, and your profits (if you ever make any) are usually low. I learned from my own experience and from all the business owners I met while a restaurant owner myself.

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09/10/2022

It's been a long time and, oh my God, I miss you all so much! During these years, I've been thinking a lot about many possible comeback projects, but I never get to a solid decision. Today I woke up especially nostalgic, and I was wondering if you guys would like to help me with some insights?

I started a cooking book project with the main Mind Your Belly recipes (yes, the famous MYBD bread would be included!) but never finished it. I'm not sure how scalable that would be — I'm not a business person, as you all can tell : /

Another idea would be selling recipes to an established restaurant that could incorporate MYDB recipes into its menu or to a prep food business — hello, Publix Ukrop's Homestyle Foods Ellwood Thompson's! — I had several business owners interested since we closed our doors, and we even had something very promising on the verge of being official, but then COVID hits : (

I'm not considering a food truck or reopening a brick & mortar place because, as I said, I'm not a business person, and all the admin tasks literally kill me, yuck! My thing is to cook and talk to people :D

I would love to hear from you! Please drop me a message. I miss you all and the good time at Mind Your Belly Deli!

— Halini

09/26/2019

I don’t know how folks can rise animals to then kill and eat them. I’ve been keeping these pumpkins by the door for two days and I’m already too bonded to butcher them for our dinner tomorrow!

09/23/2019

Last days to order MYBD Grab-and-Go meals!
Order now at https://mind-your-belly.square.site
Pick-up on Friday at Kitchen Thyme

09/20/2019

I wanted to say HUGE THANK to you all!
I'm put in works how much excited I'm for our dinner and how much I'm looking forward to see you all again!

09/18/2019

4 tickets left!
LAST CALL for Hello, Autumn! Pop-up Dinner

09/17/2019

Although Aquafaba has been widely used in plant-based culinary, lot's of people still never heard about it and get really surprised when they learn this is nothing but "Chickpea water"!

Yes, this is amazing and it still makes me smile EVERY SINGLE TIME!

Is like magic happening right before your eyes!
I just LOVE IT!

09/17/2019

Only few tickets left to our "Hello, Autumn! Dinner"
Don't miss this out! Get your tickets now!

https://mind-your-belly.square.site/product/event_09_27/11

09/16/2019

Didn't have a chance to be at the Manakin Market for my Chef Demo? Get the recipe here!

09/14/2019

Going to VegFest tomorrow? TIP: make your first stop at 🧀 I had a chance to help them cooking for a little bit tonight, seriously, you won’t want to miss that! 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

09/12/2019

If you purchased Grab-N-Go meals for pick up and received a email with a pick date *different* from SEPTEMBER 27, 3-8 PM, please disregard. I'm using an automate system to send emails after an order is placed and it mistakenly sent wrong dates to some customers. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience and I'm looking forward to see you on the 27th : )