Melissa D’Arabian on using our gifts, food, and hospitality

The Alli Worthington Show

Alli Worthington

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is truly a STAR...A Food Network Star! We are with the winner of Season 5, Melissa D'Arabian and whether you are a foodie or not--this is a conversation you don't want to miss! We talk about how she landed a spot on the reality show by creating the craziest food ever in her hot, Texas garage and how some hard experiences from her childhood set her on a mission to help those on a tight budget. Melissa is passionate about helping others realize eating well doesn’t have to cost your whole paycheck and how being hospitable can be simple. She also shares a grocery store hack that will change the way you shop forever. In this episode we discuss: 1. The reason most of us downplay our gifts. 2. How to avoid the performance trap in hospitality. 3. What God says about food. (it’s not what you think!) Favorite quotes: 1. The magic happens when we take on a servant mentality, that we’re meant to show up and use our gifts to the best of our ability. 2. The news from God on food, in my experience, is one of unity and drawing us closer into Him. 3. My thinking and work about eating best is really about strategy. It’s so much less about that one magic recipe. It’s really about strategy in thinking strategically about my grocery bill. In this episode, I answer this question- 1. If God forgives me, why do I feel like He hasn’t? (58:16) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Melissa d’Arabian 2. Tasting Grace 3. Frank Sinatra playlist 4. The Greatest Showman 5. Beetlejuice 6. Getting To Yes 7. Breathe Right Strips 8. SNL Gas Right 9. SNL More Cowbell 10. Just Mercy 11. Right Here Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli www.alliworthington.com/podcast/melissadarabian

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, this is Allie and welcome to the Allie Worthington show.
0:06.7	It's where we gather, learn, share our stories, and have a great time.
0:10.8	Every week I'll be chatting with a friend who I know, who I like and I respect,
0:15.4	and I want to learn something from.
0:17.3	And after we have that discussion, we are going to have coaching time.
0:20.2	So I'm going to be
0:20.8	answering your questions about life, about faith, and about business.
0:27.8	Welcome to the show today. I'm with the wonderful Melissa D. Arabian. You know her as a Food
0:33.2	Network star and she's a chef. She's just, she's amazing. So she won Food Network Star and then she was the
0:39.5	host of $10 dinners on the Food Network. We have such a great time. We talk about how she actually
0:45.6	ended up on Food Network Star. If you see people in reality shows, you want to know, what's the deal?
0:51.1	How did you get on it? What's the process there? We talk about the importance of sharing
0:57.1	our gifts with the world and whatever way that God's given us to. We talk about how to avoid the
1:03.0	hospitality and performance trap. I love her perspective on this. I love her heart behind it.
1:08.5	So, so good. And then she also shares with us, which is really
1:12.5	interesting about what God says about food as opposed to society's message about food. You think
1:18.8	you're really, really going to love it. But here's the thing. I want to give you a warning.
1:23.4	I do say something in the first couple of minutes with her that are going to make kids giggle.
1:29.9	So you've been warned you might want to put in your earbuds.
1:34.1	But I love you.
1:35.6	And I want to not have things be awkward in your car if you're listening with elementary school kids around.
1:41.4	So Melissa is great.
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