About Dr. Davinah’s Eats Dr. Davinah S. SmithWelcome to Dr. Davinah’s Eats!My name is Davinah! I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, but also a hardcore foodie. I’ve always enjoyed eating restaurant-quality dishes and exploring trendy food spots (check out some of my reviews on Yelp); however, eating out often forces me to make choices between taste and my waistline! After graduating in May 2017 from Temple University with my Ph.D. in Education and a lot more time on my hands, I started sharing pictures of my dinner on Instagram! This website started as a notebook of sorts where I stored my recipes and made them available for my IG friends.I specialize in keto & low carb comfort food.As in the name, comfort food is a type of cuisine that brings you comfort. It has a nostalgic kind of feel and is attached to memories, such as a childhood memory of waiting for Thanksgiving to enjoy a special cake or the memory of waiting all day just to take a bite of a savory slow cooker roast. Comfort food is savory, rich, and makes your tummy smile! Often times, your tummy is smiling, though, because comfort food is filled with sugar, grains, and carbs! Comfort food in all its deliciousness isn’t really sustainable over the long term because no matter how much we love Grandmom’s chocolate cake, it’s probably best to only have it on major holidays! I specialize in creating swaps to comfort food recipes so that they can be enjoyed with less guilt.I aspire to grow this website into a healthy food hub.I believe that you should be able to eat tasty food no matter what lifestyle you follow. I also think people want healthy foods that actually taste good. Personally, I’m not a “salad” kind of woman (I eat them but I rarely say, “oh boy! I neeeeeeed that salad!”) so it’s important for me to have food that’s comparable to the deliciousness that I can find in my favorite restaurants. It’s my hope that this blog will become a source for keto & low carb recipes that everyone can enjoy!Why are there Whole30 and Paleo recipes here?I started this blog before I started keto. My commitment, then and now, is to eat more whole, real food. My journey to keto began during a round of Whole30. Those 30 days were super eye-opening about the impact that certain foods had on my body and mood. After Whole30, I transitioned into paleo. The only problem with paleo (for me) was that I was gaining quite a bit of weight, which made me a bit frustrated. Keto eventually became my way of balancing eating real food and managing my weight. 2 2Shares 2
