{"id":833,"date":"2020-03-20T17:15:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/?page_id=833"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T13:41:26","slug":"carolyn-moncel-souper-in-chief-simply-souperlicious","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/delicious-homemade-soup-recipes-simply-souperlicious\/carolyn-moncel-souper-in-chief-simply-souperlicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Carolyn Moncel – Simply Souperlicious!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Simply Souperlicious<\/h3>\n

As an African-American expat living abroad, Chicagoan Carolyn Davenport-Moncel<\/strong> is Simply Souperlicious’ founder and “Souper-in-Chief”. Carolyn has lived in Paris, France and now Lausanne, Switzerland for nearly 20 years combined. She travels with her family and returns home whenever possible. Despite the moves and travel, one thing remains constant: Carolyn loves soup!<\/p>\n

\"Carolyn
\n\"Simply<\/div>\n

\u200bAs a busy writer\/author, digital storyteller, digital marketing and media consultant and single mom of two children (one teen and one new adult), finding time to put healthy and fast meals on the table hasn\u2019t been always easy. In fact, most of the time she failed \u2013 miserably, mostly because a) she absolutely hated cooking; b) she resented feeling as if her cooking skills (or lack thereof) at times somehow signaled something bad about her parenting skills; and c) she didn’t have a love affair with eating vegetables. She realized that her challenges mirrored that of others in her home country, but also others around the world.<\/p>\n

A routine medical visit forever altered her perspective, and she realized that by consciously adding one or two servings of fruits and vegetables extra to her diet, she could stave off future preventable illnesses. Following friends over social media, she could see that others \u2013 particularly in her own age group, were struggling with the same challenges. Dietary adjustments made could affect the entire family, but for the better. Soup preparation every week became an easy way option for making the change. When Carolyn’s daughter suggested a new objective: eat more vegetarian and plant-based\/vegan soups, she was up for the challenge. Her family identifies as “flexitarian”. While they do still eat meat, they try to do sparingly, opting for more plant-based options.<\/p>\n

Changes in diet and lifestyle for the family included:<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • \u200bLearning how to prepare soups of all types — and the education continues<\/li>\n
  • Setting aside time for food prep, cooking and storage of two soups per week<\/li>\n
  • Learning how to prepare meals using only the local fruits and vegetables in season<\/li>\n
  • Challenging herself to try new fruits and vegetables that she would never ordinarily eat<\/li>\n
  • Integrating one soup meal into their diet at least three times per week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Result: Cleaner Eating\u200b<\/h3>\n

    By simply making these changes plus exercise, Carolyn lost 40 lbs in six months. Not only is the family eating much better and making better food choices, but Carolyn found that her family\u2019s taste buds became keener and everyone really wanted to try new fruits and vegetables, and rarely were they disappointed. The grocery bill didn’t get smaller per month, but the savings came in being able to plan and store meals for a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Simply Souperlicious Souper-in-Chief, Carolyn Moncel, and her family really love making and eating local, seasonal homemade soup recipes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":834,"parent":43,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/template-about.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_aioseo_title":"Carolyn Moncel | Souper-in-Chief | Simply Souperlicious ","_aioseo_description":"Simply Souperlicious Souper-in-Chief, Carolyn Moncel, and her family really love making and eating local, seasonal homemade soup recipes.","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-833","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48368,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions\/48368"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}