YVONNE STEPHENS - Born in The Hague, the city where the Queen of the Netherlands resides, Yvonne moved all over the world, and her career is not limited to one skill, but contains an excellence in graphic design, fitness and cooking.

Her grandmother was an excellent cook, and ran a lunchroom near the Royal Palace, ‘Paleis Noordeinde’, in The Hague with great expertise, and was often honored with a visit of the late Queen of Holland, Princess Juliana, who enjoyed a lunch or late afternoon tea at the establishment.

At the age of 7, Yvonne moved with her family to Suriname, where her father became the Music Conductor of the Dutch-Suriname Army Orchestra. Here her love for different cultures developed rapidly, because her neighbors on the right were Hindus, and the neighbors on the left were Creole. Their eating habits intrigued Yvonne immensely. During the three years, Yvonne lived there, she learned about the use of ingredients, indigenous to the different cuisines, the hard way … she helped her neighbor cleaning the hot peppers to make sambal, and wiped off a drop of sweat from her face, which resulted in a tremendous burning experience.

Yvonne worked as a free lancer Graphic designer at Wehkamp, the largest mail-order company in the Netherlands for almost 10 years, when she met her second husband John Stephens.

After moving to the United State, Yvonne was supported by John, her son Michael and her dog Trigger, who she calls her three musketeers, in her fight against her eating disorder bulimia. She became active in teaching aerobics, spinning, kick-boxing and started to research eating habits and diets, to support her fight against unhealthy weight gain or loss.

A remark of distress by her mom, Wil van Uffelen, was also one of the reasons Yvonne started to take a closer look at lifestyle and eating habits. Her mom had expressed sadness, that she had not been able to teach her daughter traditional and proper Dutch eating regimes. This made Yvonne realize that all through her years as a teenager, she and her friends, ate all they liked, in moderation, traditionally with meat-potatoes-veggies as a daily meal, but always made fresh. Her mother used to make breakfast, prepare a lunch-bag, and cook dinner for the whole family every day fresh. Traditionally, the Dutch are also very active, and Yvonne ’s activities were biking to school, and to the stables for a few hours of horse-riding.

After closing their fitness center in Florida, Yvonne started to do more research about lifestyle and eating habits by visiting several countries in Europe. She talked to local people about their produce, herbs and spices; how they used them in their diet; they let her taste, and shared their recipes.

Yvonne has frequently traveled to Asia: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. She visited the Dutch Antilles, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Turkey, Tunisia, and many countries in Europe, where she traveled for a few months to finalize her research away from the big cities by driving from Holland to Portugal at the southern tip of Europe, and back, visiting Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain, and the picturesque fisher villages in the Algarve.

After moving to New Jersey, Yvonne enrolled at the Art Institute of Philadelphia to learn more about American eating, and perfecting her cooking skills. After graduating with an Associates degree in Culinary Science, Yvonne worked at QVC as assistant of Bob Bowersox in “In the Kitchen With Bob”.

She also gives cooking demos and classes to teach how to cook healthy and easy meals. She is excited to share her knowledge through her books in the series called ‘Get Real With Healthy Eating’.

Do the books in this series bring a new trend, or are they based on new research? The answer is simple: No, it is old knowledge, shared with us for
thousands of years, but forgotten, ignored and adjusted many times, but the only way to lose weight is not to let it go that far. This is called weight management.

More than 120 million people, here in the USA, are overweight, of which 60 million obese. That is a very large number of people, who have eating and general lifestyle habits that are threatening their health and life.

‘Wok-Infusion’ is the first book in the “Get Real with Healthy Eating” series, that will help people to go back to the kitchen, prepare healthy, easy to make foods, explains what to use, how to use it, and how to prepare a delicious meal in less than 7 minutes.

Read more about my healthy lifestyle: My Own Success Story

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	YVONNE STEPHENS - Born in The Hague, the city where the Queen of the Netherlands resides, Yvonne moved all over the world, and her career is not limited to one skill, but contains an excellence in graphic design, fitness and cooking. Her grandmother was an excellent cook, and ran a lunchroom near the Royal Palace, ‘Paleis Noordeinde’, in The Hague with great expertise, and was often honored with a visit of the late Queen of Holland, Princess Juliana, who enjoyed a lunch or late afternoon tea at the establishment. At the age of 7, Yvonne moved with her family to Suriname, where her father became the Music Conductor of the Dutch-Suriname Army Orchestra. Here her love for different cultures developed rapidly, because her neighbors on the right were Hindus, and the neighbors on the left were Creole. Their eating habits intrigued Yvonne immensely. During the three years, Yvonne lived there, she learned about the use of ingredients, indigenous to the different cuisines, the hard way … she helped her neighbor cleaning the hot peppers to make sambal, and wiped off a drop of sweat from her face, which resulted in a tremendous burning experience. Yvonne worked as a free lancer Graphic designer at Wehkamp, the largest mail-order company in the Netherlands for almost 10 years, when she met her second husband John Stephens. After moving to the United State, Yvonne was supported by John, her son Michael and her dog Trigger, who she calls her three musketeers, in her fight against her eating disorder bulimia. She became active in teaching aerobics, spinning, kick-boxing and started to research eating habits and diets, to support her fight against unhealthy weight gain or loss. A remark of distress by her mom, Wil van Uffelen, was also one of the reasons Yvonne started to take a closer look at lifestyle and eating habits. Her mom had expressed sadness, that she had not been able to teach her daughter traditional and proper Dutch eating regimes. This made Yvonne realize that all through her years as a teenager, she and her friends, ate all they liked, in moderation, traditionally with meat-potatoes-veggies as a daily meal, but always made fresh. Her mother used to make breakfast, prepare a lunch-bag, and cook dinner for the whole family every day fresh. Traditionally, the Dutch are also very active, and Yvonne ’s activities were biking to school, and to the stables for a few hours of horse-riding. After closing their fitness center in Florida, Yvonne started to do more research about lifestyle and eating habits by visiting several countries in Europe. She talked to local people about their produce, herbs and spices; how they used them in their diet; they let her taste, and shared their recipes. Yvonne has frequently traveled to Asia: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. She visited the Dutch Antilles, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Turkey, Tunisia, and many countries in Europe, where she traveled for a few months to finalize her research away from the big cities by driving from Holland to Portugal at the southern tip of Europe, and back, visiting Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain, and the picturesque fisher villages in the Algarve. After moving to New Jersey, Yvonne enrolled at the Art Institute of Philadelphia to learn more about American eating, and perfecting her cooking skills. After graduating with an Associates degree in Culinary Science, Yvonne worked at QVC as assistant of Bob Bowersox in “In the Kitchen With Bob”. She also gives cooking demos and classes to teach how to cook healthy and easy meals. She is excited to share her knowledge through her books in the series called ‘Get Real With Healthy Eating’. Do the books in this series bring a new trend, or are they based on new research? The answer is simple: No, it is old knowledge, shared with us for thousands of years, but forgotten, ignored and adjusted many times, but the only way to lose weight is not to let it go that far. This is called weight management. More than 120 million people, here in the USA, are overweight, of which 60 million obese. That is a very large number of people, who have eating and general lifestyle habits that are threatening their health and life. ‘Wok-Infusion’ is the first book in the “Get Real with Healthy Eating” series, that will help people to go back to the kitchen, prepare healthy, easy to make foods, explains what to use, how to use it, and how to prepare a delicious meal in less than 7 minutes. Read more about my healthy lifestyle: My Own Success Story Back to the Top

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