Well, Fay,
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time has
practically come to an end.
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But we had a wonderful time.
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We did. I enjoyed it.
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It was a lot of fun,
wasn't it? Yeah, definitely.
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You're a wonderful
person to cook with.
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You are so easy and...
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So easy and sharp. Yeah.
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And to learn how to
make Mediterranean food.
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Wow.
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You bought some culture here...
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I feel very blessed.
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To 3ABN and you have somebody
very special in your life.
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I do. Yeah.
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Your husband Dr. Lucas,
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would you come
on over, Dr. Lucas.
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There you go.
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Hello guys.
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Hey.
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Now you've been
married for how long now?
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Little over a year.
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Yeah coming up
about two years now.
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Amen. Beautiful.
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About two years. And
you're both expecting.
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Well, yeah, you
actually are both expecting.
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Yeah.
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So a month after our
second year anniversary.
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Have you delivered
babies yet, being a doctor?
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I have. I have.
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Yeah, we do that
in family medicine.
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In family medicine. Okay.
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She has her own
doctor on hand, just in case.
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Yeah.
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I'm gonna tap out on this one,
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I'm not going to
deliver, deliver this baby.
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I don't know if
he wants to see me
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go through that but anyways.
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No, it'll be too much.
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Now, all the
foods that we made here.
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Do you have any favorites
or all of them your favorites?
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That's a hard
question. They're all...
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Is there one in
particular you really like?
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They're all so great.
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But the one that I
really loved from the very start
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would be the
babaghanoush though.
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Ah, very good.
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He has good taste.
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And the way you met
is absolutely beautiful.
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You're gonna share
with us, Fay, or Dr. Lucas?
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Well, we met
through mutual friends.
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And then they just,
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it was very organic
the way it turned out.
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It wasn't love at first sight.
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But then as soon as it
hit, it became very special.
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And we just clicked
instantly and it was wonderful.
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You have great family values.
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Why don't you share with
our viewers and listeners?
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Yeah, sure, I'd be happy to.
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So I surprised him
with a little condition
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of us getting
into a relationship,
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which was that I
made a promise to myself
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when I was 14 that I was
the first man I'd ever kiss
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would be on my wedding day.
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And that was a surprise
to him when he first learned
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of this crazy commitment I made,
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but a lot of that had to do...
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No one told me to do that.
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It was a personal belief,
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something between me and God
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that I felt like I wanted to do.
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I want him to be
committed to something.
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And he agreed to it and...
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It's definitely
shocking at first time.
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It was shocking?
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First time I heard of
anyone making that stance.
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Yeah.
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To have my first
kiss on the wedding day.
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Yeah, but it really
helped... So special.
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It really helped us learn
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each other's
characters very quickly.
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So in a matter of a few months,
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there was just
not that distraction.
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And we were really focused
on each other's personalities,
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our characters, our
weaknesses, our strengths.
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It really helped us
kind of hone in on that area.
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How did you
handle that, Dr. Lucas?
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So do you mind if I
share how I felt then?
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Go for it.
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So it was pretty
earlier on when we were dating.
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It's like our third date.
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I tried to kiss her
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and then she just
turns away and I was like,
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"Oh, I
definitely ruined this one,
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she's not into me.
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And then I basically
called my sister out,
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I'm like, "Okay, I don't think
I'm ever seeing him again."
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Because I had to
tell him at that moment,
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without like preparation that
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"Okay, it's not that
don't take it personally.
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It's just...
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Okay, I've never
kissed anyone in my life."
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And he just kind of stared
at me like he had seen a ghost
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and I'm like, and I explained,
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"Well, you see, I
made this commitment
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and then when I left I thought
I'm never seeing him again.
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Or that he might
not be interested.
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And I thought it
was the most unusual way
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to get broken
up by somebody too.
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And look at you today.
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Yeah, praise
God. God is so good.
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Yeah. Praise God.
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Well, we have to get
into the food that was made
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for the sake of time.
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Now, why don't
you share with us?
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Sure.
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So we have our
tabule dish over here,
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which is the parsley salad.
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Very high
nutrients, high nitrates,
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it's fabulous for heart health.
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And then we have our
hummus dish over here
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which is the garbanzo bean
and tahini and garlic dish.
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Wonderful dip to
have with pita bread.
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And then we have our
babaghanoush back here
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which is our
other dip that's made
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mainly out of
eggplant and tahini
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and we have lavash
bread to go with that.
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And then over
here have our doulma,
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which is our
stuffed grape leaves.
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And then we have our
fattoush salad up here,
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which is the
sister of the tabule,
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if you'd like to call that.
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And then finally,
we have our tzatziki,
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which is our yogurt dish
that goes with our doulma.
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Oh, wow.
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And everything was delicious.
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Now, do you have a cookbook?
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Yes, I do. All right.
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It was a labor of love
over the past two years.
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I've been creating
and developing recipes
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and resources and photography.
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So I finally put it
all together in a cookbook
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and so I do have a
cookbook that is out.
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And if people
would like to learn more
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about my cookbook,
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they can go ahead
and check out my website.
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Oh, yes.
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And the information's on there.
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If they subscribe to my website,
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they'll receive a
notification on the updates
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of my cookbooks development.
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Okay, so if you want some
fabulous Mediterranean food,
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this is a woman and I know
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you've been blessed by
great cooking in your home.
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And so, I am so glad
that you've tuned in today
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and I'm going to
share Bible texts
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with you from 3
John 2, and it says,
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"I pray that you may
prosper and be in health,
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just as your soul prospers."
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And you know it's
true health is wealth.
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Amen.
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And so what you're
doing is a blessing.
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So thank you so much,
both of you for sharing.
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Thank you so much for having us.
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Thank you.
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And may God
continue to bless you
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until we meet again.
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God bless you.
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