Paula Deen quotes

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If I'm going to eat that type of food, it's going to be the real deal.

The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I haven't had a glass of sweet tea in three years.

I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.

It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.