Demi Lovato Says She's Finding 'Freedom and Joy Again with Food' in New Cooking Series

07/25/2024 01:31 PM

The singer, who has been open about her eating disorder recovery, is starting a "not-so official" Instagram cooking series

Demi Lovato is leaning into her chef era.

On July 24, the "Cool for the Summer" singer shared a cooking video for homemade brownies. While the adorable video centered on the chocolate treats, Lovato shared a deeper meaning behind the Instagram post. 

The former Disney Channel star, who uses she/they pronouns, has been open about her eating disorder recovery. She shared details about her healing journey in a 2017 YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated. 

She's now setting out to enjoy the process of cooking through her Instagram videos. 

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"Welcome to ✨Cooking With Demi✨ A not-so official series where I test out my skills in the kitchen and start to find freedom and joy again with food. First up, fudge brownies! 👩🏻‍🍳🖤," she captioned her post. 

Lovato also shared her recipe, which features double the chocolate with unsweetened baking chocolate and semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chocolate chips.

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In the video, she wears a black apron as she combines the ingredients. For the novice home chef, there are some silly hiccups along the way. 

"Does this look well-combined?" she quips. 

Then, when she cracks the pair of eggs, she adds, "They're supposed to be room temperature and they're not, so we'll see how this goes."

When Lovato takes the pan out of the oven, the brownies look tasty. "We did it!" she says excitedly at the end of the tutorial. 

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She got the ultimate seal of approval from her fiancé, musician Jordan "Jutes" Lutes.

"Best brownies I've ever had by a lot," he wrote in the comment section. "Like if u never became a singer I think u would have had an equal level of success just off those brownies alone."

Great British Baking Showfan-favorite Crystelle Pereira also shared her excitement in the comments. "Omg you bake!! 🔥🔥🔥," she wrote. 

The Grammy-nominated artist has been spending lots of time in the kitchen recently. A July Instagram Reel showed her posing with a pink whisk.

"In my @marthastewart48 era 👩🏻‍🍳," she wrote in the caption.

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The post showed Lovato smiling as she whipped her hair from side to side to a remix of Tinashe's "Nasty."

"Is somebody gonna match my freak?" she added over the video, referencing the lyrics. "(spend the weekend baking and in bed by 9 pm every night)."

Sweets weren't always a part of Lovato's life. In 2020, she revealed that "for many years" she didn't have a birthday cake and instead ate watermelon cake with "fat-free whipped cream." She later released a song, "Melon Cake," that celebrated her putting an end to the tradition.

"No more melon cakes on birthdays / No more barricades in doorways," she sings. "Finally get to do things my way."

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