I am very likely doing a taco bar for Super Bowl Sunday because it’s easy and everyone loves tacos. Plus, I always put out lots of options for everyone who is gluten-free, dairy-free, Whole30, paleo, vegan, vegetarian, cleansing, or just suffering from PMS. A taco bar is a way to not only cover all your bases but also to get everyone to make their own food so you can sit back with a cocktail and watch all the commercials.Continue reading
I am finishing up this month’s menu this week and then I will have the recipes available through my online classes. I have had a small technical hiccup, but I think it should be worked out soon! Super Bowl Sunday is next weekend and it’s not too soon to buy your avocados LOL! Buy them rock hard and allow them to ripen on the countertop where no one will molest them and cause them to bruise. Once they achieve the desired give, stick them in the fridge until it’s time tomato guacamole! Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
Do you ever think to yourself, who discovered this food that I am now obsessed with and how did I live without it my whole life? I do. All the time. Let me list a few things I never ate or heard of when I was a youngster: avocados, hemp seeds, almond butter, almond milk, coconut milk, hemp seeds and pretty much anything that Navitas Organics sells, cauliflower in any form other than as a floret, sweet potatoes except on Thanksgiving, kale, açaí, quinoa, millet, spelt, rice that wasn’t white, and chia seeds. And this is actually just the tip of the iceberg. I also think, if all this happened in the last couple decades, what’s coming?Continue reading
Happy weekend, friends! Now that all of our favorite football teams are out of the playoffs, Sundays are just not as fun. 🙁 In other news, I am very excited to be speaking on Sunday, February 25th at the IACP conference in NYC. My panel is about how to start a cooking class business. It is a weekend full of great tours and panel discussions. See this link for more info and if you were interested in attending, you can get $40 off a conference pass by using this discount code: SPEAKER40
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If you are not vegan, do not panic and think that I have abandoned all animal products. I have always limited animal consumption and still do. But since hubs became vegan, I have played around with new vegan recipes and taught some in cooking classes. And you know what? People love them! Their families love them! Like this vegan mushroom “Bolognese” sauce — huge hit this fall in my classes and with the hubs. After posting it on Instagram, too many people asked for the recipe and I definitely wanted to oblige because this is a good one!
In case you missed my last post, Clean Eating Magazine is re-launching the Batch Cooking 101 Course I developed for them. It’s a 6 or 7 week program, depending on if you eat animal protein, and it starts on January 15th. For my readers and students, they have given me a discount code to offer you which is PSALZMAN50 for $50 Off. Click here for more information. In other news, I just filmed my cooking class today where I taught the January menu and I will be sharing how to sign up for my monthly online cooking classes. These are separate from the Clean Eating course. More info coming soon!!
In the meantime, let’s get organized now for the week ahead so we have time to devote to other things! Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
Happy Friday! It’s time for a new Five Friday Favorites, but first some administrative business to discuss! First off, I am thoroughly enjoying seeing so many of you jump on this pantry/freezer cleanout challenge. I did this last year, but not in a formal way. And this year I took the same approach. I just mentioned on Instagram that I wasn’t going grocery shopping, but instead I was going to use what I had in the pantry and freezer. It has been very satisfying and even more satisfying has been seeing so many of you feel great about doing the same in your kitchens! Yay for us!
Next, Clean Eating Magazine has decided to re-launch the Batch Cooking 101 online course I developed for them last fall! Very exciting! It’s a 6 or 7 week program, depending on if you eat animal protein, and it starts on January 15th. For my readers and students, they have given me a discount code to offer you which is PSALZMAN50 for $50 Off. Click here for more information.
Speaking of online cooking classes, I am going to be offering the classes I teach every month online as well. I was going to launch them this week, but I decided to wait until the Clean Eating course began to avoid confusion. I teach the same menu 4 days a week for an entire month at private homes in Los Angeles and since I can’t add more days to the week, I decided to film one of my classes and offer them online. More information will be coming very soon. But if you haven’t been able to get into one of my classes or you don’t live in the area and you’ve wanted to learn from me in the kitchen, this is it! There will be a private Facebook page coming which will offer daily support as well as regular FB Lives to offer real-time interaction. I will be filming this month’s class within the next few days and then I’ll be ready to put it out there. I am super excited!!
Ok, onto the faves! Here are some things I have been into lately:Continue reading
After I posted this banana-chocolate oatmeal on my Instagram stories last week, I asked out loud, “should I post this or not?” Silly question! I knew lots of you would want the recipe. Not that this is much of a recipe. I threw it together one day and then proceeded to make it virtually everyday for 2 weeks, I was so obsessed. To be fair, I did change up the toppings almost every time. But I am like this — I become addicted to a flavor, an ingredient, a dish and then I am happy eating it every day. Someone told me that highly successful people wear the same type of outfit every day. Why? Because it frees up their brains to think about other things and not waste time on what to wear. There are benefits to repeating recipes!!Continue reading
