I always say that St. Patrick’s Day is a MAJOR opportunity to get all the green foods in!  If you have little kids, start blending spinach into muffins and pancake batter and then they’ll see that green foods are not scary, but delicious! In other news, if you take my monthly online cooking class, the March class has been uploaded and it’s fabulous!  The recipes are geared toward both Easter and Passover and celebrate Spring.  One concept I address in the class is how to layer flavors.  If you are not taking my monthly cooking class, you should!  You’ll learn so much and have access to my newest recipes a year before everyone else.  Plus we have an optional monthly zoom later in the month so I can answer all your burning questions.  JOIN US!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

I’m having the best time with Mom and her friend Marisena!  We have been seeing the sights and cooking and watching movies.  So fun!

In case you missed it, I’m beyond excited to open the registration for my NEWEST bootcamp, Back to Basics! I took suggestions, requests and feedback from hundreds of my students and married them with my decade + experience teaching thousands, yes thousands, of people and created an incredible 4-week course to help anyone become a confident cook.  I used to think, “if you can read, you can cook.”  And then I realized that was not true.  We need a foundation in order to be successful in the kitchen.  You know that homemade food is critical to good health, and cooking does not have to be hard or a struggle.  Join me either live starting this Tuesday or Wednesday or on your own time for Back to Basics, a life-changing course!  For my community, I am providing a coupon code BB100 for $100 off and there are payment plans available. Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Eeeeeek! I’m over the moon to open the registration for my NEWEST bootcamp, Back to Basics! I took suggestions, requests and feedback from hundreds of my students and married them with my decade + experience teaching thousands, yes thousands, of people and created an incredible 4-week course to help anyone become a confident cook.  I used to think, “if you can read, you can cook.”  And then I realized that was not true.  We need a foundation in order to be successful in the kitchen.  You know that homemade food is critical to good health, and cooking does not have to be hard or a struggle.  Join me either live starting the week of March 7th or on your own time for Back to Basics, a life-changing course!  For my community, I am providing a coupon code BB100 for $100 off and there are payment plans available.

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It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs and I am back for the first time since 2020!  We are staying in Palm Desert and you know Hubs bought all sorts of tickets to lectures and home tours. I’m here for the sunshine and relaxation! 

Friends, I am in production right now for a brand-new bootcamp for new and beginner cooks, called Back-to-Basics.  I took all your feedback + my experience as a cooking instructor for the last 14 years and I created an amazing course for you!  Be on the lookout for sign-ups in the next week or so.  I plan to launch the course the week of March 7th! Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Let me get right to it – if you need Super Bowl ideas, go to LAST week’s dinner planner. I used to suggest what to do with your Super Bowl leftovers for the day after, but this year the day after is Valentine’s Day. In as much as I would love to turn my leftover salsa and and slow cooker chicken tacos into a soup and my crudites into a chopped salad, my family is expecting something “special.” Of course those leftovers can wait until Tuesday! Here’s your dinner planner for the week:

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Last chance to join two game-changing bootcamps!  Do check out Plant-Based 2.0 if you are looking to do a deeper dive into plant-based eating and cooking.  The plant-based diet is truly the best way to eat for most people. It doesn’t mean vegan and you don’t have to give up all animal products forever.  This is my favorite course I have ever created.  Please join me and other great members of my community.  There’s no time like the present to eat and cook for better health!  Please use the code YESPB2 for $100 off and I do have payment plan options!  The other course I am starting next week is Raising Healthy Eaters. I taught this once before and my email was flooded with success stories and gratitude after this course.  Believe me, I have been there and I have also come out the other end with three healthy eaters. If you are struggling, join me next week.  You will be in good hands.  🙂 Use the code KIDS100 for $100 off the course!

Besides being really excited to see many of you in my bootcamps this week, I am also excited about the Super Bowl and ALL. THE. SNACKS.  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: 

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Brrrrrrr!!!!!  It’s cold EVERYWHERE except where I live in southern California and also the tip of southern Florida.  Hoping you stay safe and warm, wherever you are.  Whatever you choose to eat, focus on warming foods, not cooling foods.  In a nutshell, eat what is in season, eat warm and hot foods, not cold, raw foods.  Cooked vegetables, soups and stews, lean proteins are all good.  Summer fruits, raw salads, cold smoothies and drinks are all going to cool you down.

Some news! I am repeating my Plant-based 2.0 (my more advanced plant-based course and my favorite of all my bootcamps) and my very successful Raising Healthy Eaters course both beginning the week of February 7th!  I will not be repeating these until the fall, if at all in 2022, so take advantage now if you have any interest at all.  You will not be disappointed in either bootcamp!  Please click on the links above to learn more.  As always, for my community members, I offer a discount and there are also payment plans available. For $100 off the bootcamps, use the code YESPB2 for the Plant-based 2.0 course and KIDS100 for the Healthy Eaters course.  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Happy weekend!  For my monthly online cooking class subscribers, get your questions ready – I’ll be doing our live monthly Q&A via zoom on Tuesday at 5:00 pm PT.  For anyone curious about the monthly cooking class, I teach a brand new menu with 5 recipes each month.  The class is prerecorded and edited and you can watch on your own time.  I have a live zoom Q&A session for questions every month, plus there is an optional private Facebook page to interact with me and other students.  I am not teaching any in-person classes, friends, so this is IT + my bootcamps. I have provided a new option for monthly students which I call an All-Access Pass and while you are an active subscriber, you have access to the entire library of classes and recipes.  That is several years worth!  Teaching is my business, so if you want to learn how to be a better, more healthful cook, you’ll be in good hands.  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading