This week is the beginning of Lent. My mother used to make us give up something for the 40 days of Lent. We thought we were funny by saying we’d give up liver (ugh, she actually made it!) or boiled Brussels sprouts. After a lot of back and forth, my mother would ask us to give up bickering with each other. Ha! Fridays during Lent, I will post a fish or vegetarian/dish.
On another note, I have done an Instagram Live the past few Mondays at 5:00 pm PST. I think that is a good time, so join me if you’re free. We have a lot of fun! Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs – my husband’s favorite week of the year. So Mr. Picky and I are accompanying him for the long weekend. My son has been going to house tours, lectures, and vintage shopping with us in the desert for the past 6 years. He’s such a trooper. The weather seems to be good this weekend, so we’ll have a great time, I’m sure.
Online cooking class students, your class has been uploaded if you didn’t see the email or Facebook post. I’ve been getting photos already of chocolate-hazelnut cookies and cod “acqua pazza.” Love, love, love it all!
Valentine’s Day just happened and although I usually (when we’re in town) make a nice meal for my family, it’s just a silly day, in my opinion. Every day should be about love – love for each other and ourselves. Decisions made from a place of love result in better actions. Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
Hello, hello!! I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy. This has been a ROUGH winter so far!! Some administrative business first – my online cooking class students – I am doing our monthly Facebook LIVE Saturday, February 8th at 9:30 am PST/12:30 pm EST. I’ll be in my sweats with no makeup and a matcha latte, so come as you are 😉 ! I just filmed the February class and it is GREAT! There’s so much good info that you can apply to your everyday cooking and help you on your journey to your healthiest self. I can’t wait for you to see it. The goal is for my team to upload it Tuesday night!
For those of you in LA interested in in-person classes, click here for more information. I have a couple spots left in a class on Tuesday, February 11th at 10:30 am in the South Bay. Email Erika for more information. [email protected] All other classes in February are sold out.
I am looking forward to heading out to Palm Springs next weekend for Modernism Week. Anyone else going?? I think it’s going to be a bit chilly, but it’s always healthy (literally) to have a change of air! Here is your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
Happy Weekend! I have just started working on booking locations and dates for my book tour. What I’d really, really love most of all is to meet you! Please let me know where you are and I’ll see if I can stop in your town. Email me if you’d like to invite me to speak at your school or community center. If you think you can get a large enough group, I can probably make the trip and arrange a local bookseller to come join me! [email protected]
I had a long but great week! Something that I will share with you and only you since you are reading this is that I just filmed a few on-demand classes for the Food Network Kitchen App!! I mean, talk about a dream come true! Teaching healthy recipes is my bread and butter, so to speak. It’s where my heart and soul is and what I am best at. So it was a total joy to be able to teach a few of my recipes from my first cookbook with the pros from the Food Network. I will let you know when they go live on the app!
The Super Bowl is coming next Sunday, so don’t forget to buy your avocados early! I like to buy them rock hard and allow them to ripen on my countertop. Once they are perfect, stick them in the fridge until you’re ready to use them. Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
Eeeek! My older daughter came home on Friday night for a visit this weekend and I completely forgot to press send on the dinner planner! So sorry!
I had a great week this week. I am feeling better every day although that cough will come back between 8-10 pm every night if I talk too much. I will be updating my old post about home remedies when you’re sick because so many people message me all day every day about what worked for me and I really want to help more people. These viruses this year are NO JOKE! I was on Home and Family on Tuesday morning, taught a great cooking class, shot a ton of recipes for the blog and now will take the weekend to rest. Going forward, I am not going to be working on my computer every chance I get. I want to respect my body and mind and be present for my family and friends. So far, so good. 🙂 Lastly, MY NEW COOKBOOK, “QUICKER THAN QUICK” IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ON AMAZON!!! I will be posting a separate blogpost with more details. But in the meantime, check it out and if you love my first book, would you do me the hugest favor and write a review? It will help my new book get more visibility. Thanks a million!
I am FINALLY feeling better. Not 100%, but going in the right direction and better each day. I only have a lingering cough which shows up at 8:00 pm every night until I fall asleep. I can’t explain it. Again, I improve a little every day. Thank you for all your messages and words of encouragement!
I am doing a Facebook LIVE Saturday morning 1/11 at 9:30 am PT for all my online cooking class students! I can’t wait to get back to our regular chats. Also, I will be on Hallmark’s Home & Family this Tuesday, January 14th. Check your local listings for details.
I am continuing to challenge myself to use what I have in the freezer and pantry and avoid grocery shopping, although I have no fresh fruit and very little fresh veg in the house so I will fill in this weekend with a little of that.  Here’s your dinner planner for the week:Continue reading
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Oh people, if you follow me on Instagram you know that I came down with the nastiest of nasty colds en route from NY to Utah on December 29th and I am still not over it. Let me tell you that I never get sick. Last time I was sick was two years ago and I knocked that cold out in 24 hours. But I have been getting message upon message that this cold is the mother of all colds. I was supposed to be taping my online class for January early next week, but I have no voice at the moment (par for the course of this cold) and I postponed it to Friday. So all my online cooking class subscribers are going to have to wait a few more days than usual. Thanks for understanding.
Also, I pulled together a great dinner planner for you all this week, but I am actually going to do what I always do in January – USE WHAT I’VE GOT! I am going to keep grocery shopping to a minimum and try and bring my freezer down to nothing and use as much from my pantry as possible. It’s a great challenge to get creative; you’ll save money; and you’ll help the environment by not throwing food away. I am also going to try to make as many soups for dinner as possible. I have found that soup is the best way to end the day. It is very digestible and light meal and can help promote better sleep, more balanced blood sugar and help maintain/lose weight.
Lastly, I am likely going to do my next Prolon Fast on January 12. If you would like to join me, my discount code still works: pamela25 and my advice is to order the original soups and not the new ones!
