I saw a quote on Hoda Kotb’s Instagram feed, “Friday the 13th is still better than Monday the whatever.”  Love that. 🙂  This felt like a looooong week.  Lots of great stuff coming up this week like a book signing at Salutations Home in Pasadena on Monday, October 16th from 9:45 am to 11:45 am.  Then I am taping a segment on Hallmark’s “Home & Family” on Thursday which will air Friday, October 20th.  Annnnnd, I’m teaching 4 classes!  Hope you guys have a great weekend!

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This was not the best of weeks, I think we can all agree on that.  I valued even more the gift of sitting down with my family each night to be together and share a meal that I cooked with love.  I know cooking can be hard to fit into a busy life, but do what you can.  It’s important to eat well, and cooking at home is the best way.  🙂  Try to write down a dinner planner for the week and you’ll be more likely to stick to it!  Here’s a dinner planner I am sharing with you this week:

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I’ve been a little overwhelmed and understaffed at Pamela Salzman Headquarters this week, so I apologize for the lack of new blogposts.  I had a great time in Dallas seeing my daughters, teaching a class, at a book signing and at the FOX station for a cooking segment.  In between my trip and some classes in LA, I had a fabulous time at Room at the Beach in Malibu cooking and signing books.

I have also been doing some last minute editing on a new round of videos for Instagram, which I think you will love!

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I’m in Dallas for the weekend for family weekend at the girls’ school.  And it’s my older daughter’s birthday, so we’ll be doing lots of celebrating!  I’m staying a few days extra to teach a private class at my friend Lisa’s house, do a book signing at Interabang Books, and a cookign sgement on the FOX channel.  Busy, busy!

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Football season has started which is very exciting!  And coincidentally so has soccer season and for some reason Mr. Picky’s soccer games are often scheduled at the same time as the game I want to watch LOL!

Also, I have received a lot of emails from people in Florida who are still without power who want to sign up for the Clean Eating Batch Cooking online course I developed.  Week 1 started on September 11th and the cart was going to close this weekend, but Clean Eating will keep the cart open one more week through September 24!  Click here for the 7-week version and here for the 6-week Vegetarian Times version.  And, Week 1 will be available even if you have missed it.  Hoping all of you that have been affected by Hurricane Harvey or Irma are back on your feet as soon as possible!

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We made it through the first week of school!  And I made it through my first week back teaching cooking classes, AKA my real job.  I had to be really organized this week for breakfast (my son needs to eat by 6:30 am!), lunch (school lunch, you know) and dinner.  Yikes!  Follow me on Instagram where I have been doing some live videos during dinner prep, and it’s not too late to sign up for my course on batch cooking that I developed for Clean Eating Magazine.  It starts on Monday!

I’ve had some feedback about posting the dinner planner earlier, on Saturdays.  Seems like many of you prefer that.  Let me know if you’d like this to continue on Saturdays or go back to Sundays.

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It’s always funny that juuuust before school starts for us here at the beach, the weather finally gets hot and feels like summer.  We’re lucky that the weather rarely makes us uncomfortable, but it’s ironic the “beach days” come just after school is back in session.

Do check out the online course I developed for Clean Eating and Vegetarian Times called Batch Cooking 101.  It helps you learn how to prep ahead, set up your kitchen with the right tools, how and what to freeze, how to cook once for the whole week!  It begins on September 11, so don’t waste another minute!

I hope you all have a restorative long weekend!

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I had such an incredible week with two stops in Dallas and Houston (got out just before the storm hit!)  I love meeting new people, especially ones with whom I have interacted on social media or here on the blog.   Then I was lucky enough to have two beautiful book parties hosted for me back in LA and I have a book signing Sunday 8/27 at the Barnes & Noble in Calabasas from 2:00 to 3:30!  If you have bought my book and you’re enjoying it, may I ask a huge favor?  Would you please write a review on amazon?  The more reviews I have, the more the amazon algorithm recommends my book to potential customers.  Thank you!

Also, check out Friday’s post about the online cooking course on Batch Cooking that I developed for Clean Eating Magazine.  Sign-ups are now and the 7-week course begins on September 11!

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