Dinner Planner – Week of June 5, 2023

Happy weekend!  If you take my monthly online cooking class, the June class is up and the theme is Summer Potluck!  I demonstrated 5 fabulous brand new recipes that are perfect for summer gatherings, potlucks, July 4th get-togethers, and all the recipes (as usual) are flexible.  I share ways to make everything vegan, gluten-free, vegetarian, and dairy-free.  If you don’t take my monthly class, you’re missing out!  If you give me an hour a month, I’ll make you a better and healthier cook!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of May 29, 2023

Happy Weekend! I have a lot of recipes that can work for a BBQ or get-together this weekend – too many to list here! I am not sure if Hubs and I will be home in time for Monday IG live at 5.  Check my Instagram stories on Monday and I’ll let you know.  If you take my monthly online cooking class, I will have the JUNE class up for you later next week.  It’s a GOOD one!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of May 22, 2023

Memorial Day weekend inspires gratitude for those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving our nation, protecting us, and our freedom.  I also appreciate a different kind of freedom today – freedom from the pandemic that made the last three years so challenging for all, and definitely more challenging for some. Thank you to all our first responders, health care workers and all essential workers who sacrificed so much and helped us weather the storm.  Enjoy the weekend, friends! Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of May 15, 2023

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! If you are missing your mom this weekend, I am holding space in my heart for you.  When a parent leaves us, it is a void that is impossible to fill. If you need to nudge your loved ones to make you something special, check out last week’s dinner planner for some lovely and healthy-ish brunch ideas. Also, don’t be afraid to tell your partner and/or children how you want to spend your day.  Not everyone can read minds, if you know what I mean.  For my monthly online cooking class students, your May class was uploaded last week.  It is a breakfast/brunch theme!  If you want to join my fabulous cooking class community, we’d love to have you and I would love to help you be a better and healthier cook!  

For my local LA friends, come join Catherine McCord and me on Monday, May 15th at Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica at 6:00 pm!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of May 8, 2023

Mother’s Day is next weekend, so it’s time to buy the cards and pick out something nice for your mom. Or drop hints to your partner, spouse, and/or kids/grandkids!  I selected a few ideas in last Monday’s newsletter.  

Just a reminder that I have been teaching a monthly cooking class online since well before the pandemic!  Yes, I know.  I have also started to teach in person again, but very, very limited.  My online classes are the same as my in-person classes in terms of content and recipes.  My May class is uploaded and ready! Click here to see the menu and to purchase!  A subscription to my cooking class is a great Mother’s Day gift!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week: Continue reading

Dinner Planner – Week of May 1, 2023

Happy weekend!!! Hubs and I are visiting Anna in Chicago for a few days.  My third kid visit this month!  A few LA events I’d like to put on your radar: May 4th 11:00 am I am teaching a cooking class at Elizabeth Lamont in Pacific Palisades with a coastal Italian menu!  Click here for tickets.

I will be co-hosting a book event with my friend Catherine McCord for the launch of her new book, Meal Prep Magic at Zibby’s Bookstore in Santa Monica on May 15th at 6:00 pm. Lastly, I will host a conversation with author Cole Kazdin on Thursday May 18 at 6:30 pm about her book What’s Eating Us at Pages Bookstore in Manhattan Beach! Here’s your dinner planner for the week: 

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Dinner Planner – Week of April 24, 2023

Happy Weekend! I wanted to mention to any LA locals that I am teaching a public class on Thursday, May 4th at Elizabeth Lamont in Palisades Village!  The menu is “Coastal Italian.” Click here for more information and to reserve your spot. Here’s your dinner planner for the week: 

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