It’s that time of the year-  February can be dark, dreary and cold- at least in the northern hemisphere, and many of us are craving the brightness of spring- especially when it comes to flavors. But even if we’re not quite there yet with spring produce or the actual weather, I want to share with you how we can bring some much-needed brightness to our winter meals. 

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We've all been there- you're bored, your family is bored, you've been making the same meals over and over again and your family is sick of them (or you just don't know what to cook!). Listen in for my favorite ways to get out of a recipe rut.

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[Time] x [Dietary Concerns or Needs] x [Meal/Meal Type] Recipes 

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[Time] x [Dietary Concerns or Needs] x [Cuisine/Specific Detail] x [Meal/Meal Type] Recipes 

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20 minute gluten-free dinners 

30 minute family-friendly Italian weeknight dinners 

Make-ahead dairy-free meal prep lunches

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Simple, nourishing recipes with BIG flavor are the name of the game for Kat Ashmore from Kat Can Cook. A classically trained chef who has worked with the likes of Matha Stewart (yes, that Martha), Kat is a wealth of culinary wisdom, but as a busy mom who is no stranger to shortcuts, she creates recipes that are nourishing, simple and full of flavor for her over 3 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram. Her brand new cookbook, Big Bites, is a perfect example of her wholesome, upleveled casual cooking style, and in today's episode, we talk food, family, how to uplevel your everyday cooking with some easy but effective tips and our never-ending love for Maldon salt.

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It’s cold outside, which means it’s soup season… I LOVE a good soup. But a bad soup is… well, bad soup! Today I want to share with you secrets to making a GREAT soup- no more watery, bland soup in your house!

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Asian cuisines like Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and others have rich culinary traditions with incredible depth of flavor that takes someone dedicated to learning the beautiful complexity of Asian ingredients to truly create incredible Asian meals- which is why I am so thrilled to welcome this week's guest, Sophia Nguyen Eng on the podcast to share her experience cooking traditional Asian cuisine (from a real food perspective).

Growing up in a Vietnamese family, Sophia noticed Asian food in the United States often relied heavily on processed ingredients containing artificial flavors and preservatives. She was determined to recreate the flavorful recipes she loved while making them healthier. The recipes she shares explore the proper preparation of grains, dairy, meats, and ferments, emphasizing fresh ingredients and traditional cooking methods while focusing on flavor, food quality, ingredient sourcing, seasonality, and eating nose-to-tail. In this week’s episode, we’re talking all things Asian cooking and her new book- the Nourishing Asian Kitchen.

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So many of you want to get into a meal prep routine this new year and for good reason- meal prep is a game changer for making meals easier, all week long. But one of the biggest mistakes I see people make when they jump into meal prep is going in too hard, too soon and prepping so much they overwhelm themselves and don’t want to prep again- or prepping things that don’t make enough of an impact on their daily life so they don’t WANT to go back and meal prep again- and that’s what I want to talk about today. I'm sharing with you eight specific (as in, I’ll give you the recipe or tell you how to prep them) go-to meal prep ingredients and recipes I use to make meals easier, all week long. 

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The new year is HERE! And if you’re like me, and you like to work on healthy habits over the new year (rather than grand resolutions that fall off in the second week), AND meal prep is one of those habits, this is the episode for you. I’m going to give you step by step how I recommend you start a meal prep habit in the new year (or any time, really). 

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It's the end of the year and we definitely ended with a (delicious) bang! Here's what we ate (and what we spent on groceries) in the month of December 2023.

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The new year is upon us, and it's about the time we start making goals to eat healthier in the new year. If you've been around here long enough you know I'm not a fan of quick fixes or extreme diets- but I AM a huge advocate of small changes to eat more real, whole foods to nourish you and your family well. In today's episode, I'm sharing some of my favorite simple ways to cook and eat healthier this new year (no diet culture bs included).

As always, remember- this is NOT medical advice, this is advice from a real food chef (with a background in sports nutrition) and mom- I always encourage you to do your own research, consult with your medical practitioners before making any changes and do what works for you.

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