Thanksgiving is here! As much as I tell my cooking class students to be organized and to prep ahead of time, I’m not feeling very together. We are enjoying a brief holiday visit to New York with my two daughters and my sister and her two girls. We are eating, walking, shopping and generally just…
Weekly Meal Plans
Weeknight Meal Plan: November 12-17
SUNDAY Marcella Hazan’s bolognese is a masterpiece of comfort food. Serve it over riced cauliflower, spaghetti squash or good old-fashioned pasta. Marcella may be rolling in her grave at the suggestion of serving this over anything but good-quality pasta, but do what you will. MONDAY Simple roasted salmon, chermoula, broccoli sautéd with red pepper flakes…
Weeknight Meal Plan: November 5-10
Let’s make this quick, people! After a weekend in New Orleans with some old and dear friends, I’m quickly catching up on meal planning before much needed sleep. I hope you all have a great week. Stay tuned for a new Thanksgiving recipe to post Wednesday, and some Thanksgiving planning tips to get you in…
Weeknight Meal Plan: October 29-November 3
Back to the routine! After a quick trip to San Francisco, it feels good to be home again. Halloween isn’t always my favorite holiday (I know, bah humbug). It’s not the candy and sugar (I can swipe a Twix with the best of ’em), it’s keeping track of three costume-clad kids in the dark. As…
Weeknight Meal Plan: October 22-27
It’s the home stretch of my Whole30 experiment, but it will probably be my most challenging week because of travel. Eating at home is really the easiest way to pull this off. I’ve hit my stride of protein-packed breakfasts, easy lunches, and family-friendly dinners. But Tuesday I’m heading to San Francisco to pull off a…
Weeknight Meal Plan: October 15-20
Whole30 Dinners Week 3 Next week is coming at me like a steam roller. Five cooking classes, two photo shoots and a partridge in a pear tree. Good thing I’m doing Whole30 because I sleep like a rock, wake up refreshed and don’t have my usual afternoon energy crash. It’s even given me new found…
Weekly Meal Plan: October 9-13
WHOLE 30 MEAL PLAN WEEK 2 It’s a Sunday that feels like a Saturday. My kiddos had a 4-day weekend from school, which doesn’t mean it’s a 4-day weekend for me. There are cooking classes to prepare for, blog posts to complete and recipes to test. But I can’t complain because I snuck off by…
Weekly Meal Plan: October 2-6
WHOLE 30 MEAL PLAN WEEK ONE Truth be told, I want to try Whole 30 for the month of October, but I’m a little scared. I’m jumping in and giving it a shot anyway. I’ve been pinning Whole 30 recipes and meal plans and taking copious notes. The basic premise is if you eliminate sugar,…
Weeknight Meal Plan: September 25-29
I just looked up and it’s the last week of September, not quite sure how we got here! Anyone feel the same? Hurricane Harvey threw off the month big time and Houstonians are scrambling to catch up. Piles of sheetrock, torn out flooring and ruined furniture still cling to lawns, and meal trains are still…
Weeknight Meal Plan: September 17-22
SUNDAY Sunday afternoons are for enchiladas. I tested a couple gluten-free enchilada recipes tonight, and I’m not sad about it. I’m teaching an enchilada casserole in my Central Market cooking class Wednesday night, and I wanted to test the sauce one more time before class. Spoiler alert: It was delicious. Here’s a similar recipe, but…