Resolutions second, recipes first

because we all have to eat, no?

Hello and happy 2023! I’m back after a month-long newsletter hiatus (hi, I missed you) and I am doing everything in my power not to fall into a New-Year-New-Me-News-Letter hole. I don’t know if you’ve heard the term, but there’s such a thing called “perfectionist fantasy", where in order to get a dopamine hit of success, people will plan out all the ways they are going to be “perfect” in the future. It gives you all the surge feelings of accomplishment, without having to wait the time it takes to complete the entire process. It’s like a get-rich-quick scheme for brain chemicals and I used to love it. Who am I kidding, a part of me still loves it??

But after years of trial and error, I’ve realized my best New-Year-New-Me route is to choose one highly attainable goal that I have complete control over, and then look at everything else with a macro lens. So this year it’s all about the process over progress, connecting with the people I know on the internet (that’s you!) and staying really excited about my work. So to start off 2023, I want to say thank you for letting me do a job that gets me passionate, excited and creative every day. It means more than you know.

Oh and my highly attainable goal? Post one in-feed photo a month on Instagram. LOL. HELP.

But with that aside, the weekly round-up!

That being said, while the newsletter does have future plans and dreams, for now she’s just our best vehicle for all the recipes I upload each week! Since December was a ….time, here are only a few of my favorites from the month!

• Baked Cabbage and Delicata Squash with Sage Romesco - the last salad of this year’s Baked Salad Season! Video here, recipe here.

• Brothy Sun-dried Tomato Cavatelli - Samantha Brown made this recipe and I cried. Video here, recipe here.

• Brown Butter Gochujang Salmon - I still am highly upset more people aren’t making this, it’s life-changing and SO quick. Video here, recipe here.

• But if you don’t eat meat, this Brown Butter Tofu Tteokkbokki is very similar, and made in minutes! Video here, recipe here.

And next week!

Stay tuned for an announcement that has already been very softly launched, but will feel more real when it’s on here, plus a call for recipe testers! More info to come….

Xoxo,

Snacks