Flavorful and easy for families to make together! Make it you own by adapting ingredients or flavors that work for you!
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You can also swap out grains such as quinoa, barley, or basmati rice or mix it up and add two grains together!
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Recipe Share: Jazzy Jambalaya
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ONE Thing
The ONE Thing book by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan is a must read! It can definitely contribute to leading a healthier lifestyle by focusing on what matters most in many areas of your life. This book allows you to gain perspective on what is most important in your life in these given areas in particular, finances, job, relationships, personal life, spiritual life and physical health.
It allows you to carve out time for that one thing by focusing on your purpose and priority to achieve high productivity in a given area. So ask yourself this question:
What is the one thing you can do for your physical health that by doing it everything else will become easier or unnecessary?
Your answer may look different than mine but I will provide it as an example:
I will get in at least 30 minutes of movement and fresh air first thing in the morning (or at least within the first two hours of the day). This allows me to take care of my needs before I have to attend to the busyness of my household before school starts. This allows the rest of the day to be easier, because I have done something for me before I have to give energy to all of the various buckets in my life. I feel filled up first thing in the morning. If I wait too long it may not get done or if I did have to wait I would have to intentionally remove something off my to do list and do it the next day. Focusing on that ONE thing means everything does not get done for the day. Which means it may have not even needed to be done yet ensures it was not important. Focusing on that ONE thing allows you to focus on the most important matters in your life.
Try it this week and let me know your thoughts!
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Recipe Share: Pasta e Fagioli
Delicious soup to get you in the mood for some cozy, cold months ahead and a simple meal idea! Add meat if you would like!
Make sure to include 1 can of Great Northern Beans in the ingredient list! It is omitted by mistake – Thanks
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Recipe Share: Ratatouille
Delicious warm veggie stew, serve with cheese on top and some fresh bread for a small simple meal!
Remember a few posts back I interested a term that some of you may have thought of before and others not so much – building kitchen confidence.
2020 has given us perspective, challenges and opportunities as we have all had to navigate the kitchen and meal planning very differently; digging into the back of the pantry, working with what we have to create meals while staying closer to home, and rearranging our budgets to accommodate the times. This year has altered our relationships with food and made us think outside the recipe box.
As a dietitian and chef I realize the importance of nutrition science paired with culinary arts. Working with clients and students to find practical solutions or strategies to everyday meal planning and preparation has given me understanding and an opportunity to realize the importance of instilling some confidence in the kitchen; this life skill is so important at any age.
Building kitchen confidence and having exposure to do so provides practical and actionable strategies to create meals that allow for a more enjoyable time, sharing and connecting around the table. This time has allowed us to focus on what matters most and part of that is making meals that we can enjoy with the people we love the most!
Simple action step for building kitchen confidence you can start this week: Pick some favorite recipes, alter it after making it the first time to adapt to your needs and others in your family; make it again and try to do from memory and then make it again and see what other changes can be made. Along the way you learn some skills and hone these while gaining proficiency at making recipe modifications that work for you!
How about that for some kitchen confidence!
Again an easy, flavorful and fun recipe to try and adapt to your families needs!
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The DEAL model can be used in a variety of settings NOT just in the kitchen.
You have to ask yourself a few questions to get started…
- What is the problem to solve?
- How am I currently addressing it?
- What is not working?
- What is working?
- What can I delegate, eliminate, automate in this situation in order to liberate or feel liberated to spend more time on what matters most right now, today, in this moment?
What you are really addressing is….
Finding ways/solutions/strategies to switch things up if you are getting the same results and expecting things to change. It is time to bring in the DEAL model and see if that can offer some relief.
My most recent non-food/nutrition (real life) example (and there is more where this came from)…
- Problem to solve: My kids teasing and arguing when one would think they should be having fun!
- Currently addressing it by: Yelling, getting annoyed, disengaging with them
- What is not working: My reaction
- What is working: Introducing a new way to do something they have done before or changing the “set-up”
- I “E”liminate (temporarily) the arguing and fighting and teasing by encouraging an art coloring activity outside on tree stump “tables” while providing a snack, which “L”iberates me to enjoy a lovely Sunday afternoon in my awesome backyard surrounded by beautiful trees with varying colored leaves, and a warm fire accompanied by a favorite IPA while watching my kids enjoy themselves.
Now what is one way you can think differently about a problem in your life that you would like to change?