Jump to Recipe – Details, episodes & analysis

Jump to Recipe is saying farewell, but this is not the end of Christine's delicious culinary interviews. Listen to find out more. 

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Have a great day! 

Christine xo

This week I talk with hostess extraordinaire Renee Rhinehart from Party Host Helpers, a company connecting party hosts with event staff. We chat about simple ideas to make your Christmas extra-special and your holiday parties more sparkly.

Have a great weekend!
Christine xo

Links:
Party Host Helpers or call 1-844-30 PARTY
Discount Code: use RENEE22 when booking on the website or give it to the person you are talking to to get $30 off your first party
COOKtheSTORY.com/ROTD
Creamy Mushroom Sauce
Charcuterie Boards
Butter Boards
Mulled Wine
Funnel

This week I'm talking with a woman of many talents, Nikki Miller-Ka. She's not only a classically trained chef and freelance food and travel writer with her own blog, Nik Snacks, but also tour guide for Taste Carolina in North Carolina. Nikki tells us about the tastiest, off-the-beaten path places to visit in North Carolina, as well of some of her favorite food cities in the US. 

The meal plan in this episode is full of easy one-pan and one-pot dinners. 15-Minute Chili is a fall weeknight favorite, and everyone loves  No-Boil Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo. Head over to COOKtheSTORY.com/MealPlans to get the meal plan with links to recipes, and the grocery list worksheet that goes with it. This one is Meal Plan #109.

Have a great week!
Christine xo

Links:
Website: niksnacksonline.com
IG: @niksnacks
Twitter: @NikSnacks
Recipe of the Day Podcast

If you're like me, it's easy to get stuck in a rut when it comes to meal-planning. Today I talk about some fun ways to get new inspiration for your dinners, and we go beyond just doing a google search, for sure!

Our community guest this week is Danielle Green, a busy food blogger and mom of toddler twins. Danielle uses meal kits to help her get inspiration and hard-to-come by ingredients in her remote town. She also has tried a whole bunch of different meal kit services and has done reviews of them on her site. She is truly the meal kit expert and she answers all our questions about the pros and cons of meal kits and which ones are best for which situations.

The meal plan this week features recipes from around the world that are easy to make and that will give your meal plan a little boost. They're delicious and innovative recipes that your whole family will love. Subscribe at COOKtheSTORY to get our meal plans, recipe links, and printable grocery lists sent your way. 

Have a great day! xo

If you're like me, it's easy to let yourself take longer than intended to make dinner. One way to stop this is to choose recipes that don't have a lot of hands-on time so that you don't have as much flexibility in going over time. In this episode we talk about the kinds of recipes to look for if you want to limit the time you spend in the kitchen.

Our community guest this week is Belinda Gonzalez, a busy mom who works full time and who uses meal kits to save her time, and to help get her daughter trying new and exciting foods. This is our second episode in our Meal Kits Series and we talk with Belinda about the benefits and drawbacks to using meal kits.

The meal plan this week features recipes with short prep times to help you stay on track. They're delicious and innovative recipes that your whole family will love. Subscribe at COOKtheSTORY to get our meal plans, recipe links, and printable grocery lists sent your way. Have a great day! xo

One of the most difficult parts of meal-planning is coming up with ideas and making decisions about what to have. In this episode we share a bunch of ideas and resources for helping you to limit the decision-making process when meal-planning.

One of the resources we talk about is meal kits, where a company delivers all the ingredients and recipes to your door. This is our first in a series of three podcasts that feature meal kits like this as a strategy to help out with meal-planning.

The community interview is with Anna-Marie Walsh from Beauty and the Beets. She's a recipe developer and food blogger who also turns to meal kits to help her out with her meal-planning and cooking. 

The Meal Plan: This week the meal plan is inspired by meal kits and includes new ideas to inspire you and help with your decision-making and meal-planning. It's a simple and tasty meal plan that the whole family will love. To get our meal plans with links to the recipes and printable grocery lists to go with them, subscribe at https://cookthestory.com/GetMealPlans. 

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If you're like me, you find it a struggle to get your kids or members of your household to enjoy the meals that you cook. Some dinners are hits, others are not. How can we make more hits than nots? 

In the community interview this week I talk to Dr. Charles Spence, a Psychologist from Oxford University, about what is involved beyond taste in our enjoyment of food. It turns out that things like what we name our meals, and how much our forks weigh, matters more than we could ever realize. Have a listen to our conversation to find out how this can help you get more of those hits in your own daily cooking.

The Meal Plan: This week the meal plan is inspired by Dr. Spence's work and includes delicious meals with interesting names. It's a simple and tasty meal plan that the whole family will love. To get our meal plans with links to the recipes and printable grocery lists to go with them, subscribe at https://cookthestory.com/GetMealPlans. Have a great day! xo

Have you started meal-planning recently or are you looking at jumping in? Today we talk about leaving behind perfection in meal-planning, and in life, and embracing mistakes. 

The community interview this week is with Dan Morris, a busy dad with ELEVEN kids in his household. He shares his system for using what they already have in the pantry and freezer to generate their meal plans. 

The Meal Plan: This week the meal plan is inspired by Dan's pantry and so it is all meals that use up a lot of pantry ingredients. It's a delicious and simple meal plan that the whole family will love. To get our meal plans with links to the recipes and printable grocery lists to go with them, subscribe at https://cookthestory.com/GetMealPlans. Have a great day! xo

Have you made any New Year's resolutions? Is one of them to meal-plan better or cook healthier? In this episode we talk about removing the pressure to meal-plan or to cook in a particular way and to instead allow ourselves to relax and try new things, without pressure for perfection. We also share great ideas for getting started in an easy way.

The community interview this week is with Kathy Hester, a vegan cookbook author and passionate believer in meeting people where they are at and helping them to learn to cook without expectations or strict rules.

The Meal Plan: If you’re wondering what to make for dinner, Christine’s meal plan this week features healthy meals and themed dinner nights, to get the ball rolling on a meal-planning system.

For the links to the recipes in the meal plan and a grocery list to go with it, subscribe to the newsletter at http://cookthestory.com/GetMealPlans. Have a great day! xo

Do you find it difficult to come up with dinner ideas? In this episode Christine talks about how focusing on the side dishes, rather than on the main protein, can make meal-planning easier. It can also save you time and be a healthier way to look at dinners.

The community interview this week is with Xylina Jimenez, a busy working mom who doesn't love cooking but finds ways to do it anyways, both for her family and for a homeless shelter too. 

The Meal Plan: If you’re wondering what to make for dinner, Christine’s meal plan this week features meals that focus on the side dishes so you can test out the episode's ideas.

For the links to the recipes in the meal plan and a grocery list to go with it, subscribe to the newsletter at http://cookthestory.com/GetMealPlans. Have a great day! xo