Girls Night #226: How to Make Cooking More Fun and Less Stressful
IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
How to make a meal plan that works for your schedule
How to go from reading a recipe to knowing how to cook
How to tweak recipes to fit your personal taste
What staples to have in your kitchen pantry
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night!
I’m so excited about today’s episode. Today we’re talking about how to make cooking more fun and less stressful.
If you’ve been listening to Girls Night for awhile, you know that I absolutely love food. I can tell you exactly what I’ve eaten on every one of my birthdays, and I am pretty sure that great restaurants are my love language.
The caveat is, I would much rather someone else make the food for me than try to cook it myself. Can anyone else relate?!
But cooking is an incredible thing and it’s something I want to get better at, so I wanted to talk with someone who can simplify this for us and help us become more confident in the kitchen. And today’s guest is going to do just that!
Our guest for today’s episode is Bri McKoy. I recently received Bri’s cookbook in the mail called, The Cook's Book: Recipes for Keeps & Essential Techniques to Master Everyday Cooking, and absolutely fell in love! Bri calls herself an accidental home cook, which she’ll explain more in the episode, but she truly fell in love with cooking and is here to teach us some of the things she learned along the way!
In the episode, she shares how to make a meal plan, how to tweak recipes and your kitchen to fit your personal taste, what staples we should have in our pantry and she even shares some of her favorite recipes from her cookbook. My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
Friends, if you’re a beginner in the kitchen, like me, I love that there are ways to make this more enjoyable and Bri is going to tell us how!
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LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Steph’s book, The Lipstick Gospel (here’s a paperback copy and here’s a free digital download!)
Steph’s prayer journals, Every Single Moment and The Between Places
Bri’s cookbook: The Cook's Book: Recipes for Keeps & Essential Techniques to Master Everyday Cooking
Bri’s book: Come and Eat: A Celebration of Love and Grace Around the Everyday Table
Staples to have in your pantry:
salt and pepper
boxed pasta
boxed stock
Jar of sun-dried tomatoes
Capers
Frozen garlic cubes (find at Trader Joe’s)
Frozen ginger cubes
Bri’s favorite recipes in her cookbook:
Tipsy braised short ribs
Sweet potato shepherd's pie
Thai basil stir fry
Book mentioned: I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working by Shauna Niequist
CONNECT WITH BRI
Website // Instagram // Youtube
CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE
Facebook // Bookstore // Instagram
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