Your January Recipes Are Here
Ringing in the new
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a restful holiday break.
I’m back from India after a whirlwind and fulfilling trip (my daughter’s first time!) and ready to sink my teeth into 2025. I have a busy couple of months to start with the launch of the brand new Vegetarian Reset Lab (sign up for the waitlist below if you haven’t). I’ve spent the better part of 2024 working on a huge upgrade to the content based on user feedback, so I’m excited for you to see what’s in it - it is a step-by-step, actionable and most importantly sustainable approach to vegetarian cooking for metabolic health (you also get a whole year of Weeknight Simple as a bonus!!). Outside of that, I hope to start working on my next cookbook (!) soon..ideas have been marinating. It’s also the year I turn 40, so I have some personal goals. But more on that later.
For now, here’s what the January edition of Weeknight Simple has in store.
For those new in this corner of the Internet (welcome!), Weeknight Simple is my recipe membership where I send out 3 high-protein and veggie-packed recipes/month (typically 20-30g protein per serving and ~10g fiber), along with a shopping list and meal prep instructions; plus a bonus recipe later in the month.
If you prefer to stay a free subscriber, you can take the poll at the bottom of this email to tell me which recipe you’d like to see for free in next week’s newsletter.
PS: Congrats to Dorothy for winning the Good Things Sweepstakes! Keep an eye out for my email in your inbox :)
Beans and Greens Stew
If you need to feel virtuous after your holiday celebrations, look no further than this very green stew. With hidden heat from a Green Curry-style flavoring, this stew packs in an impressive roster of vegetables and plant protein from beans and edamame while staying firmly in the comfort food lane. It is a generous serving and can be stretched to feed 4 if served over quinoa or with noodles.
Pizza on Toast w/ Pesto Braised Broccoli
Ever had broccoli that’s addictive? This pesto-braised broccoli just might be. It somehow gets sweeter and then married with the tang of sundried tomatoes and crunchy walnuts, to make a smashing Pizza on Toast over my high-protein cottage ‘cheez’. Use Ezekiel bread or a dark rye sourdough for a low-glycemic meal.
Peanut Chile Tofu Stir-fry
Peanut butter and Tofu = BFFs. A lightly sweet and spicy sauce with lots of umami coats tofu that’s been cooked to perfection with a crispy exterior and soft interior (no pressing involved). Add on a rainbow of vegetables and you’ve got yourself an standout meal with 30g protein per serving. I may be willing to look the other way if you want to serve this with a little white rice (1/3 cup = 1 serving - yeah, I know).
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