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Season 3, Episode 13: Mediterranean #Bowls, Hybrid #Recipe #Meatless and with Steak. Build your own bowl and make it with meat or #vegetarian for dinner. This is a perfect #meal for a split table family or group of people because they can either add meat or skip the meat, and the vegetarians can still get some #protein from the meal. #cooking #dinner

It's super yummy! It was a huge hit at my house this summer.

Ingredients: 

2.4 or so pounds flank steak

9 tsp minced garlic

3 tsp cumin

1 container plus 1/4 cup cherry or grape tomatoes cut in half

1 small white or yellow onion, diced (or red onion for more color)

2 lemons (juice of) plus 1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 container of tzatziki yogurt dip

1/2 c. whole milk

1 red bell pepper chopped up

6 T olive oil plus 1/2 cup, divided

3 tsp dried oregano

1 cucumber diced

1/4 c chopped fresh jalapeno pepper

3/4 c. parsley, fresh, chopped

1 full package cooked quinoa

1 full package cooked wild rice

1 large log of fresh mozzarella cheese, presliced

1 container of plain hummus

fresh herbs: basil, oregano, parsley

1/2 tsp Lawry's seasoned salt

Instructions:

1. In a small bowl, add 6 Tbsp olive oil, minced garlic, dried oregano, ground cumin, salt and pepper. Stir. Marinate the steak in this marinade for around 2-3 hours in the fridge. Set meat out 15 minutes before grilling.

2. While meat is marinating, prepare the other parts of the dish. Combine lemon juice with tomatoes, cucumber, 3/4 c. chopped fresh parsley, and onion, stir well. Season as desired with salt and pepper. Add in the feta cheese and stir again. Let sit.

3. Cook wild rice and quinoa. keep warm

4. Marinate the mozzarella cheese. Prepare the marinade in a bowl. Mix the fresh chopped herbs parsley, basil, oregano (as much as desired) with 1/2 cup olive oil and Lawry's seasoned salt. Stir and let sit.

5. Grill steak over medium high heat to desired doneness, drizzle remaining marinade over steak while grilling. Let steak rest for five minutes. Slice.

6. Mix tzatziki dip with the milk. Whisk together to make a sauce.

7, Arrange the components of the bowls in a line on a counter and let everyone build their own customized bowls by adding the amounts they desire of each: the tomato cucumber salad, marinated mozzarella, sliced grilled steak, jalapenos, red pepper, hummus, sauce, wild rice and quinoa.

Enjoy!

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Season 3, Episode 12: Meatless Tortellini with Tomatoes and Corn Entree. Make it a hybrid meal by adding meat on the side for those meat eaters, such as cooked smoked sausage or cooked chicken, this is an easy addition to make the meal work for vegetarians and meat lovers. This quick easy tasty meal can be eaten warm or cold as a cold pasta salad. It's a quick meal prep that doesn't require much prep work. It's great for a dinner where you don't have much time for preparing a meal. I love it this time of year when the corn on the cob is so good in Minnesota. It's time for dinner with corn on the cob from Minnesota!

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Ingredients:

• 7 cups cooked cheese tortellini
• 2 ears of sweet corn, cooked and kernels sliced off (or small drained can of corn)
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 Tbsp. Italian seasoning (containing marjoram, oregano, rosemary, savory, thyme, basil, and sage)
• 1 1/2 tsp. garlic salt with parsley
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

1. Cook tortellini and drain per package instructions.
2. Combine diced tomatoes, olive oil, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, onion, and red wine vinegar together. Stir.
3. Pour the mixture over the tortellini.
4. Add cooked corn.
5. Stir well.
6. Sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.
7. Eat warm or as a cold pasta salad.

Variations:

• corn from ears of corn or canned sweet corn
• meat tortellini, if desired
• add meat on the side such as sausage, smoked sausage, or cooked chicken

Enjoy that sweet corn! It's about at the end of the sweet corn season in Minnesota, so it's time to eat it!

Take care,

Julie Hoag, fiction author, cookbook author, blogger, and podcaster

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Season 3, Episode 11: From Flight Attendant to Cookie Artist: A Sweet Journey of Resilience. Watch the video version of our chat on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/KBKzsMqKfS0

Discover how a furloughed flight attendant transformed adversity into opportunity by launching "Cookies on the Fly," a unique cookie business specializing in artistic and creative custom confections. After finding a simple recipe online, this self-taught baker developed her signature style, mastering royal icing techniques and creating spectacular edible art that consistently sells out at events. She became a cookie artist!

#minnesota #minnesotacookier #cookier #minnesotabaking #minnesotabusiness #cookies #cookiebaking #foodart

Working from her Minnesota home kitchen under a cottage food license, she fills custom orders plus, more recently, collaborates with independent authors to transform their book covers into delectable treats, creating interactive experiences at book fairs, including the Book Fair for Grownups hosted by Inbound Brewco at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds (hear her story of winning a Minnesota State Fair cookie decorating contest). Custom book cover cookies are the ultimate best book swag! Despite facing challenges with state shipping restrictions and scaling demands, her business soared after a Valentine's Day feature, proving that sometimes the sweetest success stories come from unexpected directions.

From bachelorette parties to pet-themed cookies, each creation tells a story of creativity and passion. Her journey culminated in winning a novice cookie decorating competition at the state fair, establishing her presence in the local baking community.

Ready to be inspired by this remarkable story of reinvention and resilience? Tune in to hear how a career pivot led to the perfect recipe for success! Check out her custom cookie decorating for your next party, use a local Minnesota catering business!

Connect with Kristi and order cookies: https://www.cookiesonthefly.com/

Find her also on Instagram.

Estimated Timeline:

00:00:02 - Creative Cookie Ideas for Book Fairs
00:04:02 - Challenges of Cookie Decorating
00:05:59 - Creating Custom Cookie Recipes
00:09:55 - Creating a Cookie Business Name
00:11:32 - Starting a Cookie Business During COVID
00:22:57 - Challenges of Shipping Cookies
00:26:04 - Valentine's Day Cookie Success Story
00:28:33 - Favorite Cookie Themes and Personalization
00:37:12 - Growing a Cookie Business
00:44:01 - Future Plans for Cookie Business
00:48:14 - Creative Cookie Classes for Special Events
00:51:09 - Challenges of Cookie Decorating for Events
01:00:26 - Authors and Creative Collaborations
01:03:14 - Importance of Personal Connections in Bookstores
01:06:27 - Custom Orders and Upcoming Markets

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Season 3, Episode 10: Hawaiian Bread Party Sliders, Hybrid Recipe Vegetarian and Ham, perfect for a multi diet party dish! Make as many meat containing sliders and as many meatless sliders as desired. This recipe is for 10 meatless and 50 meat sliders. These sliders are served hot! They are super good with a warm cheesy filling and a crispy buttery top. This is very simple recipe, but be sure to allow time to build all the sliders. This party recipe is a favorite and it's so yummy and satisfying!

#easyrecipe #partyfood #vegetarian #meatless #food #mealprep #recipes

Ingredients:

2 eight oz containers spinach artichoke parmesan dip (or any spinach dip) 

60 Hawaiian buns, sliced

30 slices cheddar cheese, deli pre-sliced sandwich slices

50 slices thinly sliced ham sandwich meat

1/2 tsp garlic salt with parsley

6 Tbsp melted butter

Directions:

1. Cut each bun in half.
2. Spread a thin layer of spinach dip on the inside of each of the top half of the buns.
3. Tear each cheese slice in half, then fold it in half to make a square. Place the folded cheese slice on the spinach dip.
4. For 50 meat sliders, fold the ham slice into a square to fit the bun, For the ten meatless sliders, simply skip the ham.
5. Add the bottom bun and place the sliders in a foil lined 9x13 inch metal or glass baking dish. Fit all the sliders in the pan snugly, so they are touching each other.
6. Add the garlic salt to the melted butter and stir. Brush it across the tops of the sliders.
7. Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes until a dark golden color on the top bun but watch it and take it out before it gets too dark.

Enjoy!

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Season 3, Episode 9: Mediterranean Feta Pasta Dish, Meatless and Meat-Containing. This is a fabulous split table recipe! This hybrid recipe is one that is very easily modifiable for split tables because the meat is added at the end and so it's easy to split the recipe into a meat portion and a meatless portion. This uses fresh ingredients and the only cooking done is to cook the pasta, so it's relatively quick aside from some chopping of veggies and tomatoes.

This recipe is a super easy and quick meal prep for a dinner meal, or lunch, and it's also got a summer-y type of felll to it.

Ingredients: 

• 6 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 2 1/2 cups chopped fresh tomato (roma or larger tomatoes with seeds removed)
• 1 cup chopped English cucumber
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion (including the full green part, can add more to taste)
• 4 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice (juice from about 1 fresh lemon)
• 1/2 tsp dried basil
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/8 tsp dried dill
• 1/4 tsp ground oregano
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 pound pasta, any shape
• 1 pound smoked sausage sliced (or cooked chicken or turkey works too) for the meat portion of the recipe

Instructions:

1. Chop veggies and tomatoes.
2. Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, spices, and herbs.
3. Pour liquid over the veggies and cheese, stir well. 
4. Add cooked pasta and stir.
5. Serve.

Super easy! 

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Season 3, Episode 8: No Cook Noodle Crockpot Mac and Cheese Recipe, a vegetarian meal and/or a side dish recipe. This is a very easy and quick meal prep recipe where you can plop it all in the crockpot and let it cook itself! The noodles cook in the crockpot, but be sure to stir to coat them. It's a great way to make a hybrid dish too because you can top it with bacon bits or crumbles for those desiring meat and skip it for those who want a meatless dish. Set up this meal to cook and go do something fun or relaxing! Crockpot cooking frees you up to do other things.

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Ingredients:

1-1 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil

1 pound uncooked elbow pasta noodles

2 1/2 c. skim milk

12 oz. evaporated milk

3 cups shredded cheddar and jack cheese

2 cups (or 1 1/2 if you desire less cheese, use 2 cups for the cheesiest) American cheese, cut up into pieces

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

4 Tbsp butter

Top with bacon crumbles for the meat lovers.

Directions:

1. Spread coconut oil all across the ceramic insert cooking vessel of the crockpot.
2. Add uncooked pasta, evaporated milk, skim milk, cheeses, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to the crockpot.
3. Stir well to ensure all noodles get wet and press them down as much as possible into the liquid.
4. Dot with butter chunks.
5. Cover and cook on low for 1 hour.
6. Stir.
7. Cook on low 1 hour.
8. Serve!

Heat up any leftovers in a pot on the stovetop or microwave it with a little milk added in. Very good leftover this way too.

Enjoy this easy meal! Please let me know how it works out for you! Take care!

Julie

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American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook (affiliate links)
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Split Table Recipes Cookbook
One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook author https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963

Other:
Self help book:
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Season 3, Episode 7: Grilled Romaine Salad, Let's Get Weird and Grill Lettuce! I promise it's good! It sounds odd to grill a head of lettuce, but it's actually really good and a fun twist on salad! Plus, a Fourth of July no bake salad recipe and grilled portabella mushroom recipe and ideas. 

#summergriling #fourthofjulyrecipes #fourthofjulyfood #summerrecipes #vegetarian #vegetarianrecipes #summerfood #outdoorcooking

Find the recipes on my website:

Grilled Romaine Salad

https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2020/07/02/grilled-salad-with-romaine-and-portabella-mushrooms/

Fourth of July no bake Red, White, and Blue Salad

https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2018/06/03/easy-no-bake-dessert-salad-for-the-4th-of-july/

BOOKS!

New helpful little book about cooking for a split table! How to Cook for a Split Table of Vegetarians and Meat-Eaters book affiliate link, the podcast may receive commissions on sales. The for the support!  https://amzn.to/4gioVK8

Get my Minnesota cookbooks! Cook with eggs!
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook (affiliate links)
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Universal link https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/07baee4a-61dc-11ed-ba27-277909561aeb
Split Table Recipes Cookbook
One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook author https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963

Other:
Self help book:
40 Ways to Honor Your Mom After She Has Passed Away https://amzn.to/459Yyzv

Get my YA Contemporary Romance Novel Cabin Crew for FREE on Kindle Unlimited, or in paperback. Peruse all the books!

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Season 3, Episode 6: Campfire Cooking Cinnamon Sugar Breadsticks.  With the weather warming up, it's time to think about outdoor cooking, cooking while camping, and over backyard bonfires. This recipe is simple, fun, and interactive and will get everyone involved! Rather than roasting marshmallows, get some bread dough on your stick over the white coals!

#campfirerecipes #recipes #outdoorcooking #bonfires #backyard #breadsticks #funrecipes #cookingoverfire #roastedbread

Find the recipe on my website where you can also print off the recipe: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2018/09/04/campfire-cooking-cinnamon-breadsticks-recipe-camping-backyard-bonfires/

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Season 3, Episode 5: Italian Lime Broccoli Side Dish Quickie Recipe. This is the first in my quickie recipe series! The episodes will be quick AND the recipes will be quick! This is yummy! It's the best way to eat broccoli! This is a really super delish recipe and it's so fast and quick, it's a snap! Listen for easy meal prep! This is great for vegetarian cooking or a veggie side dish for any meal.

#sidedish #broccoli #vegetarianrecipe #veggies #vegetablesidedish #mealprep #easyrecipe #meatless

Italian Lime Broccoli Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 lb. fresh broccoli in bite size florets

1 Tbsp lime juice

1 dry packet Italian dressing mix

1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

1. Mix olive oil and Italian dressing mix.

2. Pour it over the broccoli and stir it well.

3. Drizzle lime juice over and stir well.

4. Bake 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees, then about 5 minutes at 400 degrees until browned as desired.

5. EAT!

Also mentioned in the episode:

Yogurt Herb Bread:

Ingredients:

2 cups plain non-fat Greek yogurt

3 cups self-rising flour

1 tsp. basil leaves

1/2 tsp ground oregano

1 tsp. dried chopped onions

1 tsp. dried rosemary leaves

1 tsp. garlic salt with parsley

1/2 tsp. black pepper

2 tsp olive oil

1/2 tsp. kosher salt

Instructions: How to cook

1. Combine all herbs and spices and stir well.

2. Add flour and yogurt and about 4 tsp of the spice/herb mixture to a bowl. Knead together with your hands.... it seems like it won't form into a dough ball, but keep going, and it eventually will come together.

3. Form the dough into a 9-inch-long loaf and place it on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

4. Cut a shallow slice down the center of the loaf.

5. Bake at 350 degrees 35-40 minutes. 

6. Remove from the oven when it's golden brown, but don't cook it too long.

7. Brush it with the olive oil.

8. Sprinkle it with the kosher salt.

9. Let it cool and slice it.

10. Enjoy!

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Season 3, Episode 4: Italian Sandwich Spread, Vegan and Vegetarian to Spice up Your Subs. Print the recipe from my website: 

https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2018/05/02/italian-sandwich-spread-recipes-for-vegans-and-vegetarians/

Add this tasty spread to meatless sandwiches or meat sandwiches to add some yummy zip! Or use this spread on toasted sandwiches, sub sandwiches, crackers, or as a dip for veggies or chips. An easy way to change the flavor of your sandwich!

Great for family meals and party food ideas!

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Season 3, Episode 3; Veggie Avocado Egg Salad and Veggie Cilantro Lime Salad, and my new book! I'm thinking of spring and Easter, and salads! These two salads are super quick to make and super tasty! They are both vegetarian recipes, but not vegan.

The Veggie Avocado Egg Salad has the added boost of protein, and with it having the eggs, it fits right in with Easter! This salad can be whipped up in minutes! I suggest making it close to when you intend to serve/eat it.

Both salads are loaded with vegetables.

On my website, you can easily find the recipes and the instructions and even print them if you'd like:

Veggie Avocado Egg Salad https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2017/02/09/veggie-avocado-egg-salad/

Veggie Cilantro Lime Salad https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2016/10/10/easy-veggie-cilantro-lime-salad/

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Season 3, Episode 2: Tator Tot Hotdish for Vegetarians AND Meat Eaters One Recipe One Dish. As a vegetarian, have you ever looked at a dish and wish you could have some too? Well that was me with Tator Tot hotdish for years, so I finagled a meatless Tator Tot Hotdish so I could have a vegetarian tator tot hot dish alongside my family have meat tator tot hotdish. Tator tot hotdish is popular in Minnesota, and is a class Midwest dinner casserole dish. I've never tasted it, UNTIL I made a vegetarian version. This is one recipe for one dish to create a meatless hotdish portion and a meat portion. Midwest cooking! Casserole Recipes! Let's go!

#vegetariantatortothotdish #minnesota #minnesotacooking #midwestcooking #hotdish #casserole #vegetarian #vegetarianrecipe #familymeals #familycooking #juliehoag

Recipe adapted from "The Great Minnesota Hot Dish" cookbook by Theresa Millang
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Make this dish work for vegetarians and meat-eaters:
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef, lightly seasoned with salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped onions (cooked is better)
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can of cream of celery (or cream of potato)
1 cup creamed corn (or beans or peas)
1 small can of peas and carrots, drained
1 (10 3/4 ounce) cream of mushroom soup
Frozen tator tots
1 can chickpeas (drained)
1/2 cup fried onions

Instructions:
Spread raw ground beef in 3/4 of a greased 9x13 glass baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread chickpeas across remaining 1/4 of pan where the ground beef is not.  Sprinkle evenly with cooked diced onions. Top with cream of celery soup, spread it across with a spoon. Top with can of creamed corn, spread it across the whole pan evenly. Spread the can of drained peas and carrots evenly across the top. Sprinkle evenly with fried onions. Lay a confluent layer of frozen tator tots across the entire pan. Spread cream of mushroom across the entire top of the dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes. Carefully scoop out meatless portions, avoiding scooping up any meat. Top each serving with ketchup to garnish as desired.

Enjoy!

BOOKS!

New helpful little book about cooking for a split table! How to Cook for a Split Table of Vegetarians and Meat-Eaters book affiliate link, the podcast may receive commissions on sales. The for the support!  https://amzn.to/4gioVK8

Get my Minnesota cookbooks! Cook with eggs!
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook (affiliate links)
https://amzn.to/3DpQoaE
Universal link https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/07baee4a-61dc-11ed-ba27-277909561aeb
Split Table Recipes Cookbook
One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook author https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963

Other:
Self help book:
40 Ways to Honor Your Mom After She Has Passed Away https://amzn.to/459Yyzv
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Season 3, Episode 1: Cream Cheese Quiches, Jalapeno and Onion & Chives. These little quiches are so good! With a pie crust cradling them, these savory creamy quiches are super tasty and so delicious! #vegetarian #eggs #cooking #cookbook #recipes #meatless #breakfast #brunch

These are easy to make quiches. This recipe originated for my cookbook American Midwest Quiches, but I modified it to make one jalapeno quiche and one onion and chives quiche. I did this so there was a spicier version and a less spicier version. It can easily be modified to all spicy or all non spicy.

Ingredients:
7.5 ounces jalapeno flavored cream cheese, softened
7.5 ounces onion and chives flavored cream cheese, softened
8 eggs, divided
2/3 c. skim milk, divided
1/2 c. white onions, diced
1/2 c. red onions, diced,
1/3 c. green chilis
1/3 c. canned jalaplenos
1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1/2 tsp garlic salt, divided
2 pre-prepared pie crusts
1 tbsp olive oil
OPTIONAL: 1/2 c. bacon bits
OPTIONAL: 2 c. salsa

Instructions:

1. Beat together 4 eggs, 1/2 c. milk, and 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt separately in two separate bowls.
2. Add the softened cream cheese (set out at room temperature until softened) to the egg and milk mixtures, one jalapeno cream cheese to one bowl and one onion and chives cream cheese to the other. Mix with a hand mixer until fully blended smooth.
3.  Saute both types of onions in olive oil until softened.
4. Press pie crusts into 2 pie pans (be sure to set them out at room temperature first to soften them).
5. Spread jalapenos across one pan, green chili across the other.
6. Spread 1/2 the onions to each pie crust, sprinkling them across evenly.
7. Sprinkle 1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese evenly across both crusts.
8. Pour the jalapeno cream cheese, egg, & milk mixture across the jalapeno quiche and the onion and chives cream cheese, egg, & milk mixture over the green chilis quiche.
9. If you wish to make them with meat, add bacon bits to desired quiches (alternatively top with bacon bits after cooking).
10. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Quiche is done when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. 
11. Allow quiches to cool for about 10 minutes.
12. Serve. Top with salsa as desired.

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Season 2, Episode 21: Holiday recipes! Perfect for #Brunch! What is it? It's a Hawaiian Bread Spinach Quiche Hybrid Recipe. This recipe is great for any time of year, but also perfect for the holidays with the Hawaiian bread and the ham. This is a hybrid recipe, that I coin as such, because it works for a split table of vegetarians and meat eaters. This recipe is a convenient recipe for a split table where it is easy to create a pan of half meat, and half meatless (or three fourths as desired). Very easily you have both meat containing and vegetarian portions. You can customize it depending on how much you want for meat portions and how many for meatless portions. The point is you are getting to feed two diets with one recipe! No short order cook status for you!

#vegetarian #vegetarians #hybridrecipe #splittable #recipes #cooking #familycooking #cookingforafamily #familymeal #familymeals #juliehoag #holidayrecipes

Seasoned Oyster Crackers Snack:
1 tsp dried dill weed
1 tsp garlic powder
1 envelope Hidden Valley Rank dressing mix
1 cup olive oil
12 oz oyster crackers
Mix seasonings together. Pour over crackers. Let sit for 24 hours, stirring several times to coat and mix. If it's still oily, try adding broken up soda crackers and pretzels (this is also a great switch up to add!)

This recipe in in my quiche cookbook and on my website at https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2022/05/01/hawaiian-bread-spinach-quiche/
where you can easily print it for your convenience.

It's really a tasty quiche and is also a very juicy/moist a leftover as well. Try it with smoked ham for a slightly different flavor.

Ham, spinach, and Hawaiian bread all make me think of the holidays, so that's why I wanted to publish this recipe here now, but it's really delish for any time of the year!

Happy holidays! Merry Christmas!

Extra recipe: The Heart-filled Grinch Punch, A Christmas Mocktail
https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2018/12/17/heart-filled-grinch-punch-christmas-mocktail/
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#holidaymocktail

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Season 2, Episode 20: Easy No Bake Appetizers for the holidays. You're busy baking, shopping, cleaning, wrapping, planning so take the easier route for appetizers and choose no bake apps!

#appetizers #vegetarian #recipes #holidayrecipes #vegetarian 

This is a very simple easy recipe for little seasoned oyster snack crackers.

1 tsp dill weed
1 tsp garlic powder
1 envelope original Ranch dressing packet
1 c. olive oil
12 oz oyster crackers
Mix dill weed, garlic powder, Ranch dressing packet, and oil together. Then pour over crackers. Sitr. Let soak overnight for best flavor, then enjoy!

Pickle Wraps: get the easy recipe here https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2016/10/14/last-minute-pickle-wrap-appetizer/


Spicy Black Bean Avocado Roll ups:
Spicy Black Bean Avocado Dip I love this recipe because it is versatile as it can be used in two ways: in Spicy Black Bean Avocado Roll-ups or as a Spicy Black Bean Avocado Dip. This Roll-up appetizer is easy and tasty! Get the recipe: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2016/12/07/spicy-black-bean-avocado-roll-ups-and-dip/

5 Simple Ways to Serve Appetizers with Spinach Dip https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2017/11/21/5-simple-ways-serve-appetizers-spinach-dip/

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Season 2, Episode 19: Small Batch Easy Fast Savory Baked Beans, Half Meatless, Half Bacon, plus Vegetarian stuffing. Easy side dishes are important because it's often the case that the entree takes more time and effort. This is especially true for the Thanksgiving meal so easy side dishes are a wonderful thing! These recipes work for either a vegetarian or a meat eater as side dishes.

Small Batch Easy Fast Savory Baked Beans, Half Meatless, Half Meat

Ingredients

1 lb 12 oz. vegetarian Baked Beans
1/4 c. ketchup
1/2 c. wet yellow mustard
1 Tbsp. packed brown sugar
4-6 slices of thick sliced bacon

Instructions

1. Cook bacon in the oven at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
2. Stir together beans, ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar.
3. Heat bean mixture on the stove top for about 20 minutes until it's simmering and popping (but don't let it burn on the bottom, so stir occasionally and watch).
4. Remove the portions of beans you'd like to have be meatless. Add bacon to the portion you want to have meat by crumbling the bacon over the beans.
5. Serve hot.

Recipe for Vegetarian Stuffing with tofu and cheese: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2017/12/15/delicious-vegetarian-cheese-tofu-stuffing/

Rich Decadent Butternut Apple Squash Bars https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2017/10/24/rich-decadent-butternut-squash-apple-bars/

Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes https://www.buzzsprout.com/2064160/episodes/11726590-thanksgiving-sweet-potatoes-and-maple-cinnamon-pumpkin-bread

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Season 2, Episode 18: Roasted Roots Vegetable Side Dish with a Surprising Ingredient.  
Join Julie Hoag in this episode of Vegetarians & Meat Lovers: Split Table Recipes as she unveils a delightful roasted roots recipe that's perfect for autumn. This versatile side dish caters to both vegetarians and meat lovers, featuring an unexpected ingredient that transforms its flavor profile entirely. Radishes, often overlooked in cooking, take center stage alongside potatoes and rainbow baby carrots, creating a colorful and delicious dish.

Julie shares her tips for achieving the perfect roast, including her preferred spice blend of rosemary, garlic salt with parsley, basil, and black pepper, all mixed with olive oil for a savory touch. Discover why baby carrots are her go-to choice for uniform cooking and how to adapt the recipe to suit your taste.
As always, Julie sprinkles in a bit of her personal life, sharing updates on her family's activities and upcoming Thanksgiving preparations. Tune in for a heartwarming episode filled with culinary inspiration and a sneak peek at her upcoming baked beans recipe, perfect for split tables.


🗣️ Quotes from Julie Hoag

"I'm a sneaky mom here. I'm getting radishes into my kids."

"It's a surprising ingredient, one I would have never, ever thought of doing."

"I don't want to be a short order cook."

Recipe and how to instructions for cooking this veggie side dish:
Ingredients:

• 17 fresh raw radishes (12 oz.), washed and trimmed (cut larger ones in half)
• 12 oz. fresh raw rainbow baby carrots
• 1.5 lbs raw little potatoes (Little Trios in 3 colors)
• 1 Tbsp dried Rosemary Leaves
• 1 tsp. garlic salt with parsley
• 1 tsp. dried basil leaves
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 3 Tbsp olive oil

Instructions for cooking this recipe:

1. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
2. Combine herbs and spices with oil. Stir.
3. Pour oil/spice/herb mixture over veggies in a large bowl. Stir. 
4. Spread veggies across the cookie sheet in a single layer.
5. Roast vegetables at 425 degrees for 40 minutes or so (depending on desire doneness).
6. Serve it up!

I hope you enjoy my cooking podcast and find great ideas for family meal planning, easy #vegetable dishes, cooking for families, and holiday autumn cooking using root vegetables. Follow my podcast for more cooking tips, healthy eating, cooking with kids, and sneaky healthy meals that you can make work for a split table of eaters.

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Season 2, Episode 17: Cheeseburger and Chickpea Casseroles: A Hybrid Recipe Two Dish Meal For Vegetarians and Meat Eaters. This delicious savory meal is perfect for something hearty when you are looking to feed both vegetarians and meat-eaters. This meal prep feeds two diets!  I love this dish, especially for fall, because it's integral with a cozy feel good warm comfort foods vibe. You can get protein whether you are a vegetarian or someone who eat meat with this combo dish recipe. Family recipes: make two dishes from one recipe! This particular version of the family meal recipe creates 2/3 of the meal as containing meat, and 1/3 meatless. Modify this to fit your needs. #hybridrecipe #vegetarian #mealprep #recipes #cooking #familymeals #casserole

Ingredients:
20-24 slices of whole wheat bread (I like 100% whole wheat bread) (divided, number varies with bread slice size and pan size)
4 1/2 c. shredded mild cheddar cheese (divided)
1 1/2 c. chopped onion
1 c. chopped celery
1 1/2 c. ketchup
1/2 cu. mustard
1 tbsp olive oil
4 1/2 c. skim milk (divided into 3 cups and 1 1/4 c.)
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
6 eggs (divided into 4 and 2)
2 sticks of butter
10 oz. chickpeas in sauce (any flavor)
Ketchup and mustard to drizzle on top as desired.

Instructions:
1. Brown ground beef. Set aside.
2. Cook onion and celery in olive oil until tender.
3. Combine cooked veggies with ketchup, wet mustard, dry mustard, salt, pepper to make a sauce. Stir well. Set aside.
3. Grease pans with cooking spray:
4. Toast and butter all slices of bread.
5. Line pans (13x10 for meat portion, 11.5 x2--a 2 Qt. pan) with buttered toast, cut slices in half as needed to cover the full pan.
6. Spread a spoonful of ketchup/mustard sauce on each slice of bread.
7. Spread half the ground beef across the slices in the designated meat pan, and half the chickpea in sauce over slices in the vegetarian designated pan.
8. Sprinkle some cheese evenly over both pans, reserving half for the next sprinkling.
9. Re-layer each pan with slices of buttered toast.
10. Spread a spoonful of the ketchup and mustard across each slice of toast.
11. Spread remaining ground beef to meat pan and remaining chickpeas in sauce to the meatless pan.
12. Sprinkle both pans evenly with shredded cheese.
13. In separate bowls, prepare the eggs and milk mixtures. For the larger meat pan, add four eggs to 3 c. of skim milk and whisk to scramble. For the meatless pan, in a separate bowl, combine 2 eggs and 1 1 /4 c. skim milk and whisk.
14. Pour the appropriate egg mixtures over the correct pans, ensuring you pour evenly and cover the bread in all spots to wet it.
15. How to cook: 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
16. Serve with a garnish of ketchup and/or mustard drizzle, as desired.

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Season 2, Episode 16: English Muffin Bread Quiche Recipe and Cookbook Promo! Get my cookbook American Midwest Cooking: Quiches for FREE until Friday October 4, 2024! Scroll down for the link to the book on Amazon.

Make a yummy breakfast, brunch, or lunch meal with this simple, yet tasty quiche. Add ham to half if you'd like to make a hybrid vegetarians and meat-lover dish so accommodate both diets with one dish! Use a loaf of English Muffin bread and turn it into a tasty meal! Cooking for multiple diets can be easy! #breakfast #brunch #brunchrecipe #cookingwitheggs #cooking #recipes

English Muffin Bread Quiche
Ingredients:
8 slices English Muffin Bread
1 tsp coconut oil
8 eggs
2 cups skim milk
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup green onions, chipped
2 cups zucchini diced
8 ounces sliced mushrooms
2 cups shredded Colby and Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup fresh tomato, diced
Add diced ham to half of the dish if a hybrid dish is desired.

Instructions:
1. Grease a 9x13 inch pan with coconut oil.
2. Break up the bread into pieces and line pan evenly with them.
3. Using a hand blender, blend together eggs, milk, parsley, mustard, and salt.
4. Stir zucchini, tomato, onion, and mushrooms into egg mixture.
5. Pour egg/veggie mixture evenly over the bread pieces.
6. Stir, turning over veggies and bread gently.
7. Flatten with the back of a large spoon.
8. Sprinkle evenly with shredded cheese.
9. Bake at 375 degrees for 67-70 minutes. Cool. Cut. Serve.
(Quiche is done when a knife is inserted in the center and comes out clean, it can be moist).


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Season 2, Episode 15: Fast Tasty Quiches for One to Two People. Back-to-school means quick meals are needed! Working from home and with the kids back at school, lunch for me becomes a leftover or something quick just for me. These recipes are easy and quick to make (one has a longer quick time, but still a quick prep), but when we are busy with sports and other activities in the evenings, quick meals become a necessity. Try mug meals! Plus, enjoy the quiche air fryer recipes in this episode!

Basic Mini Microwave Mug Quiche for One:
Recipe ingredients:
2 eggs
2 T milk
cooking spray
salt and pepper
Potential additives:
leftover cooked veggies, cheeses, leftover cooked meats, sandwich meat, breadcrumbs, salsa, beans, hot sauce, pickled veggies, fresh or dried herbs, spices, sour cream, yogurt...etc.
Spray mug with cooking spray, crack two eggs into mug, add 2 tablespoons milk, beat eggs and milk to scramble, add stir in additives. Cook in the microwave about 2-3 minutes, scoop out with a fork and enjoy alone or on bread as a sandwich.

You can also find all the recipes mentioned in this episode in my cookbook American Midwest Cooking: Quiches. It is a small paperback cookbook of about twenty recipes. You can also access it on Kindle Unlimited.
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook by Julie Hoag, Minnesota cookbook author and fiction/nonfiction writer. Affiliate links. This podcast will receive a small advertising fee with purchases made. Thanks for supporting the podcast!
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#easybreakfast #easyrecipes #breakfast #cookingpodcast
#cookingforone #simpleprepmeals #cooking #quiche

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Season 2, Episode 14: 12 No Bake Topping Recipes for Rice Cakes for Yummier, More Satisfying Lower Calorie Snacking!! Tips for easy food ideas, easy breakfast, no bake lunch recipes, simple meal prep ideas, and meatless vegetarian snacking and light meal options. These are pretty kid friendly recipes and ideas too!

Find ten of the recipes mentioned in this podcast episode, including ingredients and the simple how to instructional educational details in the blog post: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2019/05/13/ten-healthy-recipes-for-rice-cake-toppings/

Check out all the easy simple ways to jazz up your rice cakes! Great for snacking and taking in lower calories while still getting those snacks during the calorie rich holiday season.

A healthier alternative to crackers, bread, and chips...use a rice cake and add the good stuff on top!

More about me... the podcast host: Julie Hoag
You can find my cookbooks and other books at the links below:
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook by Julie Hoag. Affiliate links. This podcast will receive a small advertising fee with purchases made. Thanks for supporting the podcast!
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#lowcalsnacking #snacks #snackideas #ricecakes #easybreakfast #easyrecipes #lowercalorie #breakfast


Click through for More Healthy Low-Carb Recipes:

Low Carb Quiche with a Mushroom Whole Wheat Crust

Quick Cheesy Mexican Air Fryer Egg Recipe

Easy Air Fryer French Fries with four ingredients

Marinated Portabella burgers..a vegetarian entree

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Season 2, Episode 13: Easy cooking!  Easy Breakfast! Easy Self Serve Breakfast Bar Ideas for Oatmeal and Flavored Cream Cheese with Bagels or Rice Cakes. These are great simple breakfast, brunch, or lunch ideas for when having houseguests, for your family at home, or while camping. They are simple meal prep ideas that are highly customizable and work great for both eaters who like a wide variety of foods and for picky eaters. It's a very family friendly recipe approach for family cooking as well. It's kid friendly recipes! #campingrecipes Make it vegetarian or with meat easily with the customizable breakfast bar!

For the instructional how to directions and recipes components, please visit my website to easily print them:

Find the oatmeal recipe idea at my website, where you can easily print recipes  https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2020/05/24/breakfast-oatmeal-bar-self-serve-toppings/

Find all my rice cake toppings ideas here: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2019/05/13/ten-healthy-recipes-for-rice-cake-toppings/

For the breakfast bagel bar, get the printable recipe here: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/recipe/flavored-cream-cheese-bagel-breakfast-bar/

#mealprep #breakfast #breakfastideas #vegetarian #brunchideas #mealideas #simplemeals #cooking #recipes #oatmeal #bagels #familyfriendlyfood #juliehoagpodcaster

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American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook by Julie Hoag. Affiliate links. This podcast will receive a small advertising fee with purchases made. Thanks for supporting the podcast!
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One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook. https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963 

40 Ways to Honor Your Mom After She Has Passed Away: A Self-Help Guide with Healing Tools to Help when Grieving a Loss Paperback – June 29, 2022 Now available to read on Kindle Unlimited.

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Season 2, Episode 12: S'mores Party Dip, Healthy Black Bean Crispbread Nachos, and Mom's Dill Dip. #foodie #recipe #dips #foodpodcast #juliehoagpodcaster #partyfood

Happy Fourth of July America! These are great recipes to serve on July 4 or for party recipes. Dips and healthy nachos are fabulous party food ideas!

Fourth of July Recipes, easy party recipes:

S'mores Party Dip
1 c marshmallow creme
1/2 c cocoa hazelnut spread
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp canola oil
Food prep:
Mix all ingredients, stir, microwave 30 seconds, stir, repeat until well combined. Serve warm with dippers such as pretzels, wafers, berries, graham crackers.

Healthy Hybrid Crispbread Vegetarian and Chicken Black Bean Nachos
1 t-Tbsp coconut oil (optional)
12 slices multi-grain crispbreads
1 c black beans, drained & rinsed
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 c shaved Brussels Sprouts
1 c shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c finely shredded Asiago cheese
1 (10 0z.) can diced tomatoes and green chilies, drained and blotted with paper towel to remove moisture
1 c turkey sandwich meat or cooked chicken (optional)
1 c salsa, 1 c sour cream & 1/2 c jalapenos for topping
Cooking Instructions:
Oven to 275. Grease cookie sheet with coconut oil. Lay crispbread on cookie sheet. Drizzle oil over shaved Brussel Sprouts, stir to coat. Top crispbread evenly with black bean, shredded cheeses, coated Brussel Sprouts, and blotted tomatoes with green chilies. Sprinkle meat as desired across tops. Bae for 25 minutes at 275. Broil for 4-6 minutes, watch to ensure it doesn't burn. Remove from oven and top with toppings. Serve.

Mom's Dill Dip
1 package softened cream cheese, 8 oz.
1/2 Tbsp dry onions
1/2 Tbsp dried dill weed
1/2 c sour cream
1/2 Tbsp parsley flakes
1/2 Tbsp seasoned salt
How to Instructions:
Beat together, add milk to thin if desire. Let sit in the fridge. Serve chilled with veggies, tomatoes, cooked slices of sweet potato or white potato, pretzels, crackers, or bagel chips.

Fun tip to spruce up wraps: spread dill dip or Mexican Chia Seed Hummus Dip across tortilla before loading up your wrap.

Fourth of July No Bake Dessert Jello Salad: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2018/06/03/easy-no-bake-dessert-salad-for-the-4th-of-july/
Mexican Chia Seed Hummus Dip: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2064160/14619242

More about me... the podcast host: Julie Hoag
You can find my cookbooks and other books at the links below:
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook by Julie Hoag. Affiliate links. This podcast will receive a small advertising fee with purchases made. Thanks for supporting the podcast!
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One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook. https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963 

40 Ways to Honor Your Mom After She Has Passed Away: A Self-Help Guide with Healing Tools to Help when Grieving a Loss Paperback – June 29, 2022 Now available to read on Kindle Unlimited.

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Season 2, Episode 11: Hybrid Pasty Hotdish and Easy Recipe Veggie Pot Pie. Hello! My name is Julie Hoag. I'm an author, cookbook author, food blogger, family life blogger, and narrator. I have a hybrid split table family as far as diets go being that I'm a vegetarian, and main cook for the family, while my husband and three sons eat meat. So I cook in a unique way that I call hybrid where I'm making meals and recipes work for both diets. These two recipes are pie type recipes for dinner or supper, whichever term you use. The pasty hotdish recipe came from my grandma who was born in Finland and is a modified version of the traditional handheld pasties. And the other recipe is an easy pot pie recipe I made on the fly so I could enjoy a meatless pot pie while my family all had frozen already prepared pot pies for a meal. Necessity is the mother of invention, right?

Here are the recipes for your easy reference. One was taken from my cookbook, One Dish Two Diets, which is available on Amazon (scroll to the links below).

Easy Cooking Guide:
Easy Veggie Pot Pie Ingredients:

• 1 pie crust
• 2 baked potatoes, cooked with skin cut off (I microwaved them to cook them)
• 1/2 c. baby carrots cooked (I cooked them in the microwave)
• 10 oz. bag of mixed frozen vegetables, cooked (I used frozen and cooked them in microwave)
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1/4 c. skim milk
• 1/8 tsp. black pepper
• 1/4 tsp dried sage leaves

How to Instructions:

1. Cook veggies in microwave.
2. Mix milk, pepper, soup, and sage leaves, stir well.
3. Stir together all ingredients.
4. Scoop into a pie pan.
5. Lay the pie crust on top. Score.
6. Cook for about 30-40 minutes until gravy is bubbly and crust is golden.

Hybrid Pasty Hotdish Ingredients:

• 2 cups chopped rutabaga
• 1 c. sliced carrots
• 3/4 c. diced onion
• 2 1/2 c. diced potato (peeled)
• 2 tsp. coconut oil
• 1/2 c. vegetable broth
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 1/4 tsp. rubbed sage
• 2 premade pie crusts
• 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
• 1 c. skim milk
• 2 c. browned ground beef
• 1 c. ketchup, for topping when serving

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Peel and cut up vegetables.
3. Whisk the broth, sage, & black pepper together.
4. Pour broth mixture over veggies, stir to coat.
5. Brown ground beef.
6. Grease 2 pie pans with coconut oil.
7. Use a slotted spoon to scoop veggies into pie pans, making the meatless one heavier on the veggies.
8. Drizzle 2-3 T. over veggies in pie pans.
9. Add ground beef to one.
10. Whisk milk and soup together.
11. Pour 1 c. soup mixture over each dish.
12. Lay pie crust over the tops. Score.
13. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes on middle or low rack, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook for another 35-40 minutes. Cover edges with foil if needed to keep them from getting too brown.
14. Cut and serve with ketchup drizzled over the top.

Get host Julie Hoag's books:
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook. Affiliate links. This podcast will receive a small advertising fee with purchases made. Thanks for supporting the podcast!
https://amzn.to/3DpQoaE

One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook.

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Season 2, Episode 10: A Culinary Blend - Crafting Everyday Eats with Jessica Hollows

In this episode, we're whisking you away into the delicious world of everyday eats with the incredibly talented Jesseca Hallows of One Sweet Appetite. As a self-taught home chef and author, Jesseca has mastered the art of simplicity in the kitchen, crafting go-to recipes that are both fast and fabulous.

Join us as we chat with Jesseca about her journey, her passion for creating easy recipes with pantry staples, and how she's turned her culinary challenges into a thriving blog and cookbook series. Whether you're a busy parent or just someone who loves a good meal without the fuss, Jessica's approach to food is all about making life tastier and easier.

We dive into the versatility of sheet pan meals, the charm of cupcakes, and the surprising joy of tinfoil dinners. Plus, Jesseca shares her top tips for meal planning on a budget, prepping ingredients for the week, and making the most of your freezer for those hectic days.

But it's not all about the human palate! Jessica and Julie share a heartwarming discussion on homemade dog treats, proving that our furry friends deserve a seat at the table too. Get the recipe: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/2020/08/05/homemade-dog-treats-with-rolled-oats-dogs-will-love/ And skip the cheese if desired, the recipe works great without any cheese as well. Mix it up and use different fruit/veggie flavors too! I just made this today using apple, pumpkin, turkey, and sweet potato baby food and my dogs gobble it up!

For more of Jessica's culinary creations and practical advice:
Visit her blog: One Sweet Appetite https://onesweetappetite.com/
Check out her cookbooks (affiliate link, podcast show may receive a small commission from purchases, thanks for the support):
Foiled!: Easy Tasty Tin Foil Meals https://amzn.to/3xBP70U
The Deliciously Easy Cupcake Cookbook https://amzn.to/3VYAFKt
Simple Recipes, Good Food: https://amzn.to/4aTBad3
Cast Iron Kitchen https://amzn.to/3U08oAr
Connect with Jessica:
Instagram: @onesweetappetite https://www.instagram.com/1sweetappetite/
Facebook: One Sweet Appetite
Pinterest: One Sweet Appetite

Get host Julie Hoag's books:
American Midwest Cooking Quiches cookbook by Julie Hoag. Affiliate links. This podcast will receive a small advertising fee with purchases made. Thanks for supporting the podcast!
https://amzn.to/3DpQoaE

One Dish, Two Diets Cookbook. https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963 

Perfect for Mother's Day if you are grieving. 

40 Ways to Honor Your Mom After She Has Passed Away: A Self-Help Guide with Healing Tools to Help when Grieving a Loss Paperback – June 29, 2022

 https://amzn.to/4breAtw
https://books2read.com/u/mZQ2PE

Hungry Hearts YA romance novel: Available on Amazon

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Music by Young Presidents, "So Excited".
Copyright Julie A. Hoag Julie Hoag Writer LLC 2022-2025