Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

Today's podcast is brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

We are a company in Minnesota that specializes in nutrition education and counseling

and having been spreading the message

to eat real food for over 30 years. I'm Melanie Beasley, a licensed and registered dietitian,

and I'm pleased to be here today with my co-host, Kar Kar Karpar, and our special guest,

Chef Marianne. Thanks for the introduction, Melanie. It's going to be a fun show today. So this podcast was

actually released early December, which means we're in the prime holiday party season. Many of you

just got done celebrating Thanksgiving with friends or family. Hosting a gathering can often feel

stressful and sometimes overwhelming. Even if you're not hosting a holiday can often feel stressful and sometimes overwhelming.

Even if you're not hosting a holiday gathering,

what if a family member, a friend, or a colleague invites you to a party and asks you to bring a dish?

You might be wondering, what should I bring?

What if someone attending ends up having a food sensitivity or an allergy?

Our topic today is called simplify the overwhelm of the holiday meal.

We're going to give you some tips to help you feel less overwhelmed if you're hosting in your home

or if you're assigned to bring a dish to a gathering.

Joining us today is Marianne Garege.

Marianne is a chef chef and a culinary educator.

She teaches virtual cooking classes here at nutritional weight and wellness.

Recently, I moderated a class that Marianne taught.

It was called Delicious Nutricious Soups.

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