Special Edition: Stress-Free Holiday Cooking - Expert Advice and Easy Recipes
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
One of the biggest joys – but also one of the major stressors – of each holiday season can be….. COOKING!
Today, we explore how to build confidence in the kitchen without striving for perfection.
Whether you cook just for yourself or have a whole family to feed, this conversation will leave you inspired to tackle the kitchen with ease!
Our first guest is Bri McKoy, author of The Cook's Book. She shares common cooking mistakes and essential techniques for any home chef in her friendly, approachable style.
Our second guest, Amy Palanjian, founder of Yummy Toddler Food, shares acutally doable tips for making quick, kid-friendly meals that fit any parent's busy schedule.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, December 7th. One of the biggest joys, but also one of the major stressors of this holiday season, is cooking. |
| 0:07.8 | So today we're talking to two people who can help you feel more confident in the kitchen without putting too much pressure on yourself to make everything perfect. |
| 0:15.2 | Listen, I'm still an amateur in the kitchen, but honestly, thanks to our two guests today, I've continued to improve and actually really enjoy the process now, |
| 0:22.5 | which is exactly why I invited both of them onto this show. Our first guest is my friend, Bree McCoy. |
| 0:27.8 | She's a full-time food blogger and author of The Cook's Book, who helps people navigate basic kitchen techniques as they learn to become home chefs. |
| 0:35.1 | Bree talks about her journey from takeout junkie to cooking |
| 0:37.9 | meals from scratch. She shares some of the biggest mistakes new cooks make and the most |
| 0:42.4 | important techniques everyone should know. Then if you're a busy parent who's thinking less |
| 0:46.5 | about kitchen technique and more about just getting your family fed, definitely listen to the |
| 0:51.0 | second half of this episode. Our second guest is my personal go-to personperson for recipes that are actually doable yet still delicious, even on busy weeknights with kids running around. |
| 1:00.6 | Amy Palangian runs the yummy toddler food blog and is the author of Dinner Time SOS. She creates kid-friendly recipes and offers advice for parents who want to cook but may not always have time or |
| 1:11.7 | energy to make complex meals from scratch. She's giving great tips for how to approach cooking and |
| 1:16.5 | baking for families. And each guest brought us a fantastic yet simple holiday recipe to try. |
| 1:22.6 | So let's get started. First up, Bree McCoy, author of The Cook's Book. |
| 1:29.0 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday when we sit down with a different |
| 1:33.2 | expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. Don't forget to tune in |
| 1:37.4 | every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide all the day's news in 10 |
| 1:41.9 | minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's |
| 1:44.6 | special edition Saturday. Free McCoy, thanks so much for being here. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:52.2 | I love the newsworthy. I love to know that you're actually a listener. I really am every morning. |
| 1:57.6 | Well, I love your cookbook, and so I want to talk about that today. You went from not |
| 2:01.6 | knowing much about how to cook at all to really making it your career. So why did you want to make |
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