Happy New Year! If you were gifted a membership for Christmas and this is your first week, welcome! Happy to have you along. I hope this evening you have something special planned, whether it be dining in or out, with friends, dancing, or playing games and the like. I would love to hear what you are making. We are celebrating at home and I have things for a coconut, gingery sweet potato stew deal or mushroom bolognese. We'll play a little bit of Mario Kart and the Family Edition of Card Against Humanity and have a mini dance party. I won't speak of goals and hype up for the new year quite yet - I always find those conversations are more effective and motivating when I'm ready to do something about them and am not quite there yet. Need my kids back in school first :)

This week's menu is intended to feel lighter after holiday sweets. I am not one for diets or extremes, but our bodies intuitively lean towards balance, as many of you told me you'd like a veggie heavy January. We're making a new veggie patty that my kids loved as well, a delicious pesto that is great on eggs and this cauli pasta, as well as a super simple chopped salad you can prep ahead for lunches or dinner with any added protein. Look forward to catching up with you all!

Cheers to each of you lovely folks!