Episode 159: “How you can Eat Extra Veggies and Make Them Scrumptious” with Jess Smith


Let’s be sincere: most of us have tried to eat extra greens—solely to look at them slowly wilt at the back of the fridge. Or we affiliate veggies with bland, boring “weight loss plan meals” and pressure ourselves to eat them once we’re feeling responsible, not as a result of we really get pleasure from them.

On this episode, Alison chats with cookbook writer Jess Smith, whose good method to greens reclaims them from weight loss plan tradition and locations them on the heart of meals which can be really satisfying, versatile, and scrumptious.

Jess’s cookbook Begin With a Vegetable flips the script on meal planning. As an alternative of determining how you can “squeeze in” veggies as a tragic facet dish, she exhibits you how you can begin with what you’ve received within the fridge and construct meals which can be filled with taste, fiber, and pleasure.

From systemizing grocery journeys and good storage methods to go-to sauces and mix-and-match bowls, this episode is filled with sensible methods to make veggies a straightforward, craveable a part of your on a regular basis routine—with out including stress, guilt, or guidelines that don’t work to your life.

For those who’ve ever stared into your fridge at a tragic, soggy bag of spinach questioning the place all of it went incorrect … this episode is for you.


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Right here’s Why We’re Obsessive about This Episode:

🔹 It takes veggies out of the “weight loss plan meals” field and makes them scrumptious once more.

🔹 Jess provides real-world options for decreasing waste with out meal-planning your complete life.

🔹 The grocery retailer suggestions alone are well worth the pay attention—no extra forgotten produce within the crisper!

🔹 You’ll stroll away with concepts you should use this week (even should you hate meal planning).

🔹The vibe is real looking and anti-perfectionist for these of us who’re busy and don’t love to prepare dinner.


Don’t Miss This Episode If…

✅ You retain shopping for greens… after which throwing them away.

✅ You’re making an attempt to eat more healthy however refuse to dwell off boiled broccoli.

✅ You grew up on overcooked veggies and nonetheless have trauma.

✅ You wish to eat extra plant-based meals however don’t wish to dwell within the kitchen.

✅ You’re juggling household, work, and life and simply want a rattling shortcut.


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What You’ll Be taught in This Episode:

🎯 Why conventional meal planning won’t work—and what to strive as an alternative.

🎯 The only veggie prep system to scale back waste and increase taste.

🎯 Jess’s favourite no-fuss sauces that rework any veggie from “meh” to wonderful.

🎯 How you can arrange your fridge so your veggies don’t die a gradual dying.

🎯 Methods to make use of one ingredient in a number of meals with out becoming bored.

🎯 Ideas for incorporating extra plant-based protein into your meals (no soaking dry beans required).

🎯 How you can make cooking as soon as and consuming twice your new superpower.

About Jess Smith

Jess Smith is the author and photographer behind the Inquiring Chef meals weblog. Along with working the location which reaches over 8 million house cooks yearly, she spent practically a decade as chief recipe developer for the award-winning meal planning app Cook dinner Smarts. She runs a well-liked cooking camp for teenagers each summer time known as Inquiring Chef Academy and in January she launched a best-selling cookbook known as Begin with a Vegetable. Jess’s recipes have been featured in common publications like ParadeHallmarkRaddish YoungstersLivestrongSelfYahooNBCHuffPost, and She Is aware of.


🔗 Sources & Hyperlinks:

📖 Seize Jess’s cookbook Begin With a Vegetable

📲 Comply with Jess on Instagram for insights and updates

👩🏻‍💻 Try Jess’s web site for extra recipes for actual life


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