Happy New Year, friends. I’m so grateful you’re here and that you trust me in your kitchens, whether you’re cooking for yourself on a quiet weeknight or feeding people you love. That never feels small to me. As we head into a new year, my hope for this community is simple: that cooking feels more nourishing than stressful, more empowering than overwhelming, and a little more joyful than it did last year.
If you’re looking for support in that department, my January online cooking class is live, and I’d love to have you join. It’s one focused hour each month you can watch on your own time, designed to help you become a more confident, efficient, and healthier cook without perfection or pressure. Subscribers also get access to the entire library of classes, which is basically a greatest-hits collection of how I actually cook.
And if you haven’t yet, be sure to check out my weekly Substack, where I share favorite things, useful finds, and what’s been inspiring me lately. In the next newsletter, I’ll be sharing how I approach the new year and spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with unrealistic resolutions or punishing resets. Just thoughtful habits that actually stick.
Wishing you a happy, healthy start to the year. Let’s cook our way into it together.
Here’s your dinner planner for the week:
Meatless Monday: Mushroom-barley soup with kale + crusty bread
Tuesday: Seared wild salmon with beet, blood orange and spinach salad
Wednesday: Chickpea Burger + Wheat Berry Salad with Lemon-Tahini Dressing
Thursday: sautéed shrimp + Creamy Spinach Risotto
Friday: Chicken Meatballs with Creamy Orzo From What’s Gaby Cooking + salad with Everyday Salad Dressing #1
Saturday brunch: Spinach and feta strata
Sunday: Stuffed Cabbage Casserole, roasted green beans, Salted Butterscotch Pudding
I LOVE seeing your recreations of my recipes on Instagram! If you make something, tag me @pamelasalzman and use #pamelasalzman so I can cheer you on. If you don’t already get my free Monday newsletter, it’s full of fresh recipes, favorite things, and kitchen inspiration. Subscribe here!
Where can I find your Kitchari recipe? It looks delicious
in my first cookbook or I posted it on instagram last January. You can google it!