Salad with Popcorn and Loving Ourselves Best from my 6-year Old
Have you ever tried putting popcorn on your salad? Instead of croutons or noodles we have another kind of crunch experience, and hey it’s naturally gluten-free. This week’s recipe for Charred Summer Salad is from my book, Good and Cheap and we will also be making it in this coming week’s blissful cooking class. It is simple and cheap, made with seasonal ingredients you can get for very little right now. Join me for a live/recorded blissful cooking class every Wednesday at 12:30 for just $5/month. You get access to the whole library of archives once you join.
I’m also sharing a quick, inspirational moment I had with my daughter about loving ourselves best. I’m so proud my daughter already knows what it has taken me years of therapy and experience to learn. And finally, please join me for the final week of the 3-week cooking series put on by the Sacramento Public Library. Scroll down for details and the video recording of the first session!
Build your Kitchen Confidence with Me this October!
I am so excited about this 5-week virtual cooking course I am building! I am getting new ideas hourly and I’m so excited to connect deeply with you and guide you through a transformation of self confidence in the kitchen. This course will be online so you can join from anywhere in the world. You will have access to a community of fellow learners on a similar journey. There is going to be cooking, journaling, sharing, shared growth and development! And it will all be in time for the major cooking holidays so our final week will center around how to tackle the holidays in a way that serves YOU best. And of course you will have access to me directly during and after class as your teacher and guide from week to week.
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Charred Summer Salad
serves 2 or 4 as a side
TL; DR: Chop and broil the zucchini and corn, mix together the dressing and then toss it all together and top with popcorn and more chili powder, salt and pepper.
2 medium zucchini
2 cobs corn
1 Tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
Salt and pepper
2 oz cotija or feta crumbled
1 cup popcorn
Dressing
1 lime juiced
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp chili powder
Salt and pepper
Turn your oven’s broiler to high.
Chop off both ends of the zucchini, then slice each into four long sticks. Shuck the corn. Lay the zucchini and corn on a baking tray, then rub them with oil, making sure they're well coated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Broil (or barbecue) for 2 to 5 minutes, depending on how powerful your broiler is. Turn the corn over to make sure it cooks evenly. The zucchini should start to blacken in some spots. This is good! Broil for another 2 to 5 minutes, until the vegetables are lightly charred.
To make the dressing, mix the lime juice, olive oil, chili powder, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Taste it and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
Chop the zucchini into bite-size pieces and slice the corn kernels from the cobs.
Transfer the vegetables into the bowl with the dressing. Add the crumbled cotija or feta and mix well. Sprinkle the popcorn over the top, then dust with a little extra chili powder, salt, and pepper.
Loving Ourselves Best and Most from the mouth of my 6 year old
The other week my daughter Io was playing on our little indoor jungle gym and absolutely floored me with this reflection. She said “everybody loves other people, but they also love themselves best.” She said it like it was pure fact. I speak more about it in the Tiktok below. And if you are on Tiktok please follow me there.
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Class Series with me hosted by the Sacramento Public Library
The first installment of this three-week series on July 12th was amazing, you can check out the full recording of it below. The second one, where I spoke about confidence and we made savory summer cobbler will also be up this week. I am having a blast teaching these!
The Sacramento Public Library is running an amazing program (of which this series is a part) over the summer to provide lunches to kids who might miss out on school lunch during the summer. Additionally they are providing boxes of produce, some cooking lessons, and copies of my book, Good and Cheap to families visiting the library during the summer! These classes supplement and further send the message out into the wider community that cooking is accessible, pleasurable and supportive. Please join us!