If you’re looking to spend less time in the kitchen but still make good meals for your family, Cook Once Dinner Fix is a great cookbook! It’s very much in line with the way I like to cook and my family has loved all of the recipes I’ve made from it.

This week I’m talking to the author, Cassy Joy Garcia of Fed + Fit, about how to use it, how it’s different from her other cookbook (Cook Once, Eat All Week) and how it helps you save time, energy and money.

EPISODE 132: Cook Once Dinner Fix with Cassy Joy Garcia

Show Notes

(0:00) Intro

• Hello my friend! Welcome back to the club, how are you today?

• Welcome, Cassy Joy Garcia to The Christian Health Club Podcast.

  • Her cookbook Cook Once Eat All Week was on my Annual Christmas Gift Guide

  • She has a new cookbook called Cook Once Dinner Fix and  it’s all about making dinner delicious but easier 

(2:11) Texas Talk:

• We’re practically neighbors, even though you live in San Antonio which is a few hours away from me - in Texas perspective  -  that’s not very far. It’s where I go if I’m going to the big city  -  like to Costco. 

• Where do you do most of your grocery shopping?

  • A lot of it is online grocery shopping

  • H-E-B

  • Sprouts

  • Whole Foods / Trader’s Joes

(5:05) What’s that process like for you when you’re trying to create and test recipes? Where do  you get inspiration for your recipes and then how do you go about testing them out?

• Recipe development starts with pen and paper

  • Building an outline of chapters and sees what puzzle pieces fall into place

  • Pinterest inspiration

  • Simplifying instead of making more complicated

(9:12) How is this book different than Cook Once Eat all Week?

1. Side dishes / Complete meals

2. Less prep time

3. Ingredient variety

4. Incorporating seafood and vegetarian dishes

(15:25) You say in the introduction this cookbook is the most “you.” How do you mean?

• Intuitively cooks with this formula

• Making extra protein without putting in additional time and effort

(17:39) The yummy recipes I’ve made from the cookbook so far:

• Mongolian Beef Bowls, White Enchilada Casserole, Perfect Stovetop Steaks, Cottage Pie, Beef Stroganoff

• Perfect Stovetop Steak Story 😋

(21:02) How did you get into cooking?

• Oldest of 3 girls — remembers making the first dinner for them

• In college — Tinkered with things when moved into an apartment

• Gluten intolerant blossomed further experimentation

• Cooking with kids

(27:48) What does a typical day look like for you?

• Wake up at 7AM

• Austin makes the girls breakfast, I get them dressed and ready

• Then it’s off to the races!

• Goes into the office at Fed & Fit

• After school— play, cook and eat dinner

• He bathes the girls, I clean up after dinner

(32:06) What do you eat for breafast and lunches?

• This morning it was a KIND bar! Some days are just like that

• Ideally a hot breakfast kind of gal

  • Lemony kale with berries

  • Sweet plantain

  • Fried eggs

• Unconventional breakfasts

(35:35) Is there anything else you want to tell us about Cook Once Dinner Fix?

• I cannot put out a recipe book without considering someone with allergy restrictions or dietary needs. There is value in here for you!

  • A calorie and macro breakdown for each recipe is included

  • Freezer, refrigerator and strategic reheating tips included 

  • 60 dinner series (120 meals)  -  all gluten free friendly 

  • $  - average cost per serving is $4

(42:02) Anchor Questions:

• Anchor Meal:

  • Grilled steak or porkchop, vegetables, and stone fruits. Adding a bit of char :)

  • Creamy chicken and noodles

• Anchor Verse:

  • Psalm 119:105

(46:07) Where can everyone find the book and you?

• Anywhere books are sold!

• fedandfit.com

• IG: fedandfit

  • #cookoncedinnerfix

(47:44) Outro & Disclaimer:

Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!

XOXO,

Chelsea