Latest Cooksmarts Podcast Episodes
#34: From Pastry Chef to Cook Smarts Project Manager: An Interview with Jackie Sun
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - August 06, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsJackie Sun has been one of the greatest blessings to Cook Smarts. She was the first person I hired and took me from a one-woman show to a two-woman show. Not only has she proved herself to be an integral part of the team, but she is such a gentle, caring soul and has made me a better person over...
#33: Cook Without Recipes by Understanding Flavor Profiles
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - June 18, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsFor the full set of links from today’s episode, head to the show notes at www.cooksmarts.com/podcast/33 In today’s episode, I’m covering the five main flavor profiles: salty / umami, sweet, sour, bitter, and spice. Most of us are just following recipes when we’re in the kitchen but if you ...
#32: Creating a DIY Kitchen Summer Camp with Katie Kimball, Creator of Kids Cook Real Food
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - June 04, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn today’s podcast episode, we are bringing in teacher extraordinaire Katie Kimball to give us a few cooking and parenting lessons. Katie is an advocate for healthy kids cooking, a blogger, former teacher and the founder of the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse. Her blog, Kitchen Stewardship helps fam...
#31: Reducing Grocery Trips & Meal Planning with Extra Adults: An Interview with Member Lauren Davis
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - May 28, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn today’s podcast episode, we’re checking in with another one of our all-star community members Lauren Davis. Lauren lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the mom to 4 year old Gavin. Her husband is immunocompromised so she has been extra diligent about staying away from the grocery stores...
#30: Adapting During the Coronavirus: An Interview with Member Gabrielle Smith
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - May 21, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn today’s podcast episode, we’re checking in with one of our favorite community members Gabrielle Smith. Gabrielle lives in Fort Worth Texas with her husband and her 7 year old son and 4 year old daughter. While she works as an attorney, she could just as easily be a professional meal planner a...
#29: Mexican Pantry Staples with Yvette Marquez
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - May 07, 2020 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings* G I V E A W A Y* Our podcast turned 1, and we are doing a little $50 Amazon gift card birthday giveaway. Leave us a review on Apple Podcast, snap a screenshot of your review and text it to 650-386-0290. It has to be a new review dated after April 22nd. If you’ve already left a review in the...
Our Podcast is 1 [Giveaway Announcement]
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - April 23, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsTo celebrate our podcast’s first birthday, we are doing a giveaway for a $50 Amazon gift card. All you need to do is leave a review on Apple Podcast. Snap a screenshot of your review and text it to 650-386-0290. It has to be a new review dated after April 22nd. So If you’ve already l...
#28: Introducing Solids to Babies With Jenny Best of Solid Starts
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - April 09, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn our latest podcast episode, I invited Jenny Best Founder of Solid Starts to talk all about baby led weaning, the process of transitioning a baby to solid foods using a finger food first approach. Jenny is the mom of 3, including a set of twins, and Solid Starts grew out of her own challenges ...
#27: How to Organize Spices, Tupperware, Kid Items and More With Sam Pregenzer
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - March 26, 2020 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsFor our 27th episode, I have a real treat, at least it was a real treat for me because I got to talk about one of my favorite topics of all time -- kitchen organization -- with Sam Pregenzer the Founder of SO | Home a residential professional organizing company based in the San Francisco Bay Are...
#26: Tips for Throwing a Stress-Free Dinner Party with Anna Watson Carl
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - March 12, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsOur lives are so busy these days, and so often lived virtually, that we’ve lost this beautiful tradition of gathering friends around the dinner table. To help me revive this practice, I’ve invited Anna Watson Carl, an expert dinner party thrower onto our podcast today. Anna is a cook and w...
#25: Why You Need an Air-Fryer and What to Cook In It
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - February 27, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsFor those of you who have been following my personal Instagram account @jessdangcs, you’ll know 2 things: 1) I am terrible at posting on Instagram and; 2) I love my air-fryer. Probably every 3rd post is something I made in this amazing machine because it’s the 1 appliance I probably use every si...
#24: 11 Strategies for Turning Picky Eaters into Curious Eaters [Rerun with Updates]
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - February 13, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsWe’re rerunning episode #5 with some great updates! In this podcast episode, I’m tackling a big emotional topic for a lot of parents -- how to help your picky eaters become more curious, adventurous eaters. Just about every kid goes through some phase (or multiple phases) of picky eating, ...
Join our Meal Prep Challenge [Community
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - February 03, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsHi friends, this isn’t an episode but a little podcast community announcement. So being a cooking instructor and running a meal plan service for the last 7 years, I’ve watched a lot of people try to get dinner on the table over the years, and there’s no question that the members who have a syste...
#23: Meal Prep Tips with Erin Romeo aka “foodprepprincess”
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - January 30, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsToday we are interviewing Ms. Erin Romeo, nutrition coach, expert meal planner and food prep specialist from Ontario, Canada. She’s known on Instagram as the @foodprepprincess, and that’s also where she shares her tips and tricks for healthy eating through meal prepping. Last fall, she published...
#22: Building Cook Smarts & Learning to Code with Jen Gilbert
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - January 16, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsI have such a treat for you all today and it is completely unrelated to cooking, but it might just become your favorite Cook Smarts podcast episode. I’m excited to share another part of our origin story today -- there would be no Cook Smarts meal plan service without the talents and persistence ...
Win a $100 Amazon gift card [Community Announcement]
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - January 09, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsHi friends, this isn’t an episode but two short community announcements about our sale and giveaway. First, I wanted to make sure you knew were are in the middle of our big New Year’s sale. 2020 is the year where I want to help you do more by doing less. If you’re not using our meal plan service...
#21: Our System for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - January 02, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsBecause we’re more likely to break our New Year’s resolutions by February than keep them for the year, this episode is dedicated to a fail-safe plan for resolutions that aren’t some short-term whim, but a real long-lasting habit. As you know, I’m all about systems and whether you make resolution...
A Thanksgiving TY Note
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - November 26, 2019 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsI wanted to just pop into your feed today with a little Thanksgiving reflection, thank you note and request! Our biggest sale of the year is on right now. Enjoy 30% off everything with code THANKS19 https://www.cooksmarts.com/weekly-meal-planner/sale Want to be a super supporter of the sho...
#20: Strategies Planning Your Holiday Meal
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - October 31, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsCan you believe that the holidays are just around the corner? I’ll be hosting Thanksgiving this year and am excited to be in menu planning mode. I know cooking a big holiday meal can feel quite intimidating, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience entertaining. So as someone who’s plann...
#19: Stocking Your Pantry for Better Meal Planning
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - October 24, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsNEW: If you’ve got questions you want us to answer in a future episode, comments about a previous episode, or just want to say hi and share some love, give us a call at 1-650-386-0290 and leave us a voicemail. You might just hear your voice on the podcast! Most of us don’t have a pantry st...
[Rerun] #1 Creating a Meal Planning System
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - October 17, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsToday we’re rerunning the first episode we launched this podcast with -- enjoy! So many new parents tell me that figuring out what to feed themselves is one of their biggest parenting challenges. They wished they had figured out a meal planning routine earlier and not while dealing with al...
#18: Meet Sarah Byun our Kitchen Happiness Cheerleader
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - October 10, 2019 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsNEW: If you’ve got questions you want us to answer in a future episode, comments about a previous episode, or just want to say hi and share some love, give us a call at 1-650-386-0290 and leave us a voicemail. You might just hear your voice on the podcast! If every company had a Sarah Byun...
Join our Chop Like a Pro Challenge [Community Announcement]
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - October 07, 2019 10:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsHi friends, this isn’t an episode but a little podcast community announcement. You know how like every other episode I nag you about improving your knife skills? Well, I only do it because you can’t be a confident and efficient cook without having some good knife skills. However, instead of just...
#17: Toddler Nutrition with Kacie Barnes of Mama Knows Nutrition
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - October 03, 2019 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsNEW: If you’ve got questions you want us to answer in a future episode, comments about a previous episode, or just want to say hi and share some love, give us a call at 1-650-386-0290 and leave us a voicemail. You might just hear your voice on the podcast! We’ve invited Kacie Barnes a pedi...
Global Chef’s Knife Giveaway Reminder [Community Announcement]
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - September 29, 2019 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsWhat’s this? A reminder for our giveaway, which ends Wednesday, 10/2 What’s the prize? An 8” Global chef’s knife worth $125. This is the amazingly sharp and light chef’s knife that I use every day in my kitchen. I honestly couldn’t live without it, and I want one of our supportive lis...
#16: The Story Behind Cook Smarts + Turning 38
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - September 26, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn honor of my 38th birthday, I wanted to share what inspired me to leave the corporate world to then start Cook Smarts 8 years ago. Hint: it was more than just a love for food and cooking but a life-altering medical diagnosis that ended up changing my whole perspective on life and health. At th...
Win a Global Chef’s Knife [Community Announcement]
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - September 19, 2019 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsHi friends, this isn’t an episode but a little podcast community announcement. We’re still a relatively new podcast and one of the best ways for us to grow our audience and support more home cooks is to gather more reviews and ratings on Apple Podcast, so we’re gonna run a little giveaway starti...
#15: Seasoning Habits to Make Every Meal Flavorful
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - September 19, 2019 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsWe’re on a mission to help you never say, “This meal was bland,” ever again because there is no reason why any of us needs to cook or eat a bland meal. With some simple seasoning habits and a few tips on how to make those habits stick, you’ll be on your way to cooking only the most flavorful and...
#14: Ruth Garrett, Cooking for Grandkids
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - September 12, 2019 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsToday I’ve invited Ruth Garrett one of our most enthusiastic community members to the podcast. Ruth is in her early 60’s and instead of enjoying the luxury of an empty nest, Ruth found herself doing the whole parent thing all over again when she became the guardian to 2 of her grandkids a few ye...
#13: Meal Prep Strategies for Saving Time in the Kitchen Part 2
In the Kitchen With Cook Smarts - September 05, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIn today’s new podcast episode, we share more strategies for saving time in the kitchen. If you haven’t checked last week’s episode, make sure to start there so you have the full game plan to kick off your most efficient school year yet! While last week we shared ways to cut down on your p...
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