HeyJaredOlivia Mack McCool
What you’ll find in these newsletters is a very honest, unedited, off-the-cuff reporting of what I’m cooking that week for my family of four and great tips on how to make it all happen.
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Homemade Chicken Nuggets (opens the original)
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Free: Homemade ApplesauceApplesauce might be a contender for the “least sexy food in existence” -I get it. But I’m telling you, this version is sexy. Cinnamon, fennel seeds, maple — one taste and you’ll understand exactly what I mean. It’s the most delicious applesauce I’ve ever had. EASY and you can dial the sweetness up or down depending on your kid’s taste and your comfort level with sugar (even natural sugars).It’s also the solution to the 3,000 apples you picked on that cute instagram worth
Olivia’s Housemade BBQ Sauce (opens the original)
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Free: BBQ Ribs & BBQ Chicken.. you gotta make these!You don’t need a recipe for to achieve FALL OFF THE BONE BBQ Chicken or Ribs. What you need is a method — one you’ll do once, remember, and never have to come back to this email for again & you’ll make this over and over again. This is how we get that insane texture on both ribs and chicken at the shop, without anyone standing over a smoker or a charcoal grill for hours. It takes a little planning ahead, since both the ribs and the chicken real
Cheesy Curry Chicken Casserole (opens the original)
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You’ve probably seen the meme going around on instagram— something like, “as I get older, I realize getting older just means figuring out more ways to use a pound of ground meat.” Could not be more accurate…Free: Viral Smash TacosMy boys, 4 and 6, struggle with meat in general — texture is a whole thing for them — but ground meat is a safe food. Something about it just works for them, so it’s become a real workhorse in our kitchen. Which is honestly great for more reasons than just picky-eater p
Apple Honey Cake (opens the original)
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Over at Olivia’s right now, we’re deep in Rosh Hashanah prep. We’ve put together a pre-order menu — small but mighty — with the intention that our customers can put out a beautiful holiday spread without doing any of the actual cooking. Just order, pick it up, and take all the credit. We encourage the last part. I am not Jewish - straight up shiksa over here. But a lot of my customers are, which is why we build this menu and in turn I’ve learned a lot about the holiday and honestly, I’m very ins
Northern Italy Full Recap (Save this!) (opens the original)
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SAVE THIS POST. I mean it. Whether you’re planning a trip like thisor just filing it away for someday, this is a long one and you’re going to want to come back to it.Okay. So. We just got back from 11 days in Northern Italy with our two boys, ages 4 and 6, and I have a lot to say.I’ve been to Italy many times but never to the northern lake region, and definitely never with two little kids in tow. And I’ll be honest with you — I was scared to take this trip. I had a lot of anxiety leading up. My
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