Tough Cookie - Celebrating Women in Food

February is Canned Foods Month! Darlene and Kristi celebrated by talking about how we use these handy foods to make everyday cooking work for us in a healthful and delicious way! While this episode is late - we trust you’ll find ways to make every month canned foods month!

Kristi and Darlene give you plenty of options for healthy foods to ADD to your diet this month and beyond! Spoiler: we are not going to tell you what you shouldn't eat, and no food is a "bad" food around here!

Kristi and Darlene talk about why a one-year vision board just isn't working for them anymore.

Kristi and Darlene are finishing up the year, looking back, and getting ready (haha, we are BEYOND ready) to say GOODBYE 2019.

Darlene and Kristi have some Ah-ha moments around why the holidays burn us out AND how to stop it.

Kristi and Darlene get super deep about the HOLIDAYS - cooking, expectations, gifts, and consumerism. And then we talk about cookies!

Julie and Henry are Mother and Son - and they sell a darn good adventure trail food! Darlene and Kristi sat down and interviewed them all about running their food business.

It's THANKSGIVING TIME! Do you have your stretchy pants on? Are you recipe-ready?? We'll help you get there - STRESS-FREE!! This is an episode *stuffed* with #protips that will help you eat well and be grateful (for dishwashers, foil, and outsourcing help). #thankful

Elsy, born and raised in J’aime, Haiti, brings her perspective of healthy food, made with vibrant spices, and allergy-free!

BOO! Darlene and Kristi talk Halloween and fall foods, traditions, drinks and of course, CANDY. Listen to the very very end for our candy discussion outtake ;p

Here's how we do the dang thing! This is how we actually DO our meal plan! We talk about what PREP looks like for us and how and when we actually do it.

We dive into meal planning and approach it from a stress-free and guilt-free place! We share our strategies for weekly meal planning and how to make it FUN (as much fun as it is for Darlene, anyways.)

School lunches! It's time to talk about all things school lunch, AND adult lunches when we work at home or in an office. Join Darlnee and Kristi for this Back To School: Lunches edition of Tough Cookie podcast!

We're talking camp cooking! How we prep, plan and shop for a fun weekend of camping in the great outdoors! Recipes, meal ideas, and real talk with plenty of #protips!

Darlene and Kristi talk about how to cook for others, why and WHAT to make! And should you even cook for someone else in the first place??

Darlene and Kristi do a check-in because IT'S BEEN TOO LONG!

Darlene and Kristi talk about self-compassion, why it’s important to talk about this around food, and some tools for implementing self-compassion in your own life.

Kristi and Darlene talk about different types of diets and how they are really all the same… find out the common thread and how to shift your mindset on this episode of Tough Cookie.

Kristi and Darlene are joining food forces! Kristi Coughlin, RD is joining Tough Cookie as a co-host and we are so excited to have her and talk food!

Jess and Whitney of Bend's popular Sparrow Bakery talk about employees, their fight to Make Local Habit, and expansion ups and downs.

Mimi Council, baker, and owner of Dessert'd Organic Bake Shop talks about her love of dessert (especially cookies!), branding, and franchising her business.

Rose Archer, chef and owner of True You Food, talks about her passion for sharing with people the beauty and value in feeding your body whole, real foods.

Elizabeth Weigand, owner of Agricultural Connections, talks about why buying local food is important, working with farms and restaurants, and how consumers can make small changes to help their local economy.

Ashley Phelps, owner of Color Kitchen natural food dyes, relates her experience pitching to investors as an introvert and as a woman. Shownotes at www.picklejarstudios.com

Melanie Moss, owner of Mini Melanie cakes and truffles, tells us about celebrity chef internships, baking in New York and knowing your competition. Show notes here: https://wp.me/p5ceaC-1dr

Suzanne Landry is full of nutrition info - and as a chef and author of The Passionate Vegetable, she sure knows her rutabaga from her turnip. She shares her knowledge of how food is healing and talks us through her story of becoming the "fresh food" chef.

I'm diving into the beverage world again with Cindi from Inspired Leaf Tea. Cindi is a mom, a business owner and woman who loves her tea! We talk about the world of sourcing tea and mixing tea blends, the dangers of artificial flavors, and some "entrepreneur shaming" that happens (that we would like to change). Pour yourself a cuppa and join us in this episode of Tough Cookie! Shownotes at www.picklejarstudios.com/toughcookiepodcast

Caley and Basia Brach are BACK for part 2! Co-owners, operators and spouses of the Pancake Wagon food cart in Bend, OR. In Part 2 we get personal and share worries, struggles, relationship stuff and working with your best friend and spouse, and some things that really get to us about those negative customer reviews. It gets real and vulnerable, and we comfort ourselves with carbs. Part 2 of 2.

Caley and Basia are co-owners and operators of the Pancake Wagon Food Truck in Bend, AND they are married. We talk about how they got here and how none of it was planned, love of food, running a super successful food cart and so much more. Part 1 of 2.

Emily Nichols runs a crazy side hustle, Small Batch Daily, and she makes it look like a full time gig! Join me as I quiz her on how she makes her business run, what the side hustle looks like behind the scenes, and how she got the idea to use Instagram as a sales platform.

Debbie Fred, creator and owner of the Paleo Eats Energy Bar joins me on the seventh episode of Tough Cookie Podcast and we talk about having passion for what you do, what Paleo means, and breaking into the "bar" business with no prior experience (hint: it takes passion!)

Amanda Long of Amanda Photographic and I dive into the entrepreneurial side of food photography, booking your first food client and wisdom for aspiring food entrepreneurs. Part 2 of 2.

Food photography and social media tips for restaurants, product makers and caterers, from Amanda Long, owner of Amanda Photographic.

Randi and I get to talking about growing slow, intentionally and keeping with your core company values even when it doesn't necessarily jive with your bottom line.

It's the third episode of Tough Cookie, and I got to chat food and cooking (and farming and buying local) with Jess Weiland of High Desert Food & Farm Alliance! In this episode we talk about cooking, buying local, challenges with our High Desert growing season, and connecting with local farmers.

Michelle Mitchell, co-founder of Humm Kombucha talks about starting a business, creating an intentional company culture, motherhood and good vibes.

Lisa Sipe with Binary Star Systems talks about app design and we discuss tools, business and trying new things.

Intro and sneak peek for the next few episodes of the podcast! Shownotes here: http://www.picklejarstudios.com/tough-cookie-podcast-episode-000-intro-and-sneak-peek/