What is the secret to eating well, feeling great, and staying vibrant through midlife and beyond? Don’t we all want to know? On this week’s Liz’s Healthy Table podcast, my guest, cookbook author and all-around foodie, Amanda Haas, joins me for tips, tricks, and recipes aimed at living a vibrant life and boosting your health and vitality … starting today.
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Amanda Haas is a bestselling cookbook author, cooking instructor, and mom to two teenage sons. (Oh, how I can relate to that!) And she’s the voice behind the website and blog, Amanda Haas Cooks. She’s a past test kitchen manager at Williams-Sonoma and the author of several cookbooks, including her latest, The Vibrant Life: Eat Well, Be Well. Amanda’s motto is: “I make food that tastes so good, you don’t even realize it’s good for you.” She’s a foodie after my own heart! On the show, we’ll talk about living a vibrant life and share inspiration for cooking up delicious meals for you and your family, including Amanda’s recipe for Fall Quinoa Salad and her Coconut Ginger Sea Bass in Parchment.
“Tarragon is a delicious herb that is underused and under appreciated. It’s one of my favorites.”
– Amanda Haas
GIVEAWAY NEWS:
We are giving away one copy of The Vibrant Life to one lucky U.S. winner. For a chance to enter to win, post a comment in the Comments section at the end of this post, and tell me about why you want to win the book or the recipe you turn to time and time again that gives you energy and vitality. I’ll pick the winner on April 21st. For extra entries, head to my Instagram page.
Coconut Ginger Sea Bass in Parchment
Amanda’s sea bass recipe. If you can’t find sea bass at the market, use cod, haddock, or salmon. And if you can’t find trumpet mushrooms, use shiitake or button.
Show Highlights:
- Amanda’s life in northern CA with two teenage boys, who are BIG eaters
- What family dinner looks like in Amanda’s house
- Amanda’s career journey from cooking school, writing cookbooks and being the culinary director at Williams-Sonoma, to her vibrant blog and platform that she runs today
- Amanda’s go-to Chimichurri sauce made with cilantro, parsley, basil, mint, olive oil, garlic, shallots, lime/lemon juice, and Dijon mustard
- Why Amanda’s book, The Vibrant Life, includes self-care practices for midlife and beyond, along with many other helpful topics to raise awareness about feeling great
- How going gluten-free alleviated chronic health issues and pain
- Amanda’s advice: “Educate yourself and realize that there’s not a one-size-fits-all approach.”
- Amanda’s Fall Quinoa Salad made with a lemon vinaigrette, arugula, roasted butternut squash, toasted pepitas, golden raisins, and tarragon
- How tarragon is often under appreciated
- Why herbs are a great way to get kids used to “eating green”
- Amanda’s Coconut Ginger Sea Bass in Parchment made with sesame oil, tamari, coconut milk, lime, ginger, garlic, honey, mushrooms, bok choy, green onion, and sesame seeds (You can substitute salmon, halibut, or other firm fish.)
- Amanda’s favorite dessert recipe for panna cotta made with coconut milk, matcha, berries, and sesame seeds
- What’s next for Amanda?
Find Amanda:
Visit Amanda’s website: www.amandahaascooks.com
The Vibrant Life on Amazon
Liz’s links:
Liz’s Podcast Posse on Facebook. Stop by and ask to JOIN!
Have a question about the show or a suggestion for a future show? Ask away by posting a comment below or joining my Podcast Posse
For other podcast episodes, check out:
SATISFY; Healthy Recipes That Hit the Spot with Mona Dolgov
A New Vision for Healthy Eating in 2021 with Maya Feller, MS, RD
The Power of Potatoes with Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN
Wow! These recipes look amazing! I just started making quinoa and really want to find some ways to spice it up too. We are heading back to Marietta after a week in Florida. This podcast is on my playlist for the ride home. Thanks, Liz, for such a wonderful program and chances to win books by your guests.
This cookbook would give our family some new ideas. We are raising adventurous eaters and helping take care of a gf Grammy. Thank you Liz for the chance to win!
I just started a new career at 55 years old and feeling more healthy and vibrant would be amazing!! My daughters are now off at college and I would love to be able to cook them some tasty new food when they come home for the summer.
I love the combination of self care and beautiful food as someone who is striving to be healthy and fit in mid life, which is challenging! Thanks so much for the opportunity. 🙂
Due to debilitating migraines I am embarking on a gluten free journey in hopes of being able to continue being mom to three young kids and a wife to my high school sweetie. I am thrilled to find an author who cherishes simple and delicious gluten-free meals. Thank you for such a wonderful podcast!
I’d love to get some new recipes to feature in my meal planning rotation. I’m always up for new clean-eating ideas!
You had me at “tarragon”! I’d love to find new ways to use tarragon and learn some delicious and adventurous ways to nourish my family that includes 3 ladies with Celiac disease.
I’m going to try the quinoa and butternut squash recipe on my vegetarian 22 year old son. Sound right up his (& our family’s) alley.
I love the sound of the quinoa salad and would like to check out more recipes in the book
For energy I like to make a smoothie with frozen banana, milk, vanilla and peanut butter.
I would love to try some of the new healthy but flavorful recipes in the cookbook
I would love to win this beautiful cookbook. I have focused on eating healthy in 2021. I am lookng for creative ways to eat more vegetables and fruits in my diet. I know by eating healthy I will have the energy that I need for my daily exercise prgram.
I follow Amanda on IG and her recipes look amazing. Super thankful for you Liz and the work you do to educate us. I have learned so much from you over the years.
I enjoy cooking and making new healthy meals for my family. That cookbook looks amazing.
I just can’t wait to try the green sauce and other recipes from this book if I win! Thanks for another amazing podcast!
I was sold on this book when Amanda mentioned the green sauces. I love chimichurri, and I would love to have more herby combinations to try!
I love tarragon, and Amanda’s green sauce recipe sounds so good. I would love to read her book!
Hi . Thanks to Katie Couric and Dr Mark Hymans 21 day reset , I found you Amanda ! And I’ve been having so much fun cooking with you and Dr Marks Recipies the past 43 days, I have no intention to stop ! I think the title , The Vibrant Life “ is so intriguing- I just want to get my hands on it to see the beautiful photos and then one by one create each recipe , and enjoy the process ! And that Three minute plank ? Wow – goals ! That’s tough!
I would like to learn how to cook and eat healthier and I think this book could help.
I love trying new recipes.