Three Things

A one-bowl-one-skillet dinner, vegetable-forward thinking, a helpful mantra

Good afternoon readers and eaters! It’s hard to believe I am saying this, but tomorrow marks my one-year anniversary writing this newsletter and before we get to your weekly Three Things dispatch, I wanted to extend a hearty thank-you to longtime readers for being here. (Reminder for new readers: You can always visit my archive to read old posts, and might I recommend starting with those Cover Girl beans? Definitely the most popular recipe of the year in this space.) In other news, I just started Cloud Cuckoo Land (Doerr’s last book, All The Light We Cannot See was easily in my Top 10 of All Time), the family watched Don’t Look Up (B+), and Abby baked a batch of insane 45-minute Magnolia Bakery cinnamon rolls (shown above, potential paywall) to ring in the new year. (Abby: “Whoever said you have to use yeast in cinnamon rolls was LYING.” And she’s not wrong!) Without further ado, Three Things I’d like you to know this week: