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My gorgeous friend, Anna Dearmon Kornick, has one of my all-time favorite podcasts about work and life and balance. As an entrepreneurial busy mom of four who leads a very full (yet flexible!) life, you can see why I like it, right? So OF COURSE I said yes when Anna invited me onto her show! […]

Why Flexibility Is Your Greatest Time Management Tool

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Candle lightings, family time, an abundance of gifts, and indulgent holiday foods. Oh yeah, you know what time of year it is … Chanukah! As my family and I get ready to celebrate this holy eight-day “festival of lights”, I’ve compiled a quick list of traditional Chanukah foods and the ways I flexibly serve them. Enjoy […]

Top Chanukah Foods To Make This Holiday

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Family-Style Chicken Adobo Recipe - theflexiblechef.com

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Your New Favorite Make-Ahead Dinner Recipe In my cookbook, Food You Want: For the Life You Crave, I share an amazing island-style chicken adobo recipe that’s perfect for any occasion, from casual weeknight dinner with the fam to a dressed-up dinner party with your girlfriends. But I also love this family-style version, which is a […]

Family-Style Chicken Adobo

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In an effort to make your houseguests feel welcomed and to take the stress out of 24/7 entertaining, check out this list of hosting essentials!

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I often share my tips for hosting great dinner parties and get-togethers here on the blog and over on Instagram, but there’s a whole other type of hosting that deserves some attention. With the holiday season right around the corner, a lot of people will be traveling to see loved ones, and you may find […]

How to be An Amazing Host to Your Houseguests

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When it comes to Thanksgiving dinner prep, I'm all for finding creative cheats and hacks to make the process a lot easier. One tip? Make a salad bar!

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When it comes to holiday dinner prep (Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year), I’m all for finding creative cheats and hacks to make the process a lot easier. Because who wants to be stuck in the kitchen all day? One of my favorite ways to slash kitchen time is by replacing some time-consuming side dishes with a […]

Salad Bars: A Holiday Party Spread Your Guests Will Rave Over

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Behind the Scenes of The Flexible Life: The Hosting Episode

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Nealy’s Tips for Flexible, Stress-free Entertaining If you caught the second episode of my digital TV series, The Flexible Life, then you may have seen yourself in Pam. A former hosting enthusiast, Pam has developed a lot of anxiety and hesitation over the last few years about welcoming people into her home and embodying the […]

Stress-Free Entertaining: Learn to Host with Ease and Confidence

Flexible Living

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Ever since the pandemic, more and more of us have been working out at home. Have you? While heading to the gym or studio is often a fun and motivating social experience, we’ve begun to also appreciate the convenience of working out without leaving home. I especially appreciate this as the weather cools off and […]

The Best Ways to Work Out Efficiently From Home

Flexible Living

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Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays at home! Whether you’re cooking just for your family this year or looking for shortcuts that save you time and energy, I’ve got you covered with recipes for a flexible Thanksgiving! Check out all of my flips and tricks below for hosting a flexible Thanksgiving feast. Most importantly, […]

Recipes For A Flexible Thanksgiving

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As we head towards the end of another year, I’m celebrating Chanukah, Christmas, New Year, celebrating friends & family, and the challenges we’ve overcome with all my favorite gluten-free desserts. One of the ways to celebrate is eating what you love with a spirit of gratitude and a smile! So this is my favorite gluten-free […]

My Favorite Gluten-Free Desserts

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crispy and cheesy smashed cauliflower

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Move over junk food, these craveable cauliflower bites may just take the place of loaded cheesy snacks. Made with just cauliflower, seasoning and cheese, these come out so crispy and flavorful I’d probably recommend doubling the recipe. Here’s a peek into the process: First, I steam the cauliflower briefly so it’s soft enough to smash […]

Does 5:00 pm ever roll around and you still have no clue what to make for dinner? Here are my fallback dinner meals that take 20 minutes or less!

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Despite all the best laid out plans, sometimes 5:00 pm rolls around and I have no ideas for dinner. I may not even have my usually fully stocked fridge, forcing me to rely on just a few staples. Here are my fallback dinner meal ideas for when you have no idea what to cook… plus […]

gluten free banana bread

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Gooey, flavorful, light and satisfying. Need I say more? The original inspiration for this recipe came from one of my visits to Canyon Ranch. They serve their version of this bread every morning at their rocking breakfast buffet (I don’t recommend eating this daily, it’s extremely hard to resist). Here is my spiced up gluten-free […]

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With more than 100 clean, fresh, gluten-free recipes, Food You Want helps you create healthy, energizing dishes, all while saving time and banishing meal prep stress. This cookbook is filled with success strategies—what makes a dish work, flexible flips, and ideas to personalize recipes so they work best for you and your family’s dietary needs, taste preferences, and all-around lifestyle.

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