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FOR YOUR TABLE

The skinny on Gina

Homolka
Skinnytaste

Gina Homolka wants to
make it easier to prepare
real food from scratch

by JENNIFER BABISAK

© PHOTOGRAPHS BY EVA KOLENKO

W hen Gina Homolka set out to says. “For me it’s about using real food

and finding ways to make it work.”
lighten her family’s meals in
The pounds fell off, and Homolka’s
an option. The Long Island,
COSTCO

, bland diet food wasn’t recipe collection grew. She housed her
CONNECTION New York, Costco member knew her recipes on a blog called Skinnytaste,
fiancé and her -year-old daughter accompanied by beautiful photographs
Skinnytaste: One & Done wouldn’t go for cardboard-tasting cui- she took using skills honed in her career
(Item #1156186, 10/9) is sine. So she tried to make their favorite as a digital photo retoucher. Though the
available in most Costco family recipes lighter, using whole-food blog started as a hobby, readers flocked
warehouses. Slow cookers,
air fryers and Instant Pots are ingredients and convenient cooking to the delicious recipes—such as avo-
available in warehouses and techniques. “I grew up eating everything cado fries and spiralized veggie gratins—
on Costco.com. my parents cooked from scratch,” she at skinnytaste.com. The trimmed-down
recipes proved effective, and emails

Timesaving meal ideas
Precook. Those Saturday Stash. Freezer meals may
planning sessions can lead to magnify your initial workload,
Plan. Homolka sits down with her Sunday family precook parties. but they’ll feel like a warm hug
family on Saturdays to plan the Get the kids involved as you when life gets chaotic. Some
week’s recipes. When you plan, prepare ingredients for the people prepare months’ worth
you have direction for the week’s week’s meals. Homolka makes at a time, but Homolka prefers
grocery shopping and are more batches of hard-boiled eggs for to freeze in moderation. She
likely to stick to your budget. quick lunches and shreds chicken makes extra portions of favorite
Plus, you won’t have to scramble that can be thrown into chicken dishes and freezes them for
for last-minute meal ideas. salad sandwiches or enchiladas. busy nights.—JB

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