It’s almost time for my favorite holiday! May 11 is National Eat What You Want Day. Do you think that means “eat what you want without adding to your backside”? If not, it totally should.

If you could eat anything you wanted without repercussions, what would it be? Share your answer in our Facebook group! I bet we’ll have fun with this topic. If you aren’t part of the Facebook group yet, please consider joining. I know some of you don’t use Facebook at all, and that’s perfectly OK. I just want to make sure that as many of us are represented as possible.

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A few newsletters ago I called out for Sheet Pan Suppers. As of this writing, we have just 12 recipe submissions. With that in mind: HELP!!! We need more.

I’ve been perusing Pinterest and have found some really interesting combinations that I would never have considered. One was pierogi and sausage; another was breakfast with cinnamon French toast and hash brown patties. How about garlic-lemon shrimp with broccoli? I’m challenging you to venture out and take a peek at some of the different combinations out there, and then put your own spin on them. What sort of stovetop dinners could you do in the oven instead? Kielbasa, cabbage and carrots? Ham steaks and sweet potatoes? Barbecue chicken and new potatoes? I can’t wait to see what you pull together.

We’re starting a new On the Side monthly challenge. On the Side is going to be a regular recipe callout category for Simple & Delicious, but each month I’m going to give you three new ingredients. Your goal is to write short, sweet side dish recipes. Recipes should use one of the three ingredients and fewer than eight ingredients total. We want methods that are breezy, too—just a couple of lines to bring it all together. This month’s ingredients are grapefruit, cabbage and avocado. Remember, you only need to use one of them in your recipe (not all three).

Happy cooking, my friends!

Sue Stetzel

sue.stetzel@tmbi.com