Cooking And … with Stacia Crawford, Chella Diaz & Norma Zager

There’s nothing like cooking … or a great cooking analogy. Food brings people, cultures, and lifestyles together. This week on GoalChatLive, the topic was “Cooking And…” with Stacia Crawford, Stay Ready Media; Chella Diaz, Transcend Abundance; and Norma Zager, who is one of the Granny-Judges on Baking it!

Stacia is a media producer and consultant, Chella helps women empower themselves to make more money, and Norma combines cooking with comedy. The trio shared their connection to cooking and cooking memories, as well as tips, their favorite gadgets, recipes, and more.

Their Takes on Food and Food Analogies

• Stacia: You put together a PR strategy like you make good meal. Starts with the first awesome bite and leaves you satisfied!
• Chella: For your business, you can have all the right ingredients, but you still have to package it and put it out there. It’s not just about the recipe, it’s how the dough feels.
• Norma: Food is love, but it’s also art. The thing about food is instead of hanging it on a wall, you put it on a plate.

Favorite Gadgets

• Stacia: Ninja Foodie
• Norma: KitchenAid Mixer
• Chella: Mini-chopper and crock pot
• Deb: Instant Pot and air fryer

Cooking And … #GoalChatLive

Recipes

• Stacia’s Jalapeno Chicken:
  • Clean 6-8 chicken thighs. Season with salt, pepper, and paprika. Place in slow cooker.
  • Add half cup water, 3 chopped jalapeno peppers, half cup chopped onion, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, and 3 cloves of minced garlic.
  • Cook for 4 hours or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
  • Serve over rice, pasta or potatoes.
• Norma’s Spinach Pie with Puff Pastry
  • Ingredients: 4 Sheets of frozen puff pastry, 8 oz of ricotta, 1 cup of shredded mozzarella, 8 oz crumbled feta cheese, 2 cups spinach fresh or 2 pkg frozen and drained well, 1 egg, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp Greek seasoning
  • Cut each puff pastry sheet into 6 squares
  • Mix together the rest of the ingredients
  • Place heaping tablespoon of mixture in center of pastry square and fold sides up and pinch together. Place fold side down on a parchment covered sheet and brush with egg wash
  • Bake According to pastry package instructions. Enjoy!
• Chella’s Chicken Breast and Garlic Salsa
  • Ingredients: 3 chicken breast bone-in, 1 jar 14 to 16 oz of garlic salsa, and 1 bag of cut bell peppers or one yellow one red bell pepper.
  • Place chicken on crock pot, add salsa.  Cook for 4 hours at low.
  • Meals.
    1.  Serve chicken with rice/pasta.
    2.  Service chicken on top of mashed potatoes.
    3.  Shred chicken and add to pan with bell peppers – magical fajitas or tacos.

Goals

• Stacia: Choose one ingredient that you like and experiment with that one thing. For example, peanut butter, chicken. Start with one thing and then branch out.
• Chella: Make a list of the benefits or transformation your clients experience when they work with you; it will serve as a reminder to increase your fees
• Norma: Cook with friends or loved ones.

Final Thoughts

• Norma: Life is short. Eat dessert first!
• Stacia: Remember the feeling you have when you are enjoying a good meal
• Chella: Take a moment to pause in the cooking or in the eating. Take it in, so you can go back to the memory when you need a boost.

Links

• Learn more Stacia Crawford and Chella Diaz, as well as Norma Zager and Baking It!
• Connect with Stacia Crawford, Chella Diaz, and Norma Zager on LinkedIn
• Check out the Taste Buds with Deb podcast, including my episode with Norma Zager on Comedy, Cooking, and Chocolate Pasta
• Learn about The Instant Pot for Productivity
• Join the Write On Online Facebook Group
• Learn more about Goals with DEB and Deb’s Goal Strategy for Event Attendees
• Get your copy of my latest book, Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals. Then join the Your Goal Guide Facebook group

What’s your go-to recipe? Please share in the comments.

Next Week

On June 19 we’re talking about Leadership with Rusty Galliard, Rahti Gorfien, and Julie Waters. Join us every Monday at 4pm PT, for #GoalChatLive.

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