Sunday Subscribers

A NEW recipe archive for subscribers, Buffalo Chicken Dip, Pickle Dip, Roasted Shrimp, Pickle Popcorn, and Paul Folgers Spaghetti and Black Walnut Cake

Hello Subscribers:

Happy Sunday.! I try to post my Sunday newsletter at 8 am each Sunday, but I slept in! I hope you are cozy as we finally welcome you to the Twin Cities in the fall. Temperatures are predicted to drop, and peak leaf viewing will be here this week. Stanley and I are cozy in bed with my lap desk, reflecting on the last fourteen crazy days since I got home from Croatia. It was so fun, of course, but it explains why I am still in bed at 9 am on a Sunday.

• 6 “Taste Buds With Stephanie” Shoots

• 2 Jason Show Segments

• 1 Bookclub dinner

• 2 dinner parties

• A concert at Fine Line (a great place to see a show - you can reserve a table in the balcony) to see “Them Coulee Boys.”

• 2 “Weekly Dish Radio Shows” one with

  Paul Folger
  from KSTP who was lovely and shared some recipes from his “Always Tasteful" magazine including is Black Walnut Cake and Spaghetti Sauce.

  Paul introduced me to cookbook author @HaydenHaas on Instagram who made Pickle Popcorn on Twin Cities Live when he sat in as a co-host. Its to Die for - get the recipe here

• 2 “Dishing with Stephanies Dish” podcast recordings

• 4 Strength Training Classes

• 4 Pickle ball dates

• A haircut at Bang Bang Salon with my stylist Amanda Jewell Williams

• A ladies brunch at a friends house

• A brow appointment at The Brow Studio (these ladies are awesome - tell Brook or Shelly I referred you!)

• 2 Massage appointments (My Masseuse Stacy Forte at Healthy Wisdom Massage, is a miracle working angel. With Lymphedema I use massage to support my lymph system - give her a shout if you have pain)

• 1 coffee date at Sovereign Grounds, in S Minneapolis which had a hashbrown crusted quiche in the bakery case that looked amazing. They also have a “playroom” for kids and parents to connect in the neighborhood which i thought was sweet.

• 1 dinner at Barcelona Wine Bar, see recap here

What I am Thinking about:

One of the meetings I had was to talk about my website and the SEO optimization of recipes on my site. Turns out that Google only likes certain recipes and if you publish too many recipes it doesnt find of “high quality searchable content” it dings you for them. So what gets published has to be more strategic - which in a word is F’d.

As a creator, and someone who loves food, I live it. I am cooking and sharing with you in real time as I make things. When I get excited about recipes - I want to share them. I am not a bot just churning out content for Google. The very idea of it is sort of soul sucking actually. So… here is what I am doing about it.

• I have created an archive of recipes that have been shared to Substack first. Many are exclusive Subscriber recipes that have been categorized so you can easily find your favorites like the Zuppa Toscanna Soup.

Hopefully this makes it easier for you to find recipes that I have shared here. If you don’t see a recipe in the archive its on Stephaniesdish.com or is likely in my “True North Cabin Cookbook.”

• I have updated and relaunched my website at Stephaniedish.com

Hopefully you will find it easier to navigate and the recipes easier to print. Please rate any recipes by the end of the month to be entered into my “Crocktober” contest. Here is how you rate a recipe:

here are the contest details and prizes.