🍝 A Cozy February Dinner Plan You’ll Actually Use

Published about 11 hours ago • 1 min read

Good Morning, Sweet Friends!

Let’s make this week easy — the kind of easy that still feels special.

Here’s a dinner plan you can mix, match, and repeat without getting bored or overwhelmed.

🍽️ This Week’s Dinner Lineup

Main Dish Options

🍝 Big Batch Lasagna or Lasagna Soup — cook once, eat twice
🍗 Crispy Crackle Chicken — simple seasoning, big payoff
🥩 Perfect Ribeye Steak — one great night out… at home
🐓 Hot Honey Ranch Chicken Thighs — sweet, spicy, weeknight magic

Side Dish Ideas

🥗 Caprese Caesar Salad or Toni's Chopped Salad
🌽 Roasted or buttered vegetables (whatever’s in the fridge)
🥖 Crusty bread with good butter (Croissant Focaccia is a MUST make, y'all!))

This is the kind of food that lets you relax at the table.
And relaxed hosts create the best conversations.

This work — the dinners, the tables, the conversations — is at the heart of my upcoming TEDx talk on March 20, 2026. It’s called “Dinner Parties Can Change the World,” and it’s about why gathering still matters, especially in complicated seasons.

If you want to be part of that day in Asheville, I’d love to have you there.
🎟️ Tickets are here: https://www.worthamarts.org/events/tedx-asheville-embrace-the-mess/

🤍 Hosting Hope

Some days the world feels unbearably heavy. The news is loud. People are tired. Hope feels fragile. But here’s what I still believe: when we gather around a table — even a small one — something softens. We remember we’re human. We listen a little longer. We laugh a little easier. Light still gathers where people are fed with hope in action.

And, in case no one has told you lately: you're doing great.

— Ashley

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