Summer is winding down, energies are shifting, and I’m coming to you with exciting news today:
We are about to kick off the SOS Series for Fall 2024!
This is the third-ever installment of the SOS Series and it will be lots more of the stuff we love: easy, delicious, big flavor, low-to-no-stress-style dinner recipes!
We’ll have one new recipe per week to take us through the months of September and October! Fall is my favorite cooking season.
What Is The SOS Series?
A little backstory if you’re unfamiliar: I started the SOS Series in April of 2021. It was developed as a way to help my own self get through a really challenging season – adjusting to life with a new baby, while wrangling the tiny toddler tornado, while trying to get back to work, while keeping one eye out for Covid, while ultimately trying to not totally lose my mind every night at dinnertime. It was a season of takeout, frozen meals, and snacks for dinner, and while I love chips and salsa as much as the next person, there just comes a time in your life where you say: Okay, I’ve eaten enough chips. I need to make a proper meal.
At the heart of my struggle was the lack of time and energy: I love to cook and I wanted to eat good food that was actually delicious, exciting, and wholesome… but I was (am?) so tired.
This was the beginning of my passion for easy-ish recipes. My ultimate qualifiers for any SOS-style recipes:
- Can we make this with a short list of easy-to-find ingredients?
- Can we get this on the table quickly?
- Am I super excited to eat the leftovers?
- And mostly, will this recipe give me (and my family) a few moments of joy as we fill up our plates?
When Does The Series Start?
The SOS Series kicks off on Tuesday, September 10.
We’ll be sharing new recipes here on the blog every week throughout the 8-week series!
How To Get All The Recipes
New recipes will drop on Tuesday mornings through the months of September and October!
There are two ways to get these recipes:
- Sign up for our email list below – you’ll get every new recipe right in your inbox on Tuesday mornings!
- Check the blog for new recipes (also Tuesday morning)!
You can also follow along on Instagram to get updates on the recipes for each week! New SOS videos will be posted on Tuesday mornings.
What Kind Of Recipes Can I Look Forward To?
There are SO MANY GOOD RECIPES to look forward to in this series!
Protein is a big focus in our house right now, so I really tried to anchor all of these recipes around protein more than ever before! Nothing new, no powders or add-ins or special ingredients, and no macro counting for me personally.
That said, I am just trying to be more aware and making sure each meal naturally packs a good amount of protein, and that has definitely translated into more protein-forward recipes for this run of the series! We have chicken, turkey, tofu, beef – a little bit of everything coming your way.
One Last Personal Note
These recipes are for everyone who has ever felt the pressure at dinnertime.
Whether you are feeling overwhelmed at work, dealing with physical or mental health challenges, attempting to manage a household of babies and kiddos, or just having an off day, my hope is that these SOS meals are here for you to deliver a really doable, fun, wholesome, delicious dinner option as a lifeline. Honestly, I hope they feel like a hug.
The personal stories you have shared over the years on our previous rounds of SOS recipes have been truly transformative for me. We have heard from people going through chemo, people dealing with chronic depression and anxiety, people in the thick of it with babies and kids, people who are working overtime at demanding jobs, and just a general chorus of “please do more of these recipes.”
In addition to just making what I love to eat and what works for my family, your real life stories have served as my guiding light when I’ve been creating these recipes.
I am so excited to do this again with you!
See you back here on Tuesday!
I’m so excited for the SOS Series! The recipes always inspire me to get creative in the kitchen. Can’t wait to try some new dishes and see what you have in store!
I’m so excited to see the SOS Series on Pinch of Yum! The concept sounds amazing, and I can’t wait to try out the quick and easy recipes you’ll be sharing. Thanks for always making cooking feel more accessible and fun!
I look forward to the SOS program.
Recipes all sound amazing
Homeschooling mom of 4 kids (8,5,3,1) trying to find new ideas for the crazy dinner rush as the school year starts. I felt a sigh of relief when I saw you were doing another set of sos. We make at least 1 from your first set every month. So excited for more!
I am soooo here for this series. Thank you so much! After planning meals for over 50 years (yikes!), I can tell you the ruts are real!!
WHOOHOO! If I’m getting your regular emails, is there anything else that I need to sign up for?
Nope, you’re good to go! 🙂
I just want to say I’ve been following your recipes for a while now and I LOVE this series. I’m going to try and fully commit this time around as we are BUSY BUSY BUSY with our lives and food is probably the hardest part to try and plan out wen we’re already exhausted from everything else.
I love the SOS series! There are a couple recipes from past SOS series that are staples in my current repertoire. Thanks for running it, I always find it very helpful. 🙂
Do you have a Gluten free option?
Call me stupid but I just came on board; what is SOS???
SOS meaning “Help!” If you are familiar with the SOS feeling of “it’s dinnertime and I have zero plans, zero energy, and zero time”, then this series is just right for you. Thanks for the question, Debby!
I love everything about this! Except capping the series at 15. Let’s make it 30?
So glad you’re enjoying the series, Shari!
What a supremely practical and much needed series! Big round of applause and I’m excited for the recipes!
Thank you! Thank you! As a caregiver for my Dad, lack of meal prep has been challenging. Your series is helping already. ☮️💜
So glad to hear it, Mare!
This truly is SOS! Not to take away from humor of your intro to this new section of your website, but some of the truly dark moments for parents are those when we are home alone, the babies are crying, the sun is going down, and the pots are cold. While my kids are older now (10 and 12), tensions, exhaustion, and hunger are no less! The worst part is that the hour before dinner is so difficult for everybody (tired, hungry, perhaps upset by something from the day) and all we need is dinner! What I’m excited about is the delicious, home cooked (and therefore budget- and earth-friendly) nature of these recipes! Thank you!
HERE. FOR. THIS. <3
I love your anecdote about feeling overwhelmed with the crying kiddos. I’m sorry that it was an overwhelming experience, but it gave me the warm fuzzies to read that you recognized that you were overwhelmed, you called for support, and you received support. Way to take care of yourself!
I am so excited about these recipes! I was just thinking about how I NEED quicker recipes since I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed at work. So excited to try these yummy foods, we’re having the pork and coconut rice tonight!
Hope you enjoyed the recipe, Christina!
So looking forward to this series! I am going back to work at the end of April and have a 3 year old and a 3 month old and was wondering how I was going to cope. Thank you Lindsay!
We hope you find the series helpful, Rebecca! Thanks for following along!
Thank you for your honesty!!! And admitting that it is hard work. You capture the essence of chaos in this post. You are an outstanding writer .
As a chronically ill mom of an adult disabled son, extreme fatigue is my biggest barrier to nutritious food for us both. I.E. We had dinosaur chicken nuggets and tater totts for dinner tonight. This series sounds incredible! Thank you for it even though the chronically ill community was not your targeted audience we can definitely benifit!
Definitely familiar with the dino nugget and tots dinner! We hope the recipes are helpful for everyone and anyone experiencing those SOS moments in life. Sending love to you! Thanks for following along with the series!
I am very excited about this series. I have been following you since before you had kids, and I really appreciate that you understand the changes your food life makes as your family changes.
I’m really excited for this series! I love this blog. We all have busy lives and could benefit – I have a 5.5 year old, I’m 20 weeks pregnant, I have a huge stubborn puppy (mastiff), a few chickens, my husband works outside the home and I also working outside the home as a doctor!!
I LOVE THIS! You’re absolutely *not* alone, and I can’t wait to see what’s in this series =)
Hello Lindsay and thank you for all your SO helpful recipes!
I am Portuguese, 70 years old, living in Portugal and I was lucky to be able to stop working (AND have help) when I had my children. However, I do appreciate and respect all Mothers who have to work (from home or out) and still have to look after their children AND their homes so I cannot understand the scorn and disrespect shown by Amanda….
Lindsay, please do go on helping every Mother, we all enjoy them!
Everybody, please keep safe in these troubled times!