You like the idea of meal planning, but find it’s too inflexible.

You enjoy cooking a variety of dishes, but too often waste food.

You collect recipes, but depend too much on them.

What you need is the confidence and skill to walk into your kitchen, take stock of what you have, and always put together something delicious to eat. And do this, no matter how busy you are, what ingredients you have on hand, and when you have nothing planned.

What you want is cooking instruction with real impact, a masterclass that will transform how you think about, shop for, prepare, and put together meals.

It’s all here, in The Complete Nimble Cook.

Hi, I’m Ronna

I am the chef and founder of Purple Kale Kitchenworks in Brooklyn NY and author of The Nimble Cook.

I want you to know that while experience, skill, and organization play a part in how well we cook, they aren't everything. And inspiration? Under the daily grind, inspiration abandons the most experienced chefs.

Prior to having kids, I worked for years at the helm of some beloved New York City restaurants. I had the skills to serve a four course meal to 100 people without a hitch, but as a new parent, I struggled to make the humblest dishes for my family to eat. My professional experience was no match for the continuous challenges and ceaseless demands of motherhood.

I realized that I needed the ability to cook through chaos and still eat well. I abandoned meal planning and began to focus on quickly and easily turning small sets of versatile ingredients--often whatever I had on hand--into many different, delicious plates of food. I regained confidence and joy in cooking, and fed my family the way I always imagined.

This ingredient-first way of cooking was intuitive for me, but I realized it was not for most home cooks, who were more comfortable buying groceries for a week of set meals. I turned my "nimble" methods into classes, and eventually into an acclaimed cookbook, *The Nimble Cook*.

My instruction was hailed as both approachable and revolutionary. As my community of home cooks grew, I needed to find more ways to teach. *The Nimble Cook Toolkit* was born. *The Starting Points Series* followed. With my suite of online courses, alongside my cookbook, I now can help anyone, anywhere become a more resourceful, creative cook.