WEBVTT - Summer series: Leah Itsines’ tips for tackling TikTok recipes

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Healthy Ish. Thanks for joining us on the

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<v Speaker 1>daily podcast from Body and Soul. I am your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Felicity Halle and Yes. To celebrate summer, we're dropping our

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<v Speaker 1>top Healthyish episodes from the year now. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>if you follow best selling cookbook author Leah ititsteinus on socials,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you do, you will know she loves cooking

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<v Speaker 1>from TikTok's abundance of recipes. We spoke to her in April.

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<v Speaker 1>We quizzed her on how she chooses the right TikTok

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<v Speaker 1>recipe and then makes it her own. Hey, if you

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<v Speaker 1>want more from Leah listening to extra healthy Ish, where

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<v Speaker 1>she shares more about her current approach to food, her

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<v Speaker 1>healthy Ish cooking tips, and of course how she's learnt

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<v Speaker 1>to love running, you can catch that episode where we

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<v Speaker 1>get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>Lee.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm nice to have you finally on the podcast. We've

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<v Speaker 1>had your sister a few times, so I'm glad we've

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<v Speaker 1>got you on.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I'm so glad to be here. Definitely be more

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<v Speaker 3>of a fun conversation than fitness.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, yeah, it's good. Actually, that's quite fun. I

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<v Speaker 4>never thought about that food versus fitness. Yes, a fun one.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, one thing that I do actually find fun is

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<v Speaker 1>seeing your Instagram's the way you well, the way you

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<v Speaker 1>cook off TikTok and cook these recipes.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean a TikTok fiend.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean like TikTok is a gold mine for finding recipes.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you actually find ones that are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be tasty and easy and we can cook them well?

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<v Speaker 3>To be fair, my home tied TikTok for you page

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<v Speaker 3>is literally just like the trending recipe. So I just

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<v Speaker 3>go on, I just flick a few and I find

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<v Speaker 3>something amazing. But usually if I'm like, I really want

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<v Speaker 3>a brownie and I know someone will have a good

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<v Speaker 3>brownie recipe, I like our search chocolate, brownie, delicious, something,

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<v Speaker 3>so I would do all the words that I want

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<v Speaker 3>and then it pops up with and I always go

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<v Speaker 3>for the first one because I'm like, that's most like

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<v Speaker 3>has to be good. But I did find I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>sure if you saw on my Instagram, I did an

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<v Speaker 3>easter krap It's called Easter crack wild recipe that I've

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<v Speaker 3>found on TikTok. I said, I rang my sister straight

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<v Speaker 3>away and I said, this is the best is it?

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<v Speaker 2>I have ever eaten in my entire life. I was shocked.

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<v Speaker 2>I love TikTok so much because it.

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<v Speaker 4>Was, come on, you can't, you have to give us more?

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<v Speaker 4>What was in that recipe?

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<v Speaker 3>So basically it's a it's apparently not just TikTok.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently it's this is.

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<v Speaker 3>Like a wild thing that's gone on for years, mears

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<v Speaker 3>and years, but I've just discovered it. Someone did Christmas

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<v Speaker 3>crack with Christmas things and now we've changed to Easter.

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<v Speaker 3>So basically it's alata biscuits.

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<v Speaker 2>I do you know what?

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<v Speaker 3>You know the square salata biscuits. Someone's with a four

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<v Speaker 3>if you can snap those those I said. When I

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<v Speaker 3>said that to someone, I was like, what is that happened?

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<v Speaker 4>I think I used to have.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right, everyone has them.

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<v Speaker 3>So solata biscuits on the bottom, and then you make

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<v Speaker 3>your own caramel sauce with butter and sugar, make your

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<v Speaker 3>own camel. You pull that on top, and then you

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<v Speaker 3>basically melt cara milk block and a regular chocolate block

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<v Speaker 3>and you melt and chucked that over the top, and

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<v Speaker 3>then you put sprinkles and whatever, and then you put

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<v Speaker 3>it in a fridge and it's like a salty biscuit

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<v Speaker 3>caramel chocolate.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know how to explain it. And it's no,

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<v Speaker 2>it's no cook it's no cork. It's literally just melting

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<v Speaker 2>in the chocolate.

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<v Speaker 3>When I say it was the best thing ever, I

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<v Speaker 3>have it in the fridge and I don't even want

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<v Speaker 3>to make eye contact with it because I.

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<v Speaker 2>Know that hold.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's like almost torture like so good, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Also it is wild.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there has been a bit going around about

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<v Speaker 1>these virtual recipes on TikTok. I mean, I think one

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<v Speaker 1>of Australia's leading chefs came out and said recently saying, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>they're so tasteless. They're all done for show. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're all they're easy, they're super easy. There's no skill

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<v Speaker 1>in them. I mean, what's your take on that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean that's the whole point, right, Like you want

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<v Speaker 3>to find easy, easy, quick and easy things like I

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<v Speaker 3>think that's the best thing about TikTok is people it's

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<v Speaker 3>real people making real recipes, so it's not like you're

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<v Speaker 3>trying to find some eighty five ingredient recipes. It's literally

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<v Speaker 3>like some people just want honey chicken rice and it

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<v Speaker 3>literally is the most easy ingredients and some people really

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<v Speaker 3>love it. But I always whenever I make something, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>so annoying that I'll follow a recipe and then I

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<v Speaker 3>end up with something completely different because I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 3>think I could put extra this in there, amazed, or

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<v Speaker 3>just some of that in there, or like start sprinkling

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<v Speaker 3>random things and it's completely different. But like you kind

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<v Speaker 3>of just want to take something and then make it

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<v Speaker 3>your own, that you want to put your.

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<v Speaker 2>Favorite flavors in it. So I think TikTok's great. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how people can hate it.

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<v Speaker 1>A TikTok lover, I'm jealous of people like you because

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<v Speaker 1>I am like, stick to the recipe.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to go off it because I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know if.

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<v Speaker 1>It will taste you know, yeah very well, well very

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<v Speaker 1>you know if it's tasty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'm just someone who just like I always

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<v Speaker 3>believe that salt and garlic will fix anything. So I

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<v Speaker 3>just constantly just try. If I say one garlic in

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<v Speaker 3>a recipe for Bill, now I know they're likely you

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<v Speaker 3>did not put one garlic, and then I'm like, nah,

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't put five at least, So like it's so

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<v Speaker 3>hard for me to recipe develop at the same time

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<v Speaker 3>because I just lie to myself like I'm like, that's enough,

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<v Speaker 3>and then like halfway through find myself sprinkling things.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I know, you have to write that down,

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<v Speaker 2>Like it's really hot.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you forever in the kitchen? Is your life just.

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<v Speaker 3>And forever forever vacuuming stuff off the floor and forever

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<v Speaker 3>just in the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 2>But I love it, I really do. I really do

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's almost calming for me, Like I just completely

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<v Speaker 3>zone out and I just do what I need.

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<v Speaker 2>To do and then I love to eat, so it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like a wind.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you go about planning meals for you and

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<v Speaker 1>your family and you know, getting away from the gram

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<v Speaker 1>or TikTok and making sure that you're nourishing yourself, that

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<v Speaker 1>your meals are nutritious and delicious and balanced.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, I mean, like Mitch and I have been,

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<v Speaker 3>we love dinners, like dinners is our thing. Breakfasts can

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<v Speaker 3>be like a piece of toast, don't really care, like

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<v Speaker 3>you know, but I obviously I like to have a

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<v Speaker 3>bigger breakfast like eggs up. But sometimes being busy in

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<v Speaker 3>the mornings with gigis she wakes up early, she's having

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<v Speaker 3>a tanty whatever it is, Like, sometimes it just doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>work the way I want it to. Lunches is something

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<v Speaker 3>that like we just have really quickly. Sometimes it's a sandwich,

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes it's a rockbot whatever it is. But dinners is

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<v Speaker 3>my thing where I'm like, this meal we're gonna make

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<v Speaker 3>as nutritious as possible because I know that, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we've struggled in the morning or our lunch.

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<v Speaker 2>Was really quick.

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<v Speaker 3>So Mitch and we speak on the weekend and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, what are you vibing throughout the week?

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<v Speaker 2>And write a big list.

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<v Speaker 3>We think about it something like I've actually i used

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<v Speaker 3>to mill prep a lot more and I'm getting back

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<v Speaker 3>into it slowly now that I've got like my rhythm

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<v Speaker 3>being with Gigi. But I try to meal prep, but

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<v Speaker 3>I don't meal prep fully. I'll make like a sauce

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<v Speaker 3>for a past or, I'll make like a seasoning. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>marinate my meats or something like that so I can

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<v Speaker 3>cook fresh on the night. So I just kind of

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<v Speaker 3>like help myself out during the week. But yeah, sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>it's just on vibes, Like I like we get to

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<v Speaker 3>a Monday and like tonight, I'm like, we had planned

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<v Speaker 3>to have this barrel Monday thing and I might not

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<v Speaker 3>mentioned I want dumpling soup.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's like, I a breath. So tonight there's getting cold,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, if it was maybe thirty five outside, you'd be like, oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand. But now tonight I'm like, sorry, no, can

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<v Speaker 2>do you gotta have dumplings?

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<v Speaker 3>Like it just we just we make sure that whatever

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<v Speaker 3>we eat is just thought out. Like I want to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure I've got some noodles to make me full.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to make back tonight. I want to make

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<v Speaker 3>sure the dumplings got some protein in it, some bed,

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<v Speaker 3>extra bed, you know, do you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 3>Like I just kind of think about the meals to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure we're actually fueling ourselves, because like this morning,

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<v Speaker 3>I had a piece of toast, and I think I

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<v Speaker 3>had half piece toast because gen ate the other half.

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<v Speaker 2>So like I just try and make sure just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of do what you can. Really.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I was going to ask you how motherhood's

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<v Speaker 1>changed your approach to eating and cooking, but in many ways,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you seem even more relaxed about it all.

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps so relaxed.

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<v Speaker 3>I Like before, like pre Gig, I would make sure

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<v Speaker 3>like my meals to a tea were you know, planned.

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<v Speaker 2>Out, thought out.

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<v Speaker 3>I would make sure I had you know, X y

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<v Speaker 3>Z on my plate or whatever. And now it's just

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<v Speaker 3>like whatever goes, whatever goes. Whatever makes it easy. Like

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<v Speaker 3>I obviously really like to cook. I like to enjoy food,

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<v Speaker 3>like foods my thing, so it comes maybe more easy

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<v Speaker 3>for me, but definitely having Gigi has made me stress

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<v Speaker 3>less about things because like for her, she's in her

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<v Speaker 3>chicken sausage and chicken spensele era and she doesn't want

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<v Speaker 3>anything else but that, you know what she's.

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<v Speaker 2>Too she just turned to okay, so she's going through that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a beige girl, and I'm like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>I just it's fine, it will eventually you're going to

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<v Speaker 3>eat something Like last night she ate three broccoli.

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<v Speaker 2>Stemps and I was like.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever you like, you like, But I just think that's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of my approach now. It's like it just you

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<v Speaker 3>have to enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to just yeah, yeah, she'll get to the dumplings,

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry, she'll be there and then you'll be like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh you want you want more dumplings.

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<v Speaker 3>They or more dumplings like you can eat my dumplings

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<v Speaker 3>are kind of happy with her Spinsel.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, exactly what she wants. Leah love it you chat.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you for coming on healthy Thank you so much.

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