1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: tip is to choose a recipe of the year. Pick 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: one recipe that you'd like to get really confident and 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: efficient at this year, and lean into making it whenever 6 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: you can. Longtime listeners may have heard me mention my 7 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: sister in law's roles they are delicious and anytime we 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: have an extended family dinner, I know she will be 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: bringing them. You may also have heard that my Best 10 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: of Both World's co hosts, Sarah Hart Hunger makes a 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: fabulous key lime pie. She makes that pie anytime she 12 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: is asked to take a dessert to get together. Have 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: a go to recipe like rolls for my sister in 14 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: law or Keelam pie for Sarah. If not, this could 15 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: be the year to find one. Maybe your friends and 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: family will start to look forward to the dish too, 17 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: just as people look forward to those rolls and the 18 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: Keilam pie. To choose such a recipe, think back to 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: when you have needed to produce something a little special. 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a dessert to take to dinner parties, or 21 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: an app to serve when you have people over or 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: a suite to send for bake sales at your kids' school, 23 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: you might consider a recipe you have made once or 24 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: twice and liked mostly but want to tweak or at 25 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: least get better at. When you decide on a recipe 26 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: of the year, you want to make it often enough 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: that you come to know exactly how long it is 28 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: going to take. You'll know exactly what you need and 29 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: what serving pieces tend to show it off the best. 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: Depending on what's required. You might even keep the ingredients 31 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: on hand so you can make this dish without a 32 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: special trip to the grocery store. Perhaps you can even 33 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: memorize the recipe. Then this becomes a real no brainer. 34 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: Try this recipe out then whenever you can. Maybe you 35 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: could even invent an occasion. I don't think anyone will 36 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: complain about having key lime pie on a Friday night 37 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: just because if something seems a bit off. Tweak something 38 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: like how long this thing is in the oven, or 39 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: maybe even the particular tools you are using. I can 40 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: tell you that my sister in law uses particular baking 41 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: sheets for her rolls. If she is baking her rolls 42 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: in my oven, she brings her own baking sheets. That's 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: because she knows exactly how the rolls will turn out 44 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: when she uses those sheets. That is the kind of 45 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: familiarity we are talking about. Do this often enough and 46 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: perhaps this will become your go to recipe forever. But 47 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: that said, if you do get a little bored with it, 48 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: that's why I'm calling this episode the recipe of the Year. 49 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: You can make this recipe ten times this year and 50 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: then move on to something else next year. But either way, 51 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: you won't feel stuck. When someone tells you to bring 52 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: an appetizer with any look, people will start asking for 53 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: your famous dish specifically. In the meantime, this is Laura. 54 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 55 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. 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