Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to make a little extra on Sundays. By
Speaker 1: overcooking on Sunday, you can make the beginning of the
Speaker 1: week a little easier. So longtime listeners know that I
Speaker 1: am not a huge fan of elaborate meal prepping. When
Speaker 1: I first started writing about women and work in life,
Speaker 1: I quickly realized that some working mothers had absorbed the
Speaker 1: message from somewhere that they needed to spend their entire
Speaker 1: weekends preparing for the week ahead. Sunday would be devoted
Speaker 1: to making meals for the upcoming week so they could
Speaker 1: be pulled out of the freezer on weeknights and served.
Speaker 1: The problem, of course, is that it still takes some
Speaker 1: time to thaw and reheat complicated dishes. People who did
Speaker 1: this often had a tendency to then decide to make
Speaker 1: side dishes for those pre made meals. All of a sudden,
Speaker 1: they are cooking all day Sunday and during the week
Speaker 1: as well. That is a lot less time available for
Speaker 1: relaxinger hanging out with family members. Given that I have
Speaker 1: found that most men who are not say training for
Speaker 1: a bodybuilding competition. Just don't tend to do this. I
Speaker 1: tend to think that maybe there is another way. Maybe
Speaker 1: we can just make simple meals during the week that
Speaker 1: take twenty minutes or so and leave Sundays open. But
Speaker 1: if you are eating Sunday dinner, meaning that someone is
Speaker 1: going to have to cook something, then I think there
Speaker 1: is an argument for making a little bit more than
Speaker 1: you would have in order to have a little extra
Speaker 1: to cover at least some parts of meals during the week.
Speaker 1: For instance, we sometimes like to grill on the weekends.
Speaker 1: If we are grilling one steak, it is just as
Speaker 1: easy to grill two or three steaks. Now, the second
Speaker 1: batch of protein can become fajitas on Monday, or be
Speaker 1: mixed with a jar of sauce from the Asian isle
Speaker 1: at the supermarket and served with rice on Tuesday. Those
Speaker 1: dinners wind up being quite quick and no extra time
Speaker 1: was added to any one's Sunday labors. Or maybe you
Speaker 1: could decide to have soup for dinner on Sundays since
Speaker 1: people are around and so it can simmer during the afternoon.
Speaker 1: That sounds like a lovely winter tradition. If you are
Speaker 1: doing that just get a stock pot that is twice
Speaker 1: as big, double what you would have made. Now you
Speaker 1: have dinner on Sunday and you have something you can
Speaker 1: take to work for lunch for the next three days.
Speaker 1: Or perhaps you could decide that Tuesday will be soup
Speaker 1: night as well. Why not? Soup is tasty. I would
Speaker 1: eat the same things multiple nights per week. Some people
Speaker 1: will make a big batch of grains on Sunday. Again,
Speaker 1: if you are already boiling the water for that farrow
Speaker 1: for your Sunday meal, it doesn't take extra time to
Speaker 1: make a bigger batch. Then you put it in the
Speaker 1: fridge and can mix that with frozen veggies, heat it
Speaker 1: up some other night for a very simple side. Add
Speaker 1: a retisserie chicken that someone grabbed at the supermarket on
Speaker 1: the way home from work, and all of a sudden
Speaker 1: you have got a very easy, very tasty, and pretty
Speaker 1: balanced meal. There is really no point in taking extra
Speaker 1: time to cook on Sundays. For the week you will
Speaker 1: probably eat one way or another. You might be better
Speaker 1: off enjoying some time away from the chores. But if
Speaker 1: you are already in the kitchen, making a little extra
Speaker 1: tends to involve very little extra time. If that would
Speaker 1: make meals easier during the week, it is probably worth
Speaker 1: the bother. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks
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