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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. I'm kils Nixon and missus Kitchen Prescription, the

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Speaker 1: podcast you listen to when you don't know what to

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Speaker 1: make for dinner. Today is episode forty four, how to

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Speaker 1: Unpack and Organize a kitchen All right, you guys. Managing

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Speaker 1: my family for the past few weeks has literally been

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Speaker 1: like trying to keep our heads above water. We moved,

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Speaker 1: we potty trained, we went on our big family vacation

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Speaker 1: for the year. Oh my, it was so much and

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Speaker 1: it just all happened to fall into place that way.

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Speaker 1: I never would have planned for all of those things

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Speaker 1: in one month. But sometimes the universe has plans for

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Speaker 1: youth that you aren't planning on it, and that is

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Speaker 1: the way things fell into place. We are on the

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Speaker 1: other side of it. But truly, trying to juggle so

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Speaker 1: many transitions at once has really left me trying to

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Speaker 1: stay afloat in so many ways. But I still wanted

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Speaker 1: to share with you three meals this week that I

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Speaker 1: tend to reach for when the rest of life feels

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Speaker 1: so complicated, And I thought i'd share because you might

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Speaker 1: be in a similar boat, and you may want one

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Speaker 1: or all three of these on your real plan for

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Speaker 1: the week. So the first recipe is so good. It's

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Speaker 1: so so, so good. It's these chicken schwarm up bowls

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Speaker 1: certain sp Club this month. And I know something's good

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Speaker 1: when I create a mega fan out of my ten

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Speaker 1: year old who has all sorts of opinions. But he

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Speaker 1: loved these. He ate these up. And what I loved

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Speaker 1: about it is the thing he loved most about these

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Speaker 1: was the actual chicken itself. Usually I'm kind of having

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Speaker 1: to prod him to have more protein and whatnot, but

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Speaker 1: he loved the flavor of this chicken so delicious. I'm

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Speaker 1: such a fan of a bowl. Like if you told me, Kelsey,

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Speaker 1: your life, I'd be like, Okay, I really love him,

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Speaker 1: and this is a great bowl recipe, all right. The

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Speaker 1: next one is so simple. It's literally a fridge clean

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Speaker 1: up pantry meal. It is my sheet pan Yoki and veggies.

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Speaker 1: I love that you can purchase Yoki in its shelf

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Speaker 1: stable and so you can keep it in your pantry.

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Speaker 1: It's a little heartier than like a traditional pasta because

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Speaker 1: it's got that pasta potato combo. This is a great

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Speaker 1: way to use up veggies that are just getting ready

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Speaker 1: to turn in your refrigerator. So I use a bunch

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Speaker 1: of things zucchini and yellow squash and grape tomatoes. But

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Speaker 1: this recipe is so adaptable. It's also in recipe Club.

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Speaker 1: And then finally, I do a five ingredient recipe every

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Speaker 1: week because I just need things to be simple, and

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Speaker 1: I have these five ingredient sloppy Joes. They blew my

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Speaker 1: mind when I tested them last year, and they worked

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Speaker 1: out so well. My family is split on sloppy Joes.

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Speaker 1: I love them to me. It's like one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite meals from childhood, and two out of my three

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Speaker 1: kids love them. My husband's not a fan, but he

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Speaker 1: love them so so much. So there are your recipes

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Speaker 1: for the week. They can all be found in recipe Club.

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Speaker 1: You can also find the five ingredients sloppy Joes on

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Speaker 1: my Instagram a five ingredient tab, but all super easy,

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Speaker 1: super simple, and great if you're coming out of or

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Speaker 1: actually heading into a crazy time. If you're looking for

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Speaker 1: an even more exhaustive meal plan, you can get my

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Speaker 1: weekly and monthly meal plans in recipe Club, where you'll

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Speaker 1: find these three recipes and my meal plan for the week,

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Speaker 1: or you can build your own with the ingredients that

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Speaker 1: you have on hand in your pantry, fridge, and freezer

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Speaker 1: to determine what will make your week easiest. All right,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for this one. Let's jump into the back

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Speaker 1: me this past month as I unpacked and organized my

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Speaker 1: new kitchen. All Right, I have moved eight times in

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Speaker 1: the past fourteen years. Now, that's a lot. I know

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Speaker 1: probably moved even more than that, but I'm officially overmoving.

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Speaker 1: We have moved too darn much. I'm done. I don't

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Speaker 1: But the one good thing about this is it means

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Speaker 1: different kitchens in adulthood. So everything from small apartment kitchens

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited. I've got some exciting content plan for

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Speaker 1: you next month where I'm going to literally open every

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Speaker 1: find that information so valuable, especially for a kitchen where

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Speaker 1: it is hands down the most used room in your household.

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Speaker 1: We need the things that make our lives easier, So

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to share that. But today, since it's fresh,

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about the unpacking. I want to

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Speaker 1: share my best tips for unpacking a kitchen. Like I mentioned,

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Speaker 1: our kitchens are arguably the spaces that are the most

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Speaker 1: one of the last rooms you pack up and one

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Speaker 1: But the kitchen just might be the trickiest space of

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Speaker 1: Any time I've moved into a new place, there's always

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Speaker 1: so do it thoroughly now. Same goes for the floors,

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Speaker 1: I love a post it note, I love a sticky note,

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to encourage you to take full advantage

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Speaker 1: As I think it kind of fosters independence for my kids.

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Speaker 1: this can be a great option. Just do it now.

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Speaker 1: It's easier. Also, this is a hack that I did

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Speaker 1: I think I read this in a real simple magazine

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Speaker 1: on an airplane ten years ago. But you take wax

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Speaker 1: Our goal there is to make it as easy as

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Speaker 1: much for being here. Until next time, I'm Kelsey, Happy cooking,