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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody.

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Speaker 2: I'm Kelsey Nixon and this is Kitchen Prescription, the podcast

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Speaker 2: you listen to and you don't know what to make

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Speaker 2: for dinner. Today's episode one hundred and thirteen drop off Dinners.

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Speaker 2: As most of you know, I'm based in southern California,

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Speaker 2: and it has been a rough week for anyone that

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Speaker 2: lives in or around Los Angeles given the historic wildfires

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Speaker 2: that are raging through communities right now. While my family

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Speaker 2: and I are lucky enough to not be directly impacted,

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Speaker 2: our previous community of Sierra Madre, which borders Altadna and

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Speaker 2: here you're probably hearing in the news right now, that

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Speaker 2: was hit so hard and that's resulted in us having

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Speaker 2: multiple friends and former neighbors that have lost homes. We

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Speaker 2: also have friends in other parts of LA like Brentwood,

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Speaker 2: who are still evacuated and hoping and praying that they

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Speaker 2: don't lose their homes. On top of that, we have

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Speaker 2: a handful of families that we have temporarily relocated to

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Speaker 2: our current city here in San Clementy because their homes

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Speaker 2: burned down. All that to say, I have been inundated

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Speaker 2: with stories this past week of just how destructive these

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Speaker 2: am just so very sorry for everyone who is dealing

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Speaker 2: with this. When I feel this stress becomes somewhat paralyzing,

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Speaker 2: you know, like watching the news twenty four to seven

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Speaker 2: and feeling like there's no hope. I do best when

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Speaker 2: I take any sort of action. So my family and

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Speaker 2: I have done our very best to take action where

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Speaker 2: it makes sense. This past week, we've donated to some

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Speaker 2: individual families go fundmes, especially those that we know. We've

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Speaker 2: donated to bigger, reputable organizations like World Central Kitchen is

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Speaker 2: a favorite of mine. We pulled together clothes to donate

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Speaker 2: after a closet clean out this past weekend, and even

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Speaker 2: helped one of the families that had just relocated to

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Speaker 2: and stuff that we could give them. The recovery efforts

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Speaker 2: for this natural disaster in particular, it's like going to

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Speaker 2: It is crazy what has happened. So we are just

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Speaker 2: going to continue to focus on looking for opportunities to

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Speaker 2: for a while, especially given just how many families have

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Speaker 2: been displaced, so asking ourselves when we feel helpless, like

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Speaker 2: what a simple action could be. One thing I am

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Speaker 2: doing this week in particular, is I am taking dinner

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Speaker 2: as part of a meal train to a family that

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Speaker 1: And one of the things I.

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Speaker 2: Could ask about most often, honestly, is this idea of

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Speaker 2: family this week, and figure that it is always a

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Speaker 2: good time to discuss how you can support someone through

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Speaker 2: a really good home cooked meal. But first let's get

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Speaker 2: into a few recipe ideas you could throw on your

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Speaker 2: meal plan this week. First up, a good comfort food

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Speaker 2: classic skillet chicken pot pie. This is about the easiest

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Speaker 2: usually use the frozen Grands biscuits. I think it is

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Speaker 2: a recipe for a really simple drop biscuit if you

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Speaker 2: The second recipe is my chicken faeta bowls. This we're

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Speaker 2: And so we're doing chicken fieta bowls with peppers and

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Speaker 2: third is a new recipe, this creamy roasted red pepper pasta.

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Speaker 2: It's a delicious sauce and it's got so much protein

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Speaker 2: in it, you guys, because the secret ingredient is cottage cheese.

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Speaker 2: I know, don't give up on me.

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Speaker 1: It's so good.

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Speaker 2: You blend it all together, but you first start with

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Speaker 2: going to love this all right. There are your recipes

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Speaker 2: for the week. You can find and print them all

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Speaker 2: in Recipe Club individually or in our weekly meal plan

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Speaker 2: where we have an easy to follow shopping list that

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Speaker 2: it's broken down by recipe. You guys know, Recipe Club

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Speaker 2: is a resource that allows you to access truly family tested,

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Speaker 2: internet without being bombarded with banner ads or long blog

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Speaker 2: posts or drawn out stories. I find and found for

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Speaker 2: try and make that easier. And it's not just a

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Speaker 2: recipe resource. It is a simple dinner system. So for

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Speaker 2: the month of January, for anyone who's looking to set

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Speaker 2: throughout the year, we are discounting our annual membership by

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Speaker 2: twenty five percent, which makes Recipe Club just barely more

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Speaker 1: Like I cannot. It's so that is so worth it.

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Speaker 2: It's an incredible investment to have a simple dinner system

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Speaker 2: More than a dollar if you ask me. All right,

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Speaker 2: let's jump into the hat. All right, let's jump into

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Speaker 2: the back half of the podcast and discuss how to

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Speaker 2: can't think of a more personal or heartwarming gift for

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Speaker 2: And we'll know that a homemade meal doesn't just feed someone,

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Speaker 2: It says I care about you, I spend time on you,

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Speaker 2: But it just kind of hits different when it's a

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Speaker 2: how much it would mean if someone showed up with

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Speaker 2: So these are the steps I suggest, and how you're

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Speaker 1: I think this is important because you don't. I mean,

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Speaker 2: But even if you are sending a text just to say,

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Speaker 2: no need to respond to me, I'm dropping something off,

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Speaker 2: But I do think it's nice to let them know

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Speaker 2: You could even ask if they're really good friends, anything

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Speaker 2: they are going to be navigating daily tasks for a

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Speaker 2: having a series of meals is very, very helpful, all right.

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Speaker 2: Number two in our recipe for taking someone's dinner, choose

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Speaker 1: I suggest having a go to list.

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Speaker 2: Mine is a drop off dinner's note in both my

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Speaker 2: tab for that. This is just so helpful to take

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Speaker 2: So I'll tell you what's in what's on my list.

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Speaker 1: Because I use them kind of for different scenarios. Bonus points.

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Speaker 2: If you're delivering a freezer friendly dinner, and I think

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Speaker 2: is what's on my list. Bake ZD Bake ced is

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Speaker 2: my most popular recipe and recipe club. It's probably the

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Speaker 2: I make it often. The only time I'm not taking

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Speaker 2: BAKEDZD is if there is like a gluten allergy like

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Speaker 1: But bake zd is so delicious. It's so good.

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Speaker 2: It's even better as leftovers. It feeds a ton of people.

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Speaker 2: It's just a great option. It's like lasagna.

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Speaker 1: Esque, but not lasagna. It's that's better than lasagna.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, Big cit that's my number one. Number two is

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Speaker 2: Carneada's tacos, and this is what I am taking this week.

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Speaker 2: It is not difficult to make this recipe, but there

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Speaker 2: Carnada's tacos, I usually like to do pickled onions with it.

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Speaker 2: If I've got time, we like to throw a little together,

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Speaker 2: a little guacamole. I usually do some rice and beans,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna do some quesada and used some gluten free

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Speaker 2: Carneitis tacos, man, They're good, and it's just I don't know.

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Speaker 2: You can make a burrito bowl out of it. You

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Speaker 2: can do the tacos. It's I really like taking this

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Speaker 2: That'll be going out in a link in my newsletter tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: In addition to we now have a blog on Kelsey

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Speaker 2: other fun stuff. All right, that's it for today. You guys,

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Speaker 1: For the week.

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Speaker 2: You guys all know that listening to a podcast has

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Speaker 2: I listen to Armchair Expert, so hopefully that satisfies you.

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Speaker 2: It's one of my favorites, but it's always been part

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Speaker 1: Thank you so.

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Speaker 2: Much for listening today. I'm so glad you're here. Sending

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Speaker 2: my best to everyone in Los Angeles and until next time,

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Speaker 2: happy cooking. I'm Kelsey and look forward to chatting with

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