WEBVTT - Second Cup: Make a little extra on Sundays

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to make a little extra on Sundays. By

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<v Speaker 1>overcooking on Sunday, you can make the beginning of the

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<v Speaker 1>week a little easier. So longtime listeners know that I

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<v Speaker 1>am not a huge fan of elaborate meal prepping. When

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<v Speaker 1>I first started writing about women and work in life,

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<v Speaker 1>I quickly realized that some working mothers had absorbed the

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<v Speaker 1>message from somewhere that they needed to spend their entire

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<v Speaker 1>weekends preparing for the week ahead. Sunday would be devoted

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<v Speaker 1>to making meals for the upcoming week so they could

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<v Speaker 1>be pulled out of the freezer on weeknights and served.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem, of course, is that it still takes some

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<v Speaker 1>time to thaw and reheat complicated dishes. People who did

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<v Speaker 1>this often had a tendency to then decide to make

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<v Speaker 1>side dishes for those pre made meals. All of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>they are cooking all day Sunday and during the week

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<v Speaker 1>as well. That is a lot less time available for

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<v Speaker 1>relaxing or hanging out with family members. Given that I

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<v Speaker 1>have found that most men who are not, say, training

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<v Speaker 1>for a bodybuilding competition, just don't tend to do this.

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<v Speaker 1>I tend to think that maybe there is another way.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe we can just make simple meals during the week

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<v Speaker 1>that take twenty minutes or so and leave Sundays open.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you are eating Sunday dinner, meaning that someone

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<v Speaker 1>is going to have to cook something, then I think

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<v Speaker 1>there is an argument for making a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>than you would have in order to have a little

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<v Speaker 1>extra to cover at least some parts of meals during

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<v Speaker 1>the week. For instance, we sometimes like to grill on

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<v Speaker 1>the weekends. If we are grilling one steak, it is

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<v Speaker 1>just as easy to grill two or three steaks. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the second batch of protein can become fajitas on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>or be mixed with a jar of sauce from the

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<v Speaker 1>Asian isle at the supermarket and served with rice on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Those dinners wind up being quite quick and no extra

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<v Speaker 1>time was added to any one's Sunday labors. Or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you could decide to have soup for dinner on Sundays

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<v Speaker 1>since people are around and so it can simmer during

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<v Speaker 1>the afternoon. That sounds like a lovely winter tradition. If

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<v Speaker 1>you are doing that, just get a stock pot that

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<v Speaker 1>is twice as big, double what you would have made.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you have dinner on Sunday and you have something

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<v Speaker 1>you can take to work for lunch for the next

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<v Speaker 1>three days. Or perhaps you could decide that Tuesday will

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<v Speaker 1>be soup night as well. Why not? Soup is tasty.

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<v Speaker 1>I would eat the same things multiple nights per week.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people will make a big batch of grains on Sunday. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are already boiling the water for that farrow

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<v Speaker 1>for your Sunday meal, it doesn't take extra time to

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<v Speaker 1>make a bigger batch. Then you put it in the

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<v Speaker 1>fridge and can mix that with frozen veggies, heat it

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<v Speaker 1>up some other night for a very simple side. Add

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<v Speaker 1>a retisserie chicken that someone grabbed at the supermarket on

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<v Speaker 1>the way home from work, and all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 1>you have got a very easy, very tasty, and pretty

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<v Speaker 1>balanced meal. There is really no point in taking extra

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<v Speaker 1>time to cook on Sundays. For the week you will

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<v Speaker 1>probably eat one way or another. You might be better

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<v Speaker 1>off enjoying some time away from the chores. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you are already in the kitchen, making a little extra

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<v Speaker 1>tends to involve very little extra time. If that would

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<v Speaker 1>make meals easier during the week, it is probably worth

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<v Speaker 1>the bother. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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