1 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: Hi. I'm Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, 2 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: and speaker. 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 2: And I'm Sarah Hart Hunger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, 4 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: and course creator. We are two working parents who love 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 2: our careers and our families. 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. Here we talk about 7 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: From figuring out childcare to mapping out long term career goals. 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: We want you to get the most out of life. 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 1: Welcome to the best of both worlds. This is Laura. This 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: episode is airing in early November of twenty twenty four. 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: And while perhaps much of the news is political related, 13 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: as we all know, this is a fairly non political podcast, 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: and so for our United States listeners, you can know 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: that it continues with that we are going to be 16 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: discussing a week of meals. So we know from lots 17 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: of listener feedback over the years that anytime we talk 18 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: about meals, I don't know, people get very excited. Meal 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: planning is one of those topics where we all feel 20 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: like if we just had the perfect meal plan, life 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: would run smoothly, like there would be rainbows and butterflies. 22 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 1: It would be no problems whatsoever. It's really as simple 23 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: as a meal plan, right, Sarah. 24 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: Oh, yes, the meal plan fixes everything. No, but I 25 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 2: think it's partly just because it's a commonality. Like everybody 26 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: has various challenges, but everyone has the challenge of deciding 27 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: how they're going to feed themselves, perhaps deciding how they 28 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: are going to participate in feeding their family. And it 29 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: is one of those areas where when you hear how 30 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: somebody else does it, even if that sounds completely untenable 31 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: to you as an entire package, you might be like, ooh, 32 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: but that snack sounds delici and I think I'll copy it. 33 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: Like it's an area of ripe for getting inspiration from others. 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: Absolutely, I mean, we all eat and we all sleep, 35 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: I mean pretty much. And so these are the commonalities 36 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: of the human experience for all our differences, we do, 37 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: in fact all eat, so we can unite around that 38 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: at least. So we decided to do one hundred and 39 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: sixty eight hours of meals. Sarah. Have you you've tracked 40 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: your eating before, haven't you? 41 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 2: No? I actually do it fairly regularly. It's a habit, 42 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: like I do it on my daily planner. Just how 43 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 2: I track my media and like to some extent, how 44 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: I spend my time during the day, and I don't 45 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: track any of it perfectly, not the media, not the time, 46 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: and not the food. I certainly don't have any measurements 47 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: at all. It's qualitative descriptions only. But I find that 48 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: it just like helps me see where I'm maybe like 49 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: needing more protein, or like if I haven't eaten a 50 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: vegetable in three days, or I felt terrible on my runs, 51 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: and I can look back and figure out like I 52 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: do have a good amount of cars the day before 53 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: or something like that, And I think there is an 54 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: element of, like you manage what you measure, not that 55 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: I'm measuring, but like just the awareness helps me sometimes 56 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: make better choices. So funnily enough, Laura, like we were 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 2: choosing the days to do this, and you were like, 58 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: we're doing this day, and then all of a sudden, 59 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 2: I realized, like, I don't care what day she picks 60 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: because I already kind of like have it, so it 61 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: was very easy for me to report back. 62 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, we chose the week of September thirty through October 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: six to record, which is not right before this is airing, 64 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: and it's not even right before we recorded it. It's 65 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: that I was traveling the week that was before it, 66 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: and so I was going to be eating the vast 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: majority of my meals and restaurants, which, as you will 68 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: see from what I'm talking here, is not the norm 69 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: at all. Now, I do travel on occasions, so I 70 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: guess the idea that there is no typical week comes 71 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: up here. But I felt that that would be a 72 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: particularly non typical week and wouldn't really so much of anything. 73 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: But Sarah, you thought we should do one hundred and 74 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: sixty eight hours of all sorts of things we could 75 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: track all sorts of things. 76 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, Because as I was writing this down, this spawned 77 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 2: the idea that that would be a fun and very 78 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: on brand series for you since it was one of 79 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: your best selling books, one hundred and sixty eight hours. 80 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: So I was like, okay, one hundred and sixty eight 81 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 2: hours of our media consumption, one hundred and sixty eight 82 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: hours of sleep, habits, screen habits, movement, connection times, outfits, spending. 83 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: That would be good, that'd be juicy. I don't know, 84 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 2: Like I would listen to like one hundred and sixty 85 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: eight hour podcast where I got to snoop on what 86 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 2: others were doing in various categories. 87 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: So see the problem with outfits is that this is audio, 88 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: so we'd have to do that more on the blog 89 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: or as a video format. Perhaps there could be a 90 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: video companion, a video companion to this. Yeah, I was 91 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: thinking of that. The spending. I mean, how much of 92 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: your spending is weekly? Though, I mean, I'm feeling a lot. 93 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 2: It's a snapshot, it's a snapshot in time. I mean, yeah, 94 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 2: let me time it so that I'm not like, you know, 95 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: I'm just kidding, like buying something ridiculous. But I don't know, 96 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 2: I would totally actually, So they're Sarah, the blogger who 97 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: writes at Harry Times. So I just interviewed on Best 98 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 2: Laid Plans. She's been doing a spending series where she 99 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 2: gets pretty granular with her blog readers, and I find 100 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: it fascinating. She even had a category best purchase of 101 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 2: the day and worst purchase of the day, which I 102 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 2: thought was eye opening. And yeah, I don't know, I mean, 103 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 2: I don't know that we're necessarily the ones to do this, 104 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: but I mean I always feel like you should create 105 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 2: the podcast that you would want to listen to. 106 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: And I would. 107 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 2: Totally listen to that. 108 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: You would totally listen to that. All right, Well, well 109 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: we'll see. I gotta say, I mean, I've been tracking 110 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: my time for nine and a half years, and for 111 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: whatever reason that seems fine to me. I actually did 112 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: not particularly enjoy tracking what I eat. I feel like 113 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: I just do not want. 114 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 2: To think about it particularly. It's uh, I don't know, 115 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 2: totally fair. I think tracking different things is very individual. 116 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,679 Speaker 1: Yes, and I track workouts to a degree, well partly 117 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: just because I do it on my timelog, right, but 118 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: I've never recorded what I eat on the timelog, even 119 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: though you would see that I was eating dinner or 120 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: eating lunch or eating breakfast or whatever. But yeah, all right, 121 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: well maybe I we'll do a week of sleep that'll 122 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: come on. That'll be the other common experience. I don't 123 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: think we do a whole podcast out of it. 124 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: Maybe I was gonna say, I don't think that's a 125 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: full episode. 126 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: That would be a segment, and then that's one where 127 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: we do a longer question where I get on my 128 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: soapbox again about something. We'll see if we come up 129 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: with that. But all right, well, let's go ahead and 130 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: get started with Sarah's week of meals. So remember this 131 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: is end of September beginning of October. We'll notice some 132 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: certain themes. So Sarah wakes up right in early Monday morning, 133 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: September thirty, what does she put in her mouth? 134 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 2: Well, you're gonna be really bored by my record. It 135 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 2: gets a little a little repetitive. I've spoken about my 136 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 2: morning routine before, but I run pretty early, and I 137 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 2: learned from nutritionist extraordinaire Meghan Featherston that a very easy 138 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 2: pre run fuel is to eat some gram crackers. So 139 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: I've been doing that for like more than a year now, 140 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: and so my day on Monday started with four squares 141 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: of Trader Joe's crams and then I went on my run. Oh, 142 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: I had coffee every day, just assume there is coffee. 143 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: I drink my coffee black, and I put ten grams 144 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: of collagen in there, which also I think was a 145 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 2: Featherston hack. So I learned everything from her. Okay, So 146 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 2: that's that's the morning. Then went for my run, came back, 147 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: and my usual breakfast when I'm driving the kids to 148 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: school is to eat a perfect bar in the car 149 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: because it's pretty substantial and very easy to eat in 150 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 2: the car doesn't make a mess. So I drove the 151 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: kids ate my perfect bar and I must I wrote apple, 152 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: so I must have had an apple afterwards later I 153 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: don't know. 154 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: Let's get credit for the fruit here. 155 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: Yes, give me credit for my for lunch. This was 156 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: a work day, like a patient care day. Every day 157 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: is a workday and during the week for me, but 158 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: only Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are in office workdays. So 159 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 2: on that day, I heat it up some leftover chili 160 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: and ate some pita chips and string cheese, and then 161 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: for dinner, which I did not cook. So our nanny 162 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: generally does a lot of the prep and the cooking 163 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 2: of the prep dish meals, which is a like a 164 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 2: recipe subscription service that I've been using for a million years. 165 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 2: They do sponsor bestlaid plans, but I mean I would 166 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: one hundred per like I rely on them at this point. 167 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 2: So anyway, so we had like a beef vegetable and 168 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 2: rice stir fry, and I ate that like between dance pickups. 169 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 2: So there's a dance pick up at six and a 170 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: dance pick up at seven, and the studio is about 171 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 2: ten minutes from our house, so I have like this 172 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: awkward bit of time. So Genevieve and I ate while 173 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 2: before I went and got Annamo, and then I wrote, 174 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 2: I usually have a miscellaneous category of random things I 175 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: snack on, either after dinner or throughout the day, and 176 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 2: I wrote down apples later cookie, which actually our nanny 177 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: had purchased and left on the counter and said to 178 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 2: eat them, and it was delicious. There's going to be 179 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: a fall flavors vibe here. 180 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I have a question here? Did everyone eat since? 181 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: I mean, when we originally thought about doing this episode, 182 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: we're like, well, let's talk about what our family eats 183 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: over the course of a week. But then you know, 184 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: we realized, like, not all the meals are together. I 185 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: don't really know what my big kids are eating a 186 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: lot of the time, they're sort of in the kitchen 187 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: making their own stuff. But did your whole family eat 188 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: the beef rice and veggie stir fry or yes? 189 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: Was that? And that was actually a very popular one. 190 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 2: It was made with like ground beef, I think, and 191 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: it was like very soy sauce Asian flavors, which is 192 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 2: always a win for my kids. So Genevieve and I 193 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 2: ate it at the same time. Anna all was a dance, 194 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: so I think she ate it after and Cameron, I 195 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,599 Speaker 2: don't remember. He might have been with us, actually I 196 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 2: think he was. 197 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: And does your husband like eat it when he comes home? Oh? 198 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's never home during the week during like when 199 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: we would be eating dinner, like. 200 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: He does eat when he comes home. 201 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sure he ate the same thing, but he 202 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: probably heat it up. He probably, if I had to guess, 203 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 2: got home at like seven thirty or something like that 204 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 2: and had the same thing. 205 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: All right, Well, we're going to take a quick ad 206 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: break and then we'll be back with more of this 207 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: week of meals. So we are back talking what we 208 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: ate over the course of a week. So, Sarah, I 209 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: suspect that the second morning also involved Graham crackers. 210 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: Yes, how did you guess? It's going to get really old, 211 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 2: you guys? So pre run grams and coffee This time 212 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 2: after my run, I mixed it up with half of 213 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 2: a Dave's Killer Bread cinnamon raisin bagel, which we buy 214 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 2: in like bulk because Josh in particular absolutely loves them, 215 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 2: and I had put sun butter on top. I don't 216 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: know if we were out of peanut butter or I 217 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: just felt like it, who knows, and I had an 218 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: apple with cinnamon, and then then this was like a 219 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: great day. So this was a day, Genevie. You had 220 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 2: a kind of longer appointment that I had to drop 221 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 2: her off at so rapped her off and then I 222 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 2: went to Starbucks and I got a pumpkin spice latte. 223 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: And that's what I texted you, is this our week 224 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 2: of meals? Because I was so excited that I was 225 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 2: going to get to share my pumpkins spice latte. And 226 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 2: I don't normally order these, but it was October first, 227 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 2: like I had to. And I got it with oat 228 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 2: milk because for whatever reason, I like my coffee drinks 229 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: at Starbucks with oat milk. Unlike Laura, I don't have 230 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 2: any like specific dairy issues, but I really like oat milk. 231 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: And I did it with one pump of pumpkin spice 232 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: so that it wasn't like disgustingly sweet, and it was delicious. 233 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: I was very happy with my pumpkin spice latte. 234 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: And then you went to Panera for lunch, and then 235 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: I just continued on my chain store. 236 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: I don't know, like a pattern here, and I picked 237 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 2: Genevieve up and then I asked for she wanted to go, 238 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 2: and she wanted to go to Panera, so she got 239 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: her little kids mac and cheese and apple, and I 240 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 2: had my normal order, which is one of the chicken 241 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 2: sandwiches that are hot, like half of that, and then 242 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: weirdly enough, I get half the fuji apple salad, but 243 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: no chicken in the salad because I don't like the 244 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 2: chicken in the salad. So yeah, that's my weird Panera order. 245 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 2: Love it, I'm boring it, get it like every time. 246 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 2: And then dinner was another preptish thing, and I ate 247 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: with Cameron and Genevieve again. While Annabel was at gymnastics. 248 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 2: She probably ate a little bit before and probably a 249 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 2: little bit after. She'll often sort of split her dinner 250 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 2: into because gymnastics is five fifteen to eight forty five. 251 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: So yeah, and this was a chicken. It was like 252 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 2: a salad with like cucumber and feta and chicken in 253 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 2: a wrap. It was good, interesting, Okay, all right, Oh 254 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: my god, this is longer than I would have thought, 255 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 2: I know, and Laura and I were like, we. 256 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: Could do faster versions of it at some point, maybe 257 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: we just skipped to dinner. 258 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 2: Well I'll just summarize the rastas that. Okay, So Wednesday, 259 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 2: it was another work day. Guess what pre run Grams 260 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 2: perfect bar on the car. Lunch was a Trader Joe 261 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: salad at my work desk that had like slaw dried 262 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 2: cranberries and chicken in It's one of my favorites. And 263 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: then I ate a honey Greek yogurt at some point, 264 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: and then we had a family Russis ton of dinner 265 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 2: because this was like early October. So we drove to 266 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 2: South Miami and I had a glass of white wine 267 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 2: and a whole bunch of stuff that I didn't specifically catalog, 268 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: but just like imagine all like meat, vegetables, like salad, apple, 269 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 2: crisp of vanilla ice cream, like all the things. 270 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: So I was to say your lunch hack there though, 271 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: that you buy these TJ's salads, right, and so that 272 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: is a very quick way to pack your lunch. And 273 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: we might kind of highlight that for people. 274 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: Yes, and my kids actually like some of them as well, 275 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 2: so sometimes that is one of their lunches too. They 276 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 2: particularly like the caesar salad. Not very exciting, but I had. 277 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: A big bunch of them on the weekend, put them 278 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: in the fridge. 279 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 2: You just have to check the expiration date because sometimes 280 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 2: it's like Wednesday or Thursday in the week, and then 281 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 2: you have to make sure you have it for lunch 282 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: earlier than that because it's salad and you don't want 283 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 2: it to be all guilty and disgusting. All right, moving 284 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 2: on to Thursday, pre run grams again, and then I 285 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 2: had some honey Crisp apple granola from Trader Joe's with milk. Later, okay, 286 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 2: somehow I went to Starbucks again, not sure why, but okay, 287 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 2: Starbucks oat milk cappuccino. Then I had some leftovers from 288 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 2: Wednesday's dinner for my lunch, that Mediterranean chicken salad with 289 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: a rap and then for dinner it was another prep dish. 290 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 2: It was like a simple, simple sheet pan like chicken, 291 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 2: broccoli and potatoes, which my kids will eat as long 292 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: as there's a ton of ketchup on it. I don't 293 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 2: remember who I actually ate with that day, but probably 294 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 2: genevieven Cameron actually, because his soccer is super late. And 295 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 2: then my miscellaneous was pumpkin Trader Joe's JoJo's like their 296 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 2: Oreo version and the quantity was unspecified, but I wrote 297 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 2: at least at least too probably more more pumpkin, Yes, 298 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 2: more pumpkin. It was a very fall week. Okay. On Friday, 299 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 2: pre run Grams Perfect Bar, while driving dropping off the kids. 300 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: My lunch was social and at the work cafeteria. You 301 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 2: actually get free food at my work if you're a physician, 302 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 2: which is weird, and I don't partic of it very 303 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 2: often because I don't like going to the work cafeteria 304 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: unless I'm going with a friend, and I also don't 305 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 2: like taking the time to go unless I'm meet someone, 306 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: So usually Fridays are my work cafeteria experiences. And I 307 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 2: had salmon, some rice, and I know there's at least 308 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 2: one person who listened to this who was like, I 309 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: was there, I remember, Okay, anyway, whatever, Hi. We had 310 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: some buffalo cauliflower, which is like an excuse to fry cauliflower, 311 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: but it tasted good, and some steam vegetables and then 312 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 2: my miscellaneous with some salt and vinegar chips that I'm 313 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 2: sure I took from the cafeteria on my way out, 314 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 2: and then for dinner, I think pretty much all of us, 315 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 2: except for Annabellae together because she was a gymnastics and 316 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 2: we had a turkey burger. Well, I don't know if Josh. 317 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 2: Josh might have been there, actually turkey burger with sweet 318 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 2: potato fries. We're getting to the end. On Saturday, I 319 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: was going to go with really long run, but then 320 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 2: there was a lightning storm, so I like had a 321 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: half a bagel with maple butter. I was thinking this 322 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 2: is great fuel. And then the run ended up being 323 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 2: three miles because there was lightning and I gave up, 324 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 2: so after the run I had the other half of 325 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: the bagel with peanut butter and an apple. Lunch I 326 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 2: made for everyone at home. We all had eggs, toast 327 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: and string cheese. This is it very not the string 328 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 2: chees particularly, but making eggs for everybody for lunch on 329 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 2: Saturday is pretty common because our fridge is usually kind 330 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 2: of empty. But I know everyone will eat that, so 331 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 2: we'll do like egg sandwiches whatever. Dinner, we got pizzas 332 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 2: delivered and I got a spinach and verricata version for 333 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: myself and Josh, and then mushroom for the kids because 334 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 2: that's what they wanted, and then we had salad from 335 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 2: the pizza place. My miscellaneous was some cheddar crackers like 336 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: those kids want like I totally pilfered my kids snacks, 337 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 2: and then Jenny's lemon ice cream which was delicious. And 338 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: then Sunday we're at the end. I had a seventeen 339 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: mile long run, so I did get the run done 340 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 2: that day. I had my pre run grams, and then 341 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: during the run, I had four jewels because I'm very 342 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 2: good at ticking gels during my long runs. And then 343 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: I had oatmeal and peanut butter and dried cherries after 344 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 2: my run. I usually, even though I'm like overheated on 345 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 2: my runs, I weirdly get cold after and then I 346 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 2: want something hot, so there you go. Lunch, we went 347 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: to Trader Joe's all together this day. We picked out 348 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: everything pumpkin and then we came home and had it 349 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: for lunch. WHI it was super fun. It's like an 350 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 2: annual event. We always do it in early October because 351 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 2: that's when they had the peak of their pumpkin stuff, 352 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 2: and we had pumpkin samosas, pumpkin ravioli that had pumpkin 353 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 2: filling in it. I did have some leftover salad from 354 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 2: the pizza from the night before, and some grapes, but 355 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 2: it was very fun. And then I made a note 356 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 2: that I ate some cottage juice before heading to Trader Joe's, 357 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: which makes sense because if I'd run seventeen miles and 358 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 2: then was getting lunch, I was probably starving. I also 359 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 2: ate some mixed maple nuts from Trader Joe's that are 360 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: very addicting. And then for dinner, I made a very 361 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 2: easy like pasta with sausage and butternut squash. Although I'm 362 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 2: just going to put a side note that I made 363 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 2: this because we were supposed to have some salad with beef. 364 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 2: And then I opened the package of the beef and 365 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 2: it was the worst smell I've ever smelled in my life, 366 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 2: and I'm like, okay, wow, that happened. So theoretically I 367 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 2: was going to return it, but then I never got 368 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 2: around to actually doing that. I still could, though, and yeah, 369 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 2: so I had to make pasta. 370 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: Pivot when necessary. I guess. Yeah, so you wind up 371 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: cooking like on weekends, then I mean either you ordered 372 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: the pizza one night and then you correct. 373 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 2: I tend to cook on weekends, and then our Nannie 374 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 2: cooks during the week. This was like a less leftovers 375 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: dinners than usual usually like, well, when we do practice, 376 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 2: it's not always with leftovers, but when I don't do preptish, 377 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 2: often when making like one thing for Monday and Tuesday, 378 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: one thing for Thursday, Wednesday and Thursday, the practice dinners 379 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 2: tend to be super super simple, like like they're just 380 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 2: sort of not take terribly much time, so they work 381 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 2: to just do each night and then Actually, our Nannie's 382 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: very efficient and she will often do everything on Monday 383 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 2: and then like be done cooking for the week, which 384 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 2: is funny because I feel like I would fail to 385 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 2: do that, although she has all day and I do not. 386 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 2: So there you go. 387 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: Any and so you had a lot of fall flavors. 388 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: I noticed there were a lot of apples that was a. 389 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 2: Apple seals, pumpkin, pumpkin spice lot days, a lot of 390 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 2: fall flavors, lots of carbs. Because I run a lot 391 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 2: of miles, I think that was like a probably mid 392 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 2: fifty ish miles week. And Trader Joe's and Starbucks I 393 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 2: should buy stock, and well maybe I have stock. I 394 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 2: don't know. Are they in like the the like like. 395 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: The private, like the pretty I don't think so, Okay, 396 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: Trader Joe's I thought private, but maybe I'm wrong. I 397 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: hadn't looked it up. So Starbucks is publicly traded. 398 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 2: But yeah, that's probably in my index fund, so I'm 399 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: probably indirectly part of that. 400 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm I turn out to be supporting them a lot. 401 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 2: I'm so excited. I want to hear your week. 402 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, well it wasn't that interesting, so a few themes 403 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: for me. I guess my equivalent of your Graham crackers 404 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 1: is the pop tart, So I like the brown sugar 405 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: cinnamon pop tart. They are pretty good. So if I 406 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: need something really really quick for a breakfast type thing, 407 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: I tend to do that. Of course, I'm not always 408 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 1: running seventeen miles after eating it. But Monday I had 409 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: that pop tart with cut for lunch, leftover steak, rice 410 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: and veggies. I had cooked steak over the weekend, and 411 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: so I wound up eating that for a couple of days. Snack. 412 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: I was at Starbucks while waiting for my husband to 413 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: be done with a medical appointment, so I was having 414 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: to drive him afterwards, so I brought my own peanut 415 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: butter crackers. I eat a lot of peanut butter crackers 416 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,440 Speaker 1: and then had an oat milk latte because Sarah told 417 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: me get the oat milk, and she said cappuccino, but 418 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: I didn't hear the cappuccino part, so I got the 419 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: latte and I guess it was okay. I don't know, 420 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: it's fine, but skipping to dinners, which I guess is 421 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: the part that's maybe more interesting. Mondays are usually pasta 422 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: night for us, and I find this is a really 423 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 1: good like life hack in general, because if you are 424 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: kind of typical Monday through Friday work in school schedule, 425 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: Monday often feels like, oh, you just got into it 426 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: from the weekend. You're shifting gears like you get to 427 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: the end of the day. People are tired, like nobody 428 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: really wants to be thinking about dinner. So knowing that 429 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 1: it is pasta is helpful because most people seem to 430 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: like pasta, and so even picky eaters can do it 431 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: as they wish they could have it with parmesan and butter. 432 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 1: People who prefer more exciting things on their pasta can 433 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: have more exciting things on their pasta. I tend to 434 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: make doctor up a jar of sauce like we get 435 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: raos raos. However you say it jar of marinara sauce 436 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: and then mix it with veggies and cook Italian sausage 437 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: and put it in. And so that is Monday night 438 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: dinner basically, And we'll throw that out there as an idea. 439 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,959 Speaker 1: Tuesday was slightly more typical for breakfast. I almost always 440 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: have two fried eggs and coffee. 441 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:48,479 Speaker 2: Wait, you skipped your snack. 442 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: Oh well, there were pretzels and perhaps some gummy bears. 443 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: Beers are worth mentioning. Okay, gummy bears are also really good. 444 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: You can't leave out the gummy bears. I put them 445 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: high up on the shelf in the pantry because they 446 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: are so sposed to be mine. But of course sometimes 447 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: people are as tall as I am and can find 448 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: them now. 449 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 2: A lot taller, actually a lot taller. 450 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: As the case. Maybe I saw someone with the gummy 451 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: bears that the other day, and I'm like, excuse me, 452 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: I didn't think those were communal property. 453 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 2: That's very funny. I'm more of a sour patch kid person. 454 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they're okay. I like starbursts a lot. 455 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: I almost never buy them, but those are a fun, 456 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: fun thing. We're gonna take a one more quick ad 457 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: break and then I guess I'll be back with the 458 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: rest of my week. Well, we are back talking our 459 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: week of meals. You could just assume that I ate 460 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: eggs and or a pop tart every morning for the 461 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: rest of this this week, but you know, lunch often leftovers. 462 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: But I'll talk about the dinners. So Tuesday night, we've 463 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: been going back and forth on what we do. Like 464 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: for a while, we were doing always a chicken and 465 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: Asian sauce and rice kind of deal, and then people 466 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: started getting a little tired of that, so we've been 467 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: experimenting with different things. For Tuesday this week, we wound 468 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 1: up doing fajitas, which is another meal that most people 469 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: will eat in some fashion. We also make caesadillas for 470 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,719 Speaker 1: the children who do not wish to have meat and 471 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: veggies on a tortilla with other stuff. But you know 472 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: that you have your quesadia and you have fruit on 473 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: the side. Those of us who eat normal food will 474 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: eat the fijidas with peppers onions. We have store bought guacamole, 475 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: so that's another really easy dinner that tends to be 476 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: a crowd pleaser. So just throwing that out there as 477 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 1: another idea of how people can customize. 478 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 2: I feel like that's yeah, like that fajitas, it has 479 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 2: moremultiple things that are good, which is a you can 480 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 2: like vary it pretty easily, like just by swapping an 481 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 2: ingredient or two. B. It's so customizable and see it's quick. 482 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 2: So I actually think like as week night like standards 483 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 2: go in your rotation, like we I have not put 484 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 2: fajitas in there, and I'm I'm hearing this and I'm 485 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 2: like that makes so much sense, so good hack. 486 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: And the times I've like had to, I've been making 487 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: my own guacamole, which I haven't done in a long time, 488 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: but when I would, you know, it takes a lot 489 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: of time. But it turns out that some of the 490 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: deli prepared guacamole's from the story, if you get them fresh, 491 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: they're pretty good. They're not like feeling like it's just 492 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: a sad substitute for what homemade or restaurant guacamole would be. 493 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: There actually pretty good. So you know, I do throw 494 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: that out there as a easy dinner Wednesday. Our house 495 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: manager tends to cook for Wednesday night, but we had 496 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: asked that she do chili as a sort of fall flavors. 497 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: Welcome to October kind of thing. So there was chili 498 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: going ou the slow cooker all day. We also had 499 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: corn bread and then avocado on top of the chili. 500 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 2: I think people also want to know that you went 501 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 2: to Starbucks, and I need to know about the outlast 502 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 2: Strawberry bar, Like what is that? 503 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: Okay? So yes, I am not saying everything that I ate, 504 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: but I seem to have strawberry aside lemonade refreshers more 505 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 1: days than not from Starbucks. And partly that is my 506 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: kids really like them, so if they go, they want it, 507 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: and so then I am paying for it, so I 508 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: want it for myself to Our nanny often likes to 509 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: go as well, and you know she likes Starbucks too, 510 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: and so she'll get the kids something during the day 511 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: and then bring it home. So it's like, well, you know, 512 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: if a strawberry aside lemonade refresher is just appearing on 513 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 1: my desk at three pm, I'm gonna drink it. So 514 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: it's great. I really really have a habit of that now, 515 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: but it's okay. And then the Outlast Rowberry bars. I 516 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 1: will throw this out there as another fun little treat 517 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: for those who maybe don't wish to or can't eat 518 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 1: ice cream, but they're fruit bars. They're frozen fruit bars. Yeah, 519 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: so yeah, be cool, but reasonably good as far as 520 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: these things go. Thursday, I did a long run in 521 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: the morning, so I had the pop tart pre eggs 522 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: post no lunch because my breakfast was like at eleven AM. 523 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: But dinner was make your own pizza. This is another 524 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: frequent thing in our house, so we buy frozen dough. 525 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: Frozen pizza dough at the grocery store. A lot of 526 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: places have this in the freezer case. You can look 527 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: around for it, and then you just thought in the fridge. 528 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: Everyone rolls out their own dough and whatever shape they wish. 529 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: So if somebody's excited and wants to do a long, 530 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: thin pizza, somebody wants to do a thicker pizza, somebody 531 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: wants to do I don't know, multiple little pizzas, they 532 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: can do that. And then you put tomato sauce on 533 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: mazzarell cheese for people who like that. I don't put 534 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: the cheese on. I just put top egs on, so pepperoni, 535 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: red peppers again, a lot of red peppers consumed in 536 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: this house. Other people have apples. I believe I started, 537 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 1: but did not finish a Neshi mini creek ipa with 538 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: that pizza, So that was that was yummy. Friday, actually 539 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: I'm not sure I did. I had it afterwards because 540 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: that's the night I had choir rehearsal, so I would 541 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: have had to have had the beer after choir, not 542 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: with pizza. Okay. Friday was actually Ruth's birthday dinner, so 543 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: she had requested French toast and breakfast for dinner. However, 544 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: she wanted to make the French toast because she wanted 545 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: it done as she wished, so we bought a loaf 546 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: of chala type bread. She made French toast. I did 547 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: scrambled eggs and bacon. We had this with fruit. It 548 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 1: was good. Saturday was my only restaurant meal of the 549 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: week because I took her and her friends out to 550 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: a local place for brunch, so that was great. I 551 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: had a omelet with salmon and tomato. Oh this stuff 552 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: is great. Yeah. And then Saturday night dinner was we 553 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: still had some of the girls over, so I just 554 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: ordered pizza for them and my kids, and then my 555 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: husband and I had chicken. We're supposed to be chicken wings, 556 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: but apparently nobody has chicken wings right now, I don't know. 557 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: We can't find them in the grocery store. So we 558 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: wound up with like Buffalo chicken strips, which was not 559 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: quite as good, but you know close. Also apples, Nacho's 560 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: football food. We were trying to watch probably some game 561 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: whatever would have been on Saturday, Texas A and M. 562 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: I assume it was Texas A and M. And then 563 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: finally I'm almost at the end here on Sunday. The 564 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: only interesting thing here is that for lunch, I made 565 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: myself oatmeal with apples and peanut butter. This is another 566 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: quick meal if anyone is looking for something you can 567 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: do quick cooking oats. It literally cooks in like three minutes. 568 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: Do one part to two parts water, boil it together, 569 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: and then I put in peanut butter and apples, and. 570 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 2: Did you cut? That? 571 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: Makes it really good? 572 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 2: There? 573 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: What's that? 574 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 2: Did you cook the apples in there? 575 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: I did not actually wind up cooking the apples. I 576 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: have a little bit crunchy, you know, I want some texture. 577 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 2: I have cooked apples and oatmeal, but beware that you 578 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 2: have to use less water if you do that, or 579 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 2: it turns us all the water comes out. And then 580 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 2: I made like soup by accident, soup by accident, but 581 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 2: it does turn them into like apple pie like apples, 582 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 2: so yeah, well that's true. 583 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: Well there wasn't any sugar in the oatmeal, so I'm 584 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: doing the apples as kind of the sweetness. Yeah, and 585 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: then the peanut butter as peanut butter, because peanut butter 586 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: is good, but other people might add almonds or something 587 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: to make it crunchy. That would be good too. And 588 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: then we wound up doing fajitas again because you know, hey, 589 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: if it was good on Tuesday, why not on Sunday 590 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: as well? But we often do hamburgers and hot dogs 591 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: on Sunday and we just didn't that night. So I 592 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: don't know themes. I I'm apparently an excellent Starbucks customer. 593 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: I like repeated meals, like probably every week. There'll be 594 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: pasta on Monday. A lot of weeks, there's a make 595 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: your own pizza night. A lot of weeks. There is 596 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: something feita related. A lot of weeks, there is breakfast 597 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: for dinner, but you know it's good, and I do 598 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: wind up starting and not finishing necessarily craft beer a 599 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: number of nights. So if anyone has recommendations for a 600 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: favorite craft beer. I would be open to suggestions. 601 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 2: I think we all eat the same things all the time. 602 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: I've learned that from my job because like we have 603 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 2: to look at like logs from like our patients sometimes, 604 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 2: especially when they're just they're just diagnosed with diabetes and 605 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 2: they're just doning an insulin. You actually see they'll write 606 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 2: down what they eat and how much insulnce you can 607 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 2: help them, and like troubleshoot, like hey, you gave way 608 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 2: too much and that's for that meal, and you just 609 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 2: quickly notice and it's actually a relief to the families 610 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 2: because like you have to learn how to count all 611 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 2: this stuff. But like maybe kids especially, but I think 612 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 2: everyone just has their standards. And as I wrote this out, 613 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 2: I'm like, yep, especially breakfast and lunch. I mean, it's 614 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 2: just like history repeating itself. But that's okay as long 615 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 2: as you like it. And then what Laura pointed out 616 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 2: about how like they had gotten sick of the Asian 617 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,479 Speaker 2: like rice dish. I like the idea of like you know, 618 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 2: like every few months or every season or when something 619 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 2: it's old, you can then start to like swap things out. 620 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 2: But who cares if it's otherwise repetitive, as long as 621 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 2: it's enough variety that you're getting your nutrients that you need. 622 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and well sometimes people are like, well I like 623 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: to have different things. Well so do I. But that's 624 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: how Wednesday night, if you're outsourcing dinner, that's gonna be 625 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: a different thing every time. If somebody like has a 626 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: takeout night once a week, that could be different every week. 627 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: And that's how you could get variety. And then you know, 628 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: you can cook something new or different or exciting on 629 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: the weekends if you wanted, and that would still be 630 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: like three nights a week of variety and then the 631 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: other four. Don't think about it. I mean, I feel 632 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: like people can talk themselves into these either or things 633 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: that are just not that helpful. I don't know. I 634 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: also find that people are really just judgmental about what 635 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: other people eat. I guess because it is such a 636 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: universal human experience. I was, you know, I'm back online, 637 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: I'm back on social media, and I was on Instagram 638 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: and some woman was talking about her mac and cheese 639 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: night with her family, and you know, I think she 640 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: thought it sounded like a fun thing, like people have 641 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: mac and cheese and some people put other things in it. 642 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: And some don't and whatever, you have mac and cheese 643 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: with fruit. We have mac and cheese like for the 644 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: kids a lot. But people were just like, you're feeding 645 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: your children poison. It's just like why, like why do 646 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: people spend their precious time on this planet worried that 647 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: some other family is eating mac and cheese Like I 648 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: don't know. It strikes me as a waste of effort. Yeah, 649 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: definitely a waste of effort. 650 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 2: I mean, I it is true like food invites judgment, 651 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 2: like if you if you see I'm sure someone listened 652 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 2: to us right now. I was like ew or like, 653 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 2: oh my god, they go to chain stores and they're 654 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 2: not like you know, charts. Yeah, we didn't go to 655 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: the farmer's market every day. But at the same time, 656 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 2: it's just so individual and maybe I should check myself 657 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 2: if I saw somebody's food and thought something negative about it, 658 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 2: to make sure it's like, you know what, this is 659 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 2: one area where like we can do us. I mean, 660 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 2: I guess there are sustainability arguments too to be made. 661 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: Well, you know, and maybe you feel better if you 662 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: eat more fruits than veggies, but you know, tend to 663 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: throw them in with most of the stuff. I probably 664 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: could be better about eating fruit earlier in the day, 665 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: but I do generally eat it at dinner veggies with dinners. 666 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 2: So yeah, Plus we're staying a political on this episode. 667 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,239 Speaker 1: And maybe there's strawberries and the strawberry si ha ha, 668 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: I don't think so. All right, So on to the 669 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 1: Q and A. We're going food themed here. This listener 670 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: writes what are your favorite go to recipes sources? 671 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 2: So I mentioned Preptish, but cookbook wise, we have one 672 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 2: called Dinner Illustrated that I think was from America's Test 673 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 2: Kitchen and came out maybe a decade ago, and it 674 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 2: is like my Rider di Ie cookbook, like it just 675 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 2: it has everything. I could be fine actually if it 676 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 2: was my only cookbook. There are so many things we 677 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 2: make in there over and over again. So that's probably 678 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 2: my favorite. And then I usually have like a few 679 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 2: others that are out by I have a stack of 680 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 2: cookbooks by the toaster oven that I can just like 681 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 2: look at if I'm in the middle in the mood 682 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 2: to just like figure out dinner for the week from 683 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,800 Speaker 2: a cookbook or something. And so I really like Dinner 684 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 2: in One by Melissa Clark because everything has one dish, 685 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 2: so it's like easy and doesn't take up a lot 686 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 2: of dishwashing efforts. We had a guest named Claire Tansey 687 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 2: who has a book called Dinner Uncomplicated. I still use 688 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 2: that book quite a bit. Actually, there's some recipes in 689 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 2: there the kids really like. And then online I just 690 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 2: randomly google stuff all the time, just like search for 691 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 2: whatever the thing is and then see what looks good. 692 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 2: But the sources that seem to come up a lot 693 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,240 Speaker 2: are simply recipes, often has winners, and then how sweet 694 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 2: eats is another We have a lot of salads and 695 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 2: dinner recipes because I think she started as like a 696 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 2: dessert person, but I never use those recipes, but I 697 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 2: use her like staple type food. 698 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was just gonna quick mention. I mean with obviously, 699 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: dinner creates dishes. Eating creates dishes. We have a new 700 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,280 Speaker 1: routine in our house that we were trying out where 701 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: each child has a night where they do dishes and 702 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:25,280 Speaker 1: it goes in age order. So Monday Jasper, Tuesday, Sam 703 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: so forth. So theoretically Friday is Henry. I'm not sure 704 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: that's really ever gonna happen, but he can help load 705 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: the dishwasher but you know, the idea is that if 706 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 1: it was rotating, if it was like shifting week to week, 707 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: we'd never remember it. So we're just gonna say it's 708 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: this night. And so far, you know, it's been okay. 709 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: The older children at least are doing it. And then 710 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: I think Alex does it with help and reminders. 711 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 2: And no one's arguing that they have a sports practice 712 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,440 Speaker 2: during that time, so they like, can't do it? Are you? 713 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: So far that hasn't really come up. 714 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 2: Great. 715 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: It may, but then I guess we could swap, but 716 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: it hasn't really happened yet. So we don't actually really 717 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,960 Speaker 1: use cookbooks in our family that much. I mean, we 718 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 1: have some so many recipes are online these days. We 719 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: have a few old recipes from family things and such 720 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: that are printed up or handcopied and all that. But 721 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,760 Speaker 1: because we were eating relatively similar things on the nights 722 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: that I am cooking, it's not going to be something 723 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 1: I'd be looking at a recipe for. And even when 724 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: I do something different, so I you know, I like, 725 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,840 Speaker 1: can I get credit for I did salmon over this 726 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,279 Speaker 1: past weekend? Like I cooked salmon and green beans, and 727 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,880 Speaker 1: but all I'm doing is like putting a piece of 728 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,879 Speaker 1: salmon in the oven, like I just put olive oil 729 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: and lemon and salt on it. And you know, green 730 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,839 Speaker 1: beans you just cook with oil and salt. And I 731 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: did a side dish of this doll from like it's 732 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: a lintil dish from the supermarket that you just heat 733 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: it up. So that was the side. Like you don't 734 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,319 Speaker 1: need a cookbook for that. It's all very simple, like 735 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: for a lot of stuff, there's no reason to make 736 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 1: it more complicated than it is. I don't know. I 737 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: guess that's my takeaway on eating in general. So I 738 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: don't have a rider Die cookbook. Just not my thing 739 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:16,040 Speaker 1: at the moment. 740 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 2: I think sometimes the complicated part can actually really backfire 741 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,680 Speaker 2: with kids, Like, yeah, you're like, I wish I had 742 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 2: just made this really simple. That's actually probably what I 743 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 2: like about my rider Die cokebook, because it's like everything's 744 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,400 Speaker 2: very basic in it. But I know what you're saying, 745 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 2: Like sometimes. 746 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: And I mean I kind of feel like this too. 747 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,799 Speaker 1: Sometimes people unnecessarily complicate things with you know. It's like, 748 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: if you have your crowd pleasing meals and they are 749 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 1: reasonably balanced, you may as well do that. Like people 750 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 1: are know that's taking the easy way out. So what like, 751 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: the easy way is probably the better way in this 752 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 1: case versus the kids not eating it and you're creating 753 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: food waste and all that. So anyway, just I'll get 754 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,960 Speaker 1: off my soup box again. All right, Sarah, what is 755 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: your love of the week. 756 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to go with these maple weave sandwich cookies 757 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 2: that I have a funny story about, which is that 758 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 2: we bought the Trader Joe's and we love them, and 759 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 2: then my husband came home with a box of similar 760 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 2: looking cookies from fresh Market that I think really twice 761 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 2: the price with a fancier box, and we open it up. 762 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 2: They are clearly clearly the same cookies, Like there's some 763 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,439 Speaker 2: factory churning it out, and then they're putting the Trader 764 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 2: Joe's box on it and selling it for like three 765 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,919 Speaker 2: forty nine and then the fresh Market box and selling 766 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,799 Speaker 2: it for seven dollars. They're delicious either way, but I 767 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 2: suggest checking out your local tjs for that option. 768 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, No. Trader Joys is good that way and Costco. 769 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: We do some shopping there. Their Kirkland brand is a 770 00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,240 Speaker 1: cheap and often very good. I bet they have them too. Yeah, probably, 771 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: I'll say maybe pop tarts. Pop tarts could be my 772 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: love of the week. They're good. What can I say, 773 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,040 Speaker 1: go well with coffee If he needs quick sugar before 774 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 1: getting out and running, I can throw that out there 775 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: as an idea. So anyway, well, we've been talking a 776 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 1: week of meals. We'd love to hear what you are 777 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: eating these days, your staple meals, what your crowd will consume. Happily, 778 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: that doesn't take too much work from you or anyone else. 779 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,080 Speaker 1: Feel free to let us know about that and we'll 780 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: be back next week with more on making work and 781 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: life fit together. 782 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 783 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:22,360 Speaker 2: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, 784 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 2: and you can. 785 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: Find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This has 786 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: been the best of both worlds podcasts. Please join us 787 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,320 Speaker 1: next time for more on making work and life work together.