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Speaker 1: Hi everybody. I'm Kelsey Nixon and this is Kitchen Prescription,

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

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Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today is episode ninety one, three

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Speaker 1: Recipes to Survive the rest of Summer. My jaw was

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Speaker 1: on the floor yesterday when I saw my first back

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Speaker 1: to school post from a friend on Instagram. She posted

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Speaker 1: her cute kids first day of school photos, and it's

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Speaker 1: like the July twenty somethings. Now, I know it's different

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Speaker 1: for people all over the country. I think Arizona might

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Speaker 1: lead the way in starting the earliest in mid July,

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Speaker 1: mid to late July, but I know I've got friends

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Speaker 1: in New York City and Washington State. They don't start

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Speaker 1: till after Labor Day, so we've kind of got a

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Speaker 1: big swing here. We're somewhere in the middle with mid August.

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Speaker 1: But let me tell you, it is full on summer

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Speaker 1: mode over here. So the thought of of sending my

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Speaker 1: start warming up to that. In fact, the last two nights,

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Speaker 1: we've been at our neighborhood pool until nine pm. Like,

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Speaker 1: we didn't leave the pool until nine and I'm sitting

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Speaker 1: here thinking, man, these young girls are usually headed to

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Speaker 1: bed around seven thirty. This is going to be an

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Speaker 1: adjustment in a couple of weeks. But I'm leaning in

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Speaker 1: and I'm hoping that my kids are making fun summer memories.

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Speaker 1: If you are in the crowd that is back to

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Speaker 1: school in July and looking for maybe some systems to

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Speaker 1: we have got an awesome partnership and promotion going on

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Speaker 1: right now through the end of the month with two

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Speaker 1: other really great creators that I love, Becky from Clean

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Speaker 1: Mama and Alison from Outfit Formulas. So you guys know,

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Speaker 1: I'm a systems girl. I like systems to make my

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Speaker 1: life feel more in control, and both of them are great.

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Speaker 1: Becky is like the queen of keeping your house clean

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Speaker 1: And then Allison's great for Outfit Formulas. She's big on

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Speaker 1: like shopping your own closet and getting a few staples

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Speaker 1: every season, but not constantly shopping anyways. They're both so great,

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Speaker 1: so I was thrilled when we all came together and

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Speaker 1: one month's price, you get three months access to all

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Speaker 1: of those. So it's a great way to try those

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Speaker 1: out see if those systems might make your life easier

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Speaker 1: as you head back to school. All of us have

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Speaker 1: if you are moving into back to school mode and

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Speaker 1: you're like, I need, I need some systems. Those are

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Speaker 1: great systems for cleaning your house, dressing yourself, and obviously

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Speaker 1: Recipe Club is great for feeding your family. But today

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Speaker 1: on the podcast, we're going to chat about three specific

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Speaker 1: recipes I have been relying on to survive the rest

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Speaker 1: of summer. They're the recipes I've probably made more than

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Speaker 1: to them because they are so simple and so liked

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Speaker 1: by who I'm feeding them to. So even if some

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Speaker 1: of you already have kids back in school, it's still

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Speaker 1: So we're going with it. But before we really dive

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Speaker 1: surround dinner time. I swear by it forever that mapping

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Speaker 1: out my meals in advance has single handedly been the

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Speaker 1: with the cost of groceries, especially if I'm following our

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Speaker 1: with that, let's talk about what's on my meal plan

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Speaker 1: First recipe is my smoky barbecue grilled chicken. This is

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Speaker 1: on our meal plan are my Waldorf chicken salad sandwiches.

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Speaker 1: These are so delicious, especially when you serve them on croissants,

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Speaker 1: a great take to the pool meal or a picnic meal,

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Speaker 1: you've all been there. So these are probably the three

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Speaker 1: recipes I've made most summer and will continue making. The

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Speaker 1: first is my sesme chicken subs now. This is a

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Speaker 1: recipe it utilizes a shortcut ingredient, the qpkwpie sesme dressing.

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Speaker 1: I get mine at Costco, and I know It is

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Speaker 1: in a lot of costcos, but if not, you can

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Speaker 1: know Kroger usually carries it. It's just a really flavorful It

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Speaker 1: can be used as both a salad dressing or a marinade,

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Speaker 1: for the week, and support helping you set up your

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Speaker 1: very own simple dinner system. So grateful you listen today.

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Speaker 1: I'm grateful you're here, and until next time, happy cooking.

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Speaker 1: I'm Kelsey and look forward to chatting with you next

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Speaker 1: week