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

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

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Speaker 1: make for dinner. Today is episode thirty six, How to

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Speaker 1: Host Thanksgiving. It's official, with us crossing the line from

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Speaker 1: October to November. The holidays are here every year. On

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Speaker 1: November first, I begin thinking about Thanksgiving. It's like this

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Speaker 1: trigger that happens, and you know, it's arguably the most

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Speaker 1: memorable meal of the year. And for as wonderful and

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Speaker 1: overwhelming and stressful, especially if you are hosting. So today

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Speaker 1: we're going to dive into the steps I always take

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving and that delicious feast that I genuinely look forward two.

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Speaker 1: But first, we're going to run through three simple recipes

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Speaker 1: that you could throw on your meal plan if you're

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Speaker 1: First recipe, I am so excited to tell you guys

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Speaker 1: about this sheet pan pizza chicken. So this came about

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Speaker 1: because we do pizza Night every Friday night, and usually

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Speaker 1: I would say eight times out of ten, we are

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Speaker 1: picking up pizza, and we usually pick it up from

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Speaker 1: whether it's like a chain place like a Little Caesar's

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Speaker 1: or a Dominoes, or we have this great pizzai in

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Speaker 1: or a town called Village Pizzeria that's awesome, or every

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Speaker 1: now and then we'll make pizza. But I was looking

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Speaker 1: for some more options with some pizza sliders that are

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Speaker 1: So enter cheet pan pizza chicken. This recipe is so

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Speaker 1: two because you take out the carb. Now I'm all

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Speaker 1: if you once you can marinate this in like a

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Speaker 1: It's so much fun because you can kind of customize

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Speaker 1: what else, sometimes fresh tomatoes, but like the peppers and

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Speaker 1: my kids love those, and it's so simple, it's so fun.

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Speaker 1: Like I'm convinced this is going to be one of

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Speaker 1: texted me, we just made your chicken and orso soup

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Speaker 1: And this chicken and rizo soup is so great. It's

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Speaker 1: like chicken noodle soup with a twist, meaning you've got

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Speaker 1: a lot of that same flavor profile. Yeah, it's just

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Speaker 1: It is simple. You can either add in some kale

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Speaker 1: beginning of a very very busy holiday season. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter who you are. The holidays are busy for everyone,

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Speaker 1: that's the gift I'm giving to myself because I know

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Speaker 1: plans and recipe Club where you'll find these three recipes

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Speaker 1: build your own weekly meal plan. And when you do that,

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Speaker 1: and you can grab those meal plans in recipe Club.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's jump into the back half of the

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Speaker 1: don't know that anyone can successfully do that. So what

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Speaker 1: the ones that I just love so much. So today

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving dinner are two very different experiences, and believe it

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Speaker 1: So I mentioned those four questions. I like to ask

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Speaker 1: successfully wings it, so you need to prioritize making a plan.

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Speaker 1: the fourth question, who will help? Especially if you are hosting,

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Speaker 1: Second question? What matters? Most, third question, what's your plan?

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Speaker 1: And fourth question, who will help you? All Right, So

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about hosting Thanksgiving dinner, whether you

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Speaker 1: we're going to commit to these principles below. And you

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