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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 when you don't know what

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Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today is episode fifty three, what

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Speaker 1: to Do when you really don't want to cook. Look,

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Speaker 1: as we transition from Lucy Goosey summer schedules to far

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Speaker 1: more regimented schedules in the fall, I find that that

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Speaker 1: transition can be where cooking feels a little extra hard.

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Speaker 1: There's so many new routines all at the same time.

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Speaker 1: And honestly, this episode topic was totally inspired by an

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Speaker 1: instagram DM I received that simply read what do I

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Speaker 1: do when I just don't want to cook? And as

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Speaker 1: I read this comment, I felt like I immediately knew

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Speaker 1: this person and sympathize with her and the daily dinner grind.

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Speaker 1: So that's what we're going to talk about today, how

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Speaker 1: the feelings of dinner dread. If you feel this, this

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Speaker 1: episode is for you. I feel this every so often

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Speaker 1: because I am a normal person. But you shouldn't have

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Speaker 1: to feel this way all the time. So we're gonna

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Speaker 1: run through a couple of really simple tips where you

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Speaker 1: can start small and hopefully notice some big shifts in

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Speaker 1: the way you think about and approach cooking regular dinners.

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Speaker 1: But first, let's tackle a few ideas you could throw

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Speaker 1: on your meal plan this week. And before we do this,

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Speaker 1: I just want to remind you that mapping out your

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Speaker 1: meals or making a meal plan is so worth it,

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Speaker 1: and if you are stuck in this place of dinner dread,

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Speaker 1: it might be worth starting with a plan. Now. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't have to be fancy, and that doesn't mean you're

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Speaker 1: gonna cook seven nights a week. That might mean you

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Speaker 1: only cook once a week. Start small, but if you

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Speaker 1: dread it, attach it to something you enjoy, like listening

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Speaker 1: to a favorite podcast, watching a favorite show. Try and

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Speaker 1: force yourself to map out those meals. It really does help.

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Speaker 1: One way I'm gonna help you is by giving you

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Speaker 1: some ideas for this week. All right, you guys, October

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Speaker 1: it's here? How did that happen? Here? Which means we're

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Speaker 1: than that, we are kicking off comfort food season. So

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Speaker 1: something I call cookoff chili. And the reason I'm so

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Speaker 1: the better part of six weeks. My family is so

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Speaker 1: sick of chili. We have had so much chili. But honestly,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to come up with a classic chili that

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Speaker 1: if you were attending a chili cookoff at your church,

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Speaker 1: at your community, at your elementary school, this is the

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Speaker 1: recipe you make. This is the one. This is the winner.

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Speaker 1: So it's got a couple of secret ingredients in it,

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Speaker 1: but nothing too crazy, nothing too crazy at all. But man,

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Speaker 1: do cookoff chili and cornbread because that's the way we

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Speaker 1: really fun. Second recipe salsa chicken skillet. This one is awesome,

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Speaker 1: and this is basically a pantry meal for me, because

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Speaker 1: the third recipe I'm making this week is a sheet

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Speaker 1: This is a five ingredient recipe, even though we're out

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Speaker 1: uses my favorite taraiyaki sauce that I keep in my

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Speaker 1: so simple. You can find them all in Recipe Club

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Speaker 1: individually or our weekly meal planning guide with easily printable

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Speaker 1: shopping lists. And just a quick update for my Recipe

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be awesome and it great help

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Speaker 1: to you guys as you utilize recipe Club not only

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Speaker 1: as a recipe library, but as a system for getting

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Speaker 1: dinner on the table. All right, let's jump to the

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Speaker 1: do when you simply don't want to cook. We've all

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Speaker 1: been there, feeling like you just can't when it comes

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Speaker 1: one that almost everyone can relate to, and if you can't,

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Speaker 1: you are a cooking unicorn. Because even as someone who

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Speaker 1: first and foremost, don't feel bad for feeling this way.

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Speaker 1: It's completely normal to feel this way. I don't care

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Speaker 1: how much you love to cook. So what I want

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Speaker 1: of it. All. Right, here we go, First, don't do

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Speaker 1: it all? What do I mean by this? When you

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Speaker 1: don't want to cook? Think about how you can rely

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Speaker 1: We will call these restaurant rescue dinners because I like

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Speaker 1: alliteration and I can't help myself. For example, order a

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Speaker 1: think you're gonna have an amazing restaurant meal connecting with people.

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Speaker 1: The problem is I have a three year old, so

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Speaker 1: feel a little bit better about it. Another example is

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Speaker 1: just makes it feel a bit heartier. Chipotle burritos, homemade guac,

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Speaker 1: a little salt, pepper, done, and you have a nice

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Speaker 1: need a greatest hits list, which is a list of

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Speaker 1: what you can in your pantry to make these recipes happen.

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Speaker 1: If you've never made a list like this before, propose

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Speaker 1: looking at my greatest hits list right now. Baked zd

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