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Speaker 1: Hi.

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Speaker 2: This is Laura Vandercamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist,

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Speaker 2: and speaker.

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Speaker 3: And this is Sarah hart Hunger. I'm a mother of three,

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Speaker 3: a practicing physician and blogger. On the side, we are

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Speaker 3: two working parents who love our careers and our families.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to best of both worlds. Here we talk about

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Speaker 2: how real women manage work, family, and time for fun.

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Speaker 2: From figuring out childcare to mapping out long term career goals.

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Speaker 2: We want you to get the most out of life.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to best of both worlds. This is Laura. This

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Speaker 2: episode is airing in most likely mid to late September.

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Speaker 2: Sarah is going to be interviewing Allison from Preptish. Allison

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Speaker 2: is a longtime friend of our podcasts, and Sarah has

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Speaker 2: been following Preptish for quite a while. Now it's the

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Speaker 2: service that will you tell us, Sarah, what does it

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Speaker 2: do for you?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? So, I was interested in Preptish for many years.

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Speaker 3: I heard about it on other podcasts, but I admittedly

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Speaker 3: didn't start using it until Alice had reached out to

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Speaker 3: me to sponsor Best Laid Plans.

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Speaker 4: So she does. They are a Best Laid Plan sponsor.

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Speaker 4: But now I am.

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Speaker 3: I think in my third year of using Preptish, and

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Speaker 3: I use it like I wou'd say seventy percent of

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Speaker 3: the time for our weekly meal planning because it is

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Speaker 3: weekly meal planning that I do not have to do.

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Speaker 3: So like they send you in your email a whole

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Speaker 3: shopping list and like this is what's for dinner, and

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Speaker 3: they tend to be like I don't want to say,

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Speaker 3: like health conscious, but like thet more whole foods based,

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Speaker 3: like not a lot of processed ingredients, simple recipes, and

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Speaker 3: very strategic, like you'll make a sauce that is used

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Speaker 3: in two fairly different dishes two days apart, so that

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Speaker 3: it like saves time.

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Speaker 4: Our nanny does.

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Speaker 3: A lot of the prepping of our preptice, so she's

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Speaker 3: used to how the system works. But if she's away

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Speaker 3: And I'm like, this is it's like actually making life

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Speaker 3: I love Preptish. I love working with Allison. She started

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Speaker 3: this thriving small business. So when she reached out to me,

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Speaker 3: I thought it would be really fun to have her

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Speaker 3: about the concept of preptish and meal planning in general.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because this is I mean, of all the questions

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Speaker 2: often is like, should I have a third kid? And

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Speaker 2: then I need to plan my meals for the week.

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Speaker 2: Like these are like the two pain points that people

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Speaker 2: whole lot of interest in meal planning, especially in September

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Speaker 2: with new routines things like that people trying to think

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Speaker 2: time of year, you particularly, I mean, so preptish is

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Speaker 2: mostly for dinner, but you're thinking about your lunches more

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Speaker 2: these days too, right, Sarah.

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Speaker 1: Yes.

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Speaker 3: My like prompt was like, is there anything you want

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Speaker 3: I used to take for lunch. I'm not going to

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Speaker 3: So I just I feel like I need to do

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Speaker 2: When I go out, I had to do lunch before

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Speaker 4: It easier to think it through and go with a list.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, then you don't have to go to this,

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Speaker 3: In my fantasy world, I make some big good on

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Speaker 3: I just buy a Trader Joe's banana bread and a day.

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Speaker 2: So Ruth has actually started doing a lot of baking,

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Speaker 3: All right, when it disclosed before we start the episode,

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Speaker 3: just in case anyone's like, is this a sponsored episode?

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Speaker 1: It is not.

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Speaker 3: So this was just we thought it would be great.

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Speaker 3: I like Allison, she does sponsor ads on Best Laid Plans,

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Speaker 3: But this is just us thinking she would be fun

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sounds good. All right, here's Sarah with Allison.

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Speaker 3: Well, I am here with Alison Shaw, who I have

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. So my name is Alison Schoff. I'm

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Speaker 1: the founder of Preptish. I founded that company over ten

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Speaker 3: That can be saying a lot in a very few words,

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Speaker 1: We're actually at a good stage. It's kind of yay.

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Speaker 3: So first I want to start a little bit about

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Speaker 3: This was a while ago and I almost feel like

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Speaker 3: the idea of like women starting an online business is

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Speaker 3: more common now, but you were kind of a trailblazer.

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Speaker 4: So tell us a little bit about kind of the backstory.

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Speaker 1: Well, I went to culinary school and I'm also a dietitian,

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Speaker 1: But when I looked into the future, I knew I

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Speaker 1: And also in working with the clients. You know, I

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Speaker 3: Allison shop is a business owner, a mother. Sounds like

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Speaker 1: Well, I always say, again, like having that background of

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Speaker 3: for me, that's been very, very helpful and probably one of.

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Speaker 1: My life Like another way of doing that is just

441
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Speaker 1: like doubling. So say you're making a soup or a lasagna,

442
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Speaker 1: making double of that and sticking half in the freezer,

443
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Speaker 1: so then that way you know you're having it this

444
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Speaker 1: week and then maybe in a month, you pull it

445
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Speaker 1: out on a night where you know, pull it out

446
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Speaker 1: a morning when you've got a busy night and it

447
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Speaker 1: feels like a fresh new dish because you only you

448
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Speaker 1: had it a month ago. And same thing when you're

449
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Speaker 1: making double the amount of soup, it doesn't take double

450
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Speaker 1: the amount of time.

451
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Speaker 3: I saw a recent hack regarding this then I don't

452
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Speaker 3: remember where it may have been the Lazy Genius podcast,

453
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Speaker 3: but I have to share it, which is that if

454
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Speaker 3: you do a double batch, go to your planner or

455
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Speaker 3: whatever digital calendar you use, and actually write on a

456
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Speaker 3: future date when you're going to use that other half,

457
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Speaker 3: like maybe it's in a month. Because I tend to

458
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Speaker 3: be somebody who makes stuff, puts it in the freezer,

459
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Speaker 3: and then forgets about it forever. But if it's like

460
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Speaker 3: on your planner that like, oh, I've already meal planned

461
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Speaker 3: Wednesday and it's already there, I mean, like it's so obvious,

462
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Speaker 3: but I never thought to do that, and I'm totally

463
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Speaker 3: going to do that.

464
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Speaker 4: So for anyone, I.

465
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Speaker 1: Love that idea. Yeah, we do freezer challenges and I

466
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Speaker 1: don't even know that we have that in there, So

467
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Speaker 1: I'm totally taking that back and going to use that

468
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Speaker 1: tip of like put it on the calendar. I just

469
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Speaker 1: always know that I have something in my freezer because

470
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Speaker 1: I just make sure there's always something in there. But

471
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Speaker 1: putting it on the calendar would be really smart, and

472
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Speaker 1: then it would be really exciting to look at your

473
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Speaker 1: calendar and be like, oh my goodness, I already have

474
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Speaker 1: my meal already for this day.

475
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Speaker 2: Yes.

476
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Speaker 4: How about kitchen tools?

477
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Speaker 3: Do you have any like absolute favorite gadgets or tools

478
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Speaker 3: or on the flip side, well, I don't want to

479
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Speaker 3: like bash anything, but anything you feel like people talk

480
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Speaker 3: about a lot but might be a little overrated.

481
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Speaker 1: Yeah, both, So I am a fan of not overdoing

482
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Speaker 1: it on the kitchen gadgets, I don't like a lot

483
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Speaker 1: of clutter. I don't like a lot of things on

484
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Speaker 1: my countertop. So I always try and especially you know,

485
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Speaker 1: just with preptish. I always like, yes, there's people that

486
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Speaker 1: have been with us for years, but we always have

487
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Speaker 1: new people coming on and I don't want to overwhelm

488
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Speaker 1: them with like, oh, you need this fancy tool or equipment.

489
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Speaker 1: The number one thing that I always say is just

490
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Speaker 1: a really good chef's knife and a really like a

491
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Speaker 1: nice cutting board for doing some chopping. If you want

492
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Speaker 1: to eat healthy, that's going to include some vegetables, it's

493
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Speaker 1: at some point going to include some chopping. I mean

494
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Speaker 1: it is good nowadays you can get a lot more

495
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Speaker 1: pre chopped veggies, but I you know, there is going

496
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Speaker 1: to be some chopping involved. So I think a really

497
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Speaker 1: good chef's knife too often. So I also used to

498
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Speaker 1: do cooking lessons in home for people back when I

499
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Speaker 1: was doing more of the chef work, and I would

500
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Speaker 1: find that people would be using like a little pary

501
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Speaker 1: knife or maybe like one of those little glass decorative

502
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Speaker 1: cutting boards, and it's really hard to be quick and

503
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Speaker 1: efficient if you don't have like a really good knife.

504
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Speaker 1: So that's always my top one and then from there,

505
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Speaker 1: you know. And so one that I don't use but

506
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Speaker 1: I know everyone else in my team does is the

507
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Speaker 1: air fryer. I know people are a huge fan of it,

508
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Speaker 1: and I did, gosh, this is like a big rabbit hole.

509
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Speaker 1: I got one at one point. One of my issues

510
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Speaker 1: too with the air fryers is it's really hard to

511
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Speaker 1: find ones that don't have the nonstick coating, which I

512
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Speaker 1: try and avoid. And I have a really good oven

513
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Speaker 1: with a really good broil feature, so I don't know.

514
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Speaker 1: For me, I don't need it a lot. I think

515
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Speaker 1: people definitely use preptish and still use their air fryer.

516
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Speaker 1: Same thing with the instant I actually do use the

517
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Speaker 1: instant pop more, but none of our recipes are specific

518
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Speaker 1: where you have to have it. But for me, it's

519
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Speaker 1: like sometimes I can sneak away in the afternoon stick

520
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Speaker 1: something in the instant pot and have it be ready

521
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Speaker 1: for dinner. So and I like it better than the

522
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Speaker 1: crop pot because I feel like I'm not always as

523
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Speaker 1: good at like doing the meal like first thing in

524
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Speaker 1: the morning, but in the afternoon I am, So the

525
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Speaker 1: instant Pot's kind of good for my timing, I guess,

526
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Speaker 1: But yeah, and then I mean from there, oh, for

527
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Speaker 1: meal prep. The other really big one is just really

528
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Speaker 1: good containers. So having some nice like storage containers, I

529
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Speaker 1: prefer glass for multiple reasons. I also think it helps

530
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Speaker 1: keep the food fresher longer, but you know, investing in

531
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Speaker 1: some of those upfront can help as well. Yeah, overall,

532
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Speaker 1: I don't think there's like a lot of really fancy

533
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Speaker 1: equipment that's needed.

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Speaker 3: That's probably one of the things I like about your

535
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Speaker 3: system because we do use it and I don't have anything.

536
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Speaker 4: I don't have an air fight. I don't. I also don't.

537
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Speaker 4: I mean, I have a food processor.

538
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Speaker 3: We do have a blender, but that's like it's kind

539
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Speaker 3: of the stent and I kind of like not having

540
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Speaker 3: to worry about like fancy stuff on the countertop, like

541
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Speaker 3: an air fryer or.

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Speaker 4: Even an instant pot. Don't hate me, I don't have

543
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Speaker 4: no I agree.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm glad to hear that you've gotten by

545
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Speaker 1: just fine. Like that's our goal. We don't want people

546
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Speaker 1: to feel like they have to rush out and buy

547
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Speaker 1: all this stuff that then they're not going to use,

548
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Speaker 1: you know. I think again, cooking's it's really the basics.

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Speaker 4: I will say, good Dutch Oven very helpful. Love that anyway.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so kids, let's get to this, because a lot

551
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Speaker 3: of people are like, that sounds wonderful. I would love

552
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Speaker 3: chef inspired meals, and my kids are going to be

553
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Speaker 3: very hesitant. That's not necessarily as much been my experience,

554
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Speaker 3: because I do have kids that tend to be fairly

555
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Speaker 3: adventurous eaters, at least two out of the three of them.

556
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Speaker 3: And then I know my hack is usually to just

557
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Speaker 3: sort of leave certain little components plane and also have

558
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Speaker 3: a very boring, easy alternative, which is usually carrots and hummus.

559
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Speaker 3: If someone is like outright rejecting an but you tell

560
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Speaker 3: listeners like, what would you advise people who really want

561
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Speaker 3: to get their prep system going, either yours or another

562
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Speaker 3: type of thing, but struggle with kids who have limited

563
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Speaker 3: interest in trying new things.

564
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, of course we hear this a lot,

565
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Speaker 1: and we're actually in the process of putting together we

566
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Speaker 1: did a Picky Eater challenge and now we're going to

567
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Speaker 1: have an ongoing product that people can buy to help

568
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Speaker 1: with this. But we are always looking for ways to

569
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Speaker 1: help and a lot of different kind of tools and

570
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Speaker 1: tricks that you can use. One is I think it's

571
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Speaker 1: important to each kid. First of all, there's no like

572
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Speaker 1: quote unquote kid food right, Like one kid's going to

573
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Speaker 1: really love broccoli and the other kid might really love asparagus,

574
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Speaker 1: So it's really hard to put together like, oh, here's

575
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Speaker 1: the kid friendly vegetables, you know. I think part of

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Speaker 1: it's knowing your kid. And one thing I do suggest

577
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Speaker 1: is if there is a meal that you're looking at

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Speaker 1: and you're like, there's nothing on here that is like

579
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Speaker 1: familiar for my child, then maybe add something that you

580
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Speaker 1: know that they like, for example, like some rice, like

581
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Speaker 1: having that as a side dish, so that way it's

582
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Speaker 1: not all new. You don't want to overwhelm them with

583
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Speaker 1: too much new stuff. And I also even my kids

584
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Speaker 1: are great eaters, but I often do what you said is,

585
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Speaker 1: which is like, you know, not compiling it all right,

586
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Speaker 1: like not mixing it all together so they can kind

587
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Speaker 1: of pick and choose what they want. And then also

588
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Speaker 1: just looking at it is like, hey, here's this opportunity

589
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Speaker 1: to introduce our family to a lot of different foods.

590
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Speaker 1: I like to remind people that often takes several introductions.

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Speaker 1: So I always say like, oh, my kids are great eaters,

592
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Speaker 1: but like that doesn't mean we don't have a meal

593
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Speaker 1: where one kid will refuse to eat anything, right, And

594
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Speaker 1: that's okay. And I always look at kids, especially like

595
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Speaker 1: the younger ones, it's not like we tend to regulate

596
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Speaker 1: our food over a twenty four hour period. Kids regulate

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Speaker 1: their food intake and their calories really over like a

598
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Speaker 1: week long period. So just because they have a whole

599
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Speaker 1: entire day where they don't eat a lot, they're not

600
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Speaker 1: going to starve like they're really good. They regulate their calories,

601
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Speaker 1: but it's not that twenty four hour period. It's usually

602
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Speaker 1: like a week long period. So I even have to

603
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Speaker 1: find myself reminding myself of that because I will have

604
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Speaker 1: days where I can't keep up with my kids, like

605
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Speaker 1: they're eating so much food, and then a few days

606
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Speaker 1: later they won't touch something that I know they love.

607
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Speaker 1: And I also think it's just really important too to

608
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Speaker 1: not have a lot of comments on that and just

609
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Speaker 1: leave it to them, because again, they are very good

610
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Speaker 1: at regulating and letting them just kind of explore and

611
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Speaker 1: consume in their own time. And I found that actually

612
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Speaker 1: probably the number one tip and dealing with kids is

613
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Speaker 1: just letting them stay in their lane and I stay

614
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Speaker 1: in mind and don't even pay attention to it. I mean,

615
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Speaker 1: you might be surprised how much they try when you

616
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Speaker 1: kind of remove yourself from the situation.

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Speaker 4: That is awesome.

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Speaker 3: How about meal planning for non dinner meals, Like, what

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Speaker 3: if someone has their dinner game really locked down, but

620
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Speaker 3: breakfast is like a new challenge every day, or they're

621
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Speaker 3: tired of eating the same things for lunch. Our resources

622
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Speaker 3: are mostly dinner focused, at least, I have to admit

623
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Speaker 3: I have not delved into anything beyond dinner in the

624
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Speaker 3: Preptish realm. But I don't know what would you say

625
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Speaker 3: for people struggling more with those other meal times.

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Speaker 1: Well, I can tackle them kind of one by one.

627
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Speaker 1: So for lunch, one thing I suggest is if people

628
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Speaker 1: are using Preptish for their dinners, just doubling up their

629
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Speaker 1: dinner and then using those leftovers for lunch. That's what

630
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Speaker 1: we do usually at our house is I'm just like

631
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Speaker 1: making double for dinner and then whatever is leftover using

632
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Speaker 1: that for lunch. Or sometimes instead of having it exactly

633
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 1: the same way, I'll make it into a salad. So

634
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Speaker 1: if I've had like chicken and asparagus and rice, and

635
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,719
Speaker 1: I'll chop up the chicken and asparagus and put it

636
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Speaker 1: on a salad. So just kind of like reusing those

637
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Speaker 1: dinner items for lunch, or you know, finding something again

638
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: that you could batch, like maybe doing some sort of

639
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: roast and then you know, having tacos or you could

640
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 1: even do like you know, tacos one day and like

641
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: a Mexican bowl the next day and a salad the

642
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Speaker 1: next So kind of like get that concept of making

643
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Speaker 1: one item and reusing it in multiple ways. And then

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Speaker 1: for breakfast. Breakfast is one that I tend to repeat.

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Speaker 1: You know, it depends on how much you know variety

646
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Speaker 1: you want, but I do think it's okay to repeat

647
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Speaker 1: dishes and so figuring out. But for me, it's more

648
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: like I have my go tos that I repeat over

649
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: the course of a month. But like day to day,

650
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Speaker 1: I'm not doing the same thing every day, and I

651
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Speaker 1: do try and plan out, like if we're doing oatmeal,

652
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Speaker 1: like I'll soak it overnight, and I find that if

653
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Speaker 1: I start things the night before that helps so I'm

654
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Speaker 1: not scrambling that morning. So I do try and plant

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Speaker 1: out the breakfast. I think that's really helpful to just

656
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Speaker 1: not wake up and be like, oh my gosh, when

657
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Speaker 1: am I going to feed these kids when they're asking

658
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: that they're hungry, Like, I already know what I'm feeding

659
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: them when I wake up, So I find that really

660
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: helpful as well. And then on our Preptish plans, so

661
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Speaker 1: the super Fast is just dinners, but we do have

662
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Speaker 1: two of the Paleol gluten free do include a new

663
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Speaker 1: breakfast item each week and new salad each week, so

664
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Speaker 1: there is some variety on those as well.

665
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Speaker 4: I am a super fast die.

666
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: Hard all the way.

667
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 4: I use that very frequently, so and I'm like, why

668
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 4: not why a venture beyond super fast?

669
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: I like fast.

670
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 4: So we don't have specific dietary restrictions at our house,

671
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 4: so that works really really well for us.

672
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 3: Favorite easy host meal. So if you have people coming over,

673
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,959
Speaker 3: I mean we haven't talked to many about like specific dishes,

674
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 3: but like, what is your go to I'm having a

675
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: group of people over, I.

676
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 4: Want to keep things really easy. This is what I'm making, you.

677
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 1: Know, Honestly, sometimes I just do what I'm going to

678
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:36,959
Speaker 1: be doing for dinner in a way. And I hear

679
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: this a lot from Preptish subscribers. They'll just use, you know,

680
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: their prep dish meal their meals that are on there,

681
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,239
Speaker 1: and some people really like the fact that, like if

682
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: they do have unexpected oh, someone's going to come over,

683
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: they can just you know, use that. One thing that

684
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 1: I really like, so we just had it the other night.

685
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 1: We haven't had it in a while, is so this

686
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,719
Speaker 1: keep budget in mind. But Chiley and Sea Bass, if

687
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: you want something that feels like super fancy, it is

688
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: a little pricier, but it's so easy because you don't

689
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: have to do anything other than add salt. So that's

690
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: one that I really like to pull out. Sometimes we

691
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: do a lot of grilling when we entertain just because

692
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: it's usually like we're outside and things like that. But

693
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: it also one that I go back to a lot

694
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: is like a mustard chicken, just like the grainy mustard

695
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 1: and like either a honey mustard or a maple mustard

696
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 1: like dressing because I feel like that's just everyone kind

697
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: of likes that. And then some vegetables and a salad

698
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: and I don't know, I really don't stress about making

699
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: it anything different than what we're eating on a day

700
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 1: to day basis.

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00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 4: Love it.

702
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Speaker 3: And last question, advice you would give to someone looking

703
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 3: to start a business. So as a veteran, someone who

704
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 3: grew this kind of from scratch and out of your

705
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 3: own talents, if someone was like, I'm really good at XYZ,

706
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 3: I don't know, how would you tell them to start

707
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 3: and what advice might you provide? Oh, my goodness, And

708
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 3: it's a really broad question, but maybe your favorite tiest

709
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 3: of advice.

710
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: I know there's so much because you know, when I started,

711
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: like you said it was it was so long ago.

712
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Speaker 1: And I think one is like kind of really figuring

713
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: out what it is that you want to do, and

714
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: you know, you said, oh, I'm really passionate about this thing,

715
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: And is it that you're really passionate about that thing,

716
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 1: like maybe it's like making cakes for example, or is

717
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: it are you passionate about running a business? Because for

718
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: me now, like yes, I'm really passionate about meal planning,

719
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: but I don't like I'm not doing all of the

720
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: even the recipe testing anymore. Like really, my role right

721
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: now is running a business. So kind of figuring out

722
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: before you jump in, is like what's your end goal

723
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: and is it just doing that thing that you love

724
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: or is it like starting a business and running a

725
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: business and what's the best way to do what you're

726
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: wanting to do, you know, like, do that thing that

727
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 1: you want that you love, and is it starting a business,

728
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: because I think sometimes people think because I love this thing,

729
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: I should make it a business. But maybe it's like

730
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: you should do it either as a hobby or do

731
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: it as your work, but not a business that you run,

732
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Speaker 1: because running a business requires a lot more than just

733
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Speaker 1: doing that thing. If that makes sense.

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Speaker 3: That does make sense, Okay, So make sure you look

735
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 3: at the bigger picture of what your role might look like,

736
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 3: especially as things scale, rather than having the tunnel vision

737
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 3: of like, well, this is what I'm doing today, I'm

738
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Speaker 3: making meal plans.

739
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Speaker 4: Totally makes sense.

740
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Speaker 3: Well, this would not be a best of both Worlds

741
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Speaker 3: episode without Love of the Week. And I was so

742
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 3: excited that you were like, of course, I know I listened,

743
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 3: so that made me super happy. But I will do

744
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 3: mine first, even though you're prepared. I'm super into after

745
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 3: my runs drinking a huge thing of element te and ice.

746
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 3: I struggle with migraines and I don't think this is

747
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 3: like the magic bullet, but I do feel like it's

748
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 3: somewhat helpful. And I really dislike the taste of a

749
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 3: lot of powdered beverages. But for some reason, I actually

750
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 3: like this. It's extremely salty, so some people actually think

751
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 3: it's disgusting, but I actually like it so Element the

752
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 3: citrus flavor.

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Speaker 1: I love Element. And I'm gonna say one thing I

754
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Speaker 1: just started doing, so I'll sometimes do they just like

755
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 1: the salty water and drink it cold. But I have

756
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: started using the chocolate one, which at first I thought

757
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,280
Speaker 1: was really gross. But I'll add a little bit of milk.

758
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: Just bear with me. One of my friends really likes

759
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: it too. But you use the chocolate element, add a

760
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 1: splash of milk and either over eyes and it tastes

761
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 1: like chocolate milk, or you serve it hot with a

762
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: splash of milk and it tastes like a hot cocoa.

763
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: So I'll do that a lot of times. Is like

764
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,399
Speaker 1: my wine down drink at night, and it's really good.

765
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: It sounds a little strange, but so.

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Speaker 4: Good, super interesting.

767
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 3: Not what I'm gonna want after an eighty degree run,

768
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Speaker 3: but maybe I'll have to try it over the winter.

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00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,760
Speaker 3: That is awesome. That was an unexpected tip. Warm Element

770
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 3: with a splash of milk.

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Speaker 4: All right, what is your love of the week?

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Speaker 1: Other than that, Yes, we are going through a Homer

773
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: innovation that has, as they always do, taken a little

774
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: longer than we would like. But we just had some

775
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: new wallpaper that was put up. It's actually not what's

776
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: behind me. But I'm a big fan of fun wallpaper

777
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: and it has birds on it and it's really cool

778
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: and it's just exciting to when the more visible pieces

779
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: of a renovation are up. I think that's always fun

780
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: and exciting. So fun wallpaper, I love it.

781
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 3: And yes, you have to wait such a long time

782
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 3: in a renovation to get to like the fun part,

783
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 3: but then it must be very rewarding. And I say

784
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 3: that as someone who's done very few renovations, but I

785
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 3: bet it's going to look amazing.

786
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 4: Well, thank you Allison so much. This has been so

787
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:25,959
Speaker 4: much fun.

788
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 3: I'm already like hmm, I want to cook again, like

789
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 3: get motivated just talking to you. So tell listeners where

790
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 3: they can find you. And again, this is a non

791
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 3: sponsored episode. Everyone like, I really respect Allison's wisdom around

792
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 3: meal planning. But she does have a product that you

793
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 3: can check out, so I'm gonna let her tell you

794
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 3: all about that.

795
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: So you can find me at Preptish on in all

796
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: of the places, and we did set up if you

797
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: want to try preptish for two weeks, it's just preptish

798
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: dot com slash best of And because I did mention

799
00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: it earlier, I also have the nonprofit Miscarriage Hope, so

800
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: I know that probably touches some of your listeners, so

801
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: you can check that out if that's relevant as well.

802
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 4: Awesome, Alison, thank you so much for coming on.

803
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: Thank you for having me.

804
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 2: Well we are back, thanks to Sarah for that great

805
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,280
Speaker 2: interview with Alison from preptish about meal planning and building

806
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 2: a small business and all those good things. So we

807
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,440
Speaker 2: have a question from a listener who is hoping that

808
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 2: we can settle a debate between her and her husband.

809
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,439
Speaker 2: This is always tricky ground to navigate. She says, does

810
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 2: swimmer and towels used at an indoor pool need to

811
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 2: be washed after every use? So her husband and son

812
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 2: swim every weekend. I'm trying to get out of washing

813
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: the suits and barely use towels every time. She says,

814
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Speaker 2: I think my husband was conditioned by his upbringing, where

815
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 2: his mom would wash absolutely everything after just one use.

816
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 2: She doesn't think this is.

817
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 3: Necessary, so what do we think, so, Sarah, do you

818
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 3: have thoughts? Okay, Well, first of all, I don't know

819
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 3: if an indoor pool is different than outdoor pools, because

820
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 3: we like never go to indoor pools. It's like not

821
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 3: very common here. But when we do go to the pool,

822
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 3: we do.

823
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 4: Wash the suits and the towels after each use.

824
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Speaker 3: In fact, we do things that are not advised, like

825
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 3: throw all the bathing suits and the towels into the

826
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Speaker 3: laundry and the dryer at once, and they seem to survive.

827
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Speaker 2: So even after when this was like your own.

828
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Speaker 4: Pool, would you do that?

829
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Speaker 1: Yeah?

830
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 4: Really yep, really.

831
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I don't even have anywhere good to

832
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 3: like hang them to dry, and things mill do like

833
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 3: in ten seconds here. Yeah, so it just makes the

834
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 3: most sense. Literally, we would sometimes tell the kids to

835
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 3: basically like strip and just throw their stuff in the

836
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 3: wash and it's like an automatic thing you do after

837
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 3: you go swimming, as you throw everything in the laundry. Yeah,

838
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 3: I knew it wasn't the answer she wanted, and I'm.

839
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 2: Going to give for a different answer. I'm gonna give

840
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 2: for two answers that I hope she'll like more, which

841
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 2: is like, no, I mean I don't know if there's

842
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 2: any difference between an indoor and outdoor I mean maybe

843
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 2: if you're like, oh gross outvite or side, but we'll

844
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 2: get to that. So for our outdoor pool in our

845
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 2: own house, no, we get out, like hang the suits

846
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 2: or towels in a bathroom and then reuse them like

847
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 2: the next time you go in and wash them on occasion.

848
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 2: But it doesn't seem to be causing any problems for

849
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 2: anyone yet. But people have different preferences. People have different

850
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 2: levels of cleanliness that they like or you know, just

851
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: things that they are used to. And so if your

852
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,320
Speaker 2: husband wants them washed after every use, he should just

853
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 2: wash them, Like I don't even understand why this involves you,

854
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 2: Like if he is the one swimming and with your

855
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 2: son and they're swimming with the suits and the towels, like,

856
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 2: he goes and washes them and then they're washed, and

857
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 2: it's not even something that you have to fight about.

858
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 2: So I think that he can do this and then

859
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 2: he can do whatever preference he wants, whatever frequency. He

860
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 2: can wash them twice after every time he goes swimming.

861
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 3: For I did note in my comment that I am

862
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 3: the third most common laundry doer in our household after

863
00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 3: our nanny, who is number one by a lot, and

864
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,240
Speaker 3: then Josh was number two, beating me by a lot.

865
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 4: So there's my answer as well.

866
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Speaker 2: I mean, I agree that I don't think doing the

867
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 2: laundry is that difficult, especially with like modern washers and

868
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 2: dryers and if you you know, just throw something in

869
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 2: quick and move it over and then people sort it

870
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 2: as they need. But like, again, you don't need to

871
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 2: do this, Like, why is he having you do the

872
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 2: laundry that he's creating and expecting you to do it

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Speaker 2: on a certain timeline. It just doesn't even make sense,

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Speaker 2: all right. Well, Sarah has been talking with Alison of

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Speaker 2: Prep Dish in this episode. We will be back next

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Speaker 2: week with more on making work and life fit together.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for listening.

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Speaker 3: You can find me Sarah at the shoebox dot com

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Speaker 3: or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, and you can.

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Speaker 5: Find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This has

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Speaker 5: been the best of both Worlds podcasts. Please join us

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Speaker 5: next time for more on making work and life work together.

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