1 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Hi everybody. I'm Kilsey Nix. And then this is Kitchen Prescription, 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: the podcast you listen to when you don't know what 3 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today is episode thirty five, the 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: origin story of Recipe Club. Recipe Club is turning one. 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: Can you believe it? Recipe Club has represented this huge 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: shift in my career that has been motivated by genuinely 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: wanting to help those of you that have followed and 8 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,959 Speaker 1: supported me for so many years. It was almost one 9 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: year ago to the day that I officially put a 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: stake in the ground and made a massive change to 11 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: build a business that was focused on really helping people 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: get dinner on the table. I'm super excited to share 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: the story with you and teaser it actually involves a 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: member of in Sync and Wilson Phillips. So sit with 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: that and hopefully that it keeps you interested to hear 16 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: the full story because it was a wild ride. But first, 17 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: we're going to run through three simple recipes you could 18 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: throw on your meal plan if you're stuck trying to 19 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: decide what to make for dinner this week. The first 20 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: recipe is my creamy Italian sausage and white bean soup. 21 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: Oh baby, This is delicious. It is officially soup season, 22 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: right And what I love about this recipe is it's 23 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: not one of the classics. So as much as I 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: love a creamy tomato soup with a grilled cheese or 25 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: a chicken noodle soup or a chili, this is one 26 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: of those soup recipes that is familiar, but not something 27 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: you have all the time. It's got this great creaminess 28 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: to it. It's also kind of a great canvas for 29 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: adding in a few other ingredients. In fact, in Recipe 30 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: Club someone said that they added red pepper flakes and 31 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: some that I added fresh time to this, so you 32 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: can kind of customize it as well. But this is 33 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: so good. And I've told you guys this before, but 34 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: my kids are really big on ground meat. I know 35 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: that sounds crazy, but mostly my two youngest. If I 36 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: saw te ground chicken, ground sausage, ground beef, they's something 37 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: about the size of it. They eat it like crazy. 38 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: So my girls are not in a soup eating phase. 39 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: But this worked so well because I was able to 40 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: reserve some of the ground meat, pull out some of 41 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: the veggies, and they still ate this up. They really 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: really liked it. So the creamy Italian sausage and white 43 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: bean soup. It's a recipe and recipe club and it 44 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: is fantastic. I'm going to make a double batch and 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: stick some in my freezer so that I have a 46 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: dinner ready to go for later in the month. The 47 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: second recipe sheet pan kariak pork tenderloin. This is a 48 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: I think if I were to do the math, I 49 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: think this is a five ingredient recipe. Before I was 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: doing five ingredient recipes. But it's so simple. A pork tenderloin, 51 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: some pepper, some onions, some pineapple, and my favorite art 52 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: teryake sauce. I know, you guys, it's barely a recipe. 53 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: If you want to make your own taryak sauce, I 54 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: have a recipe for you. So this is one of 55 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: those recipes where you can go to Martha Stewart route 56 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: and you can make your taryak sauce from scratch, or 57 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to share with you my favorite store bought 58 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: aryake sauce in the recipe, and it's so simple, and 59 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: it all happens on a sheet pan. So not only 60 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: is the recipe simple, but the cleanup simple too. I 61 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: haven't made this one in so long, and this was 62 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: one that was really common on a rotation for a while. 63 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: So I'm excited to make it again because it's just 64 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: very simple. And I feel like pork tenderloin is kind 65 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: of like chicken breast in that it's really simple, it 66 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: doesn't take very long to cook, and I feel like 67 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: it's kind of like a blank canvas in that it 68 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: takes on flavors really well. It's really great. So I 69 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: grew up with a mom who made pork tenderloin a lot. 70 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: But I've had a lot of people recipe clubs say, 71 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: oh I didn't, I'd never made pork tenderloin, but my 72 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: family actually really liked it. So it's really mild, like 73 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: there's it's it's awesome. It's really great, and I think 74 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: it's pretty hard to screw it up too, but yeah, 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: usually in the oven no more than twenty minutes, so 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: it's fast. And the third recipe is officially a five 77 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: ingredient recipe. It's the creamy tomato tortellini with spinach, And 78 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: you guys, this has blown my mind. This recipe has 79 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: over a million views on Instagram reels it like when 80 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: bananas on reels because it's so simple. And it started 81 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: because I'm a loyal Costco shopper and I needed a 82 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: meal for the same night that I was doing my 83 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: Costco order, and so all of these ingredients had to 84 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: come from Costco, and so I got the cheese tortellini, 85 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: the Kirkland pesto, which I'm convinced is the best pesto 86 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: out there, fresh spinach, the Rios Marinara sauce, and some 87 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: heavy cream. And not only is this a five ingredient recipe, 88 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: it's nearly a five minute recipe. I don't even boil 89 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: the totalini separately. I boil it in the sauce. I 90 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: cook it in the sauce. This recipe could not be easier. 91 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: And my family loves it. I'm worried that we're flirting 92 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: with making it too much that we're going to get 93 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: sick of it, but it has become a staple in 94 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: my house. So if you do not have this recipe, 95 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: you need to get it. You can get it on Instagram, 96 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: and it is such a hit. It's like bananas. I 97 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: love this recipe. It has saved me so many times 98 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: when I have nothing to make for dinner. All Right, 99 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: there are your recipes for the week. If you're looking 100 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: for an even more exhaustive plan, you can get my 101 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: weekly and monthly meal plans in recipe Club, where you'll 102 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: find these three recipes on my meal plan for this week. 103 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: You could also build out your own weekly meal plan, 104 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: letting the ingredients that you have on hand when you 105 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: open up your pantry, your fridge, your freezer determine what 106 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: you make this week. It's also a great way to 107 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: approach meal planning. All right, let's jump into the back 108 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: half of the podcast and chat about how Recipe Club 109 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: came to be. So some of you have been following 110 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: me for a long time and some of you are 111 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: new here, but my career path has been somewhat unique. 112 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: In fact, the very first episode of this podcast goes 113 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: in a bit more depth to my story, if you 114 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: want to go back and listen to that, but I'm 115 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: going to give you just kind of a condensed version 116 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: because it was definitely a big part of shaping how 117 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: I got to where I am today and why I 118 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: created Recipe Club. But it's been wild, it's been so wild. 119 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: So in short way, back when I was in college, 120 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: I was a broadcast journalism major. I really wanted to 121 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: work into television, but I specifically wanted to work in 122 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: food television. I was obsessed with the Food Network at 123 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: the time, and they were advertising this contest called Food 124 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: Network Star where you can compete to when you're in 125 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: cooking show, and it was far back enough when not 126 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: VHS but DVD. I sent in a DVD to audition 127 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: for the show. I didn't get cast the first year, 128 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: but I got cast the second year after a series 129 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: of auditions. I was in the middle of culinary school. 130 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: I got cast on this show, went to Food Network, competed. 131 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: I did not win, but I did well enough that 132 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: it really got my foot in the door for a 133 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: career in food television. It was amazing. There were some 134 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: pivotal relationships along the way. Bobby Flay was a judge 135 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: on my season, and Bobby ended up producing my shows 136 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: on Cooking Channel and Food Network called Kelsey's Essentials and 137 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: Kelsey's Homemade, And it really like laid the framework for 138 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: about a decade on camera television shows. With this massive network. 139 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: I had the time of my life. It was so amazing. 140 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: And then when my contract was up, I decided not 141 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: to sign my exclusives contract with Food Network moving forward 142 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: because there was so much, so much exclusivity, and the 143 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: network was going to a lot of changes. They were 144 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: being bought by Discovery, and then Discovery was acquired by 145 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers, and just a lot has happened in that 146 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: traditional food and cooking space in television, and it's still 147 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: kind of in flux, if I'm being honest. But I 148 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: love food and I love television, and I kind of 149 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: got to an interesting point when that contract ended where 150 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: I was trying to decide what to do, and I 151 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: had been interested in producing and creating shows, and so 152 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: I took on this project called Dinner Takes All, where 153 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: I worked with two show creators who are incredible and 154 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: I cannot emphasize just how incredible they are, but they 155 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: were the original creators of Chopped, and we worked on 156 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: this big project together called Dinner Takes All for BYUTV, 157 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: and we shot two seasons of this family food game 158 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: show where I got to be the host and I 159 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: got to be an executive producer, and these families competed 160 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: with their classic family recipes and went up against each other, 161 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: and one family went ten thousand dollars every episode It 162 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: was so much fun and the show was going so well, 163 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: but then COVID happened, and you cannot shoot a group 164 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 1: cooking show in the midst of a global pandemic, and 165 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: so the show got shelved and basically we never started 166 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: filming again, and who knows, Maybe the show will come 167 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: back someday, but probably not. And it was at that 168 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: point where I kind of found myself in a position 169 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: where I was like, well, what's my COVID pivot going 170 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: to be? Because I knew a lot of people were 171 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: having to pivot as a result of COVID, but especially 172 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: with my job and the current state of my job, 173 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna be able to continue shooting this show. 174 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: So I had to decide what to do. I kind 175 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: of like swirled for a bit. I didn't know, like, 176 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: should I go full blown Instagram influencer and start working 177 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: with lots of brands on Instagram and try this route, 178 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: But that's never felt like a perfect fit for me, 179 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: and it's never been terribly fulfilling for me. And so 180 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: I have an agent that I've worked with for years, 181 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: and so he had kind of put me up for 182 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: some produc jets and there was one project in particular 183 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: that started to gain some traction, and I it was 184 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: all done over zoom because remember the global pandemic. But 185 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: it was a panel show. So when I say panel shows, 186 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: think multiple hosts, one one themed show, different opinions and whatnot. 187 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: And so because it was a panel show, I started 188 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: doing these zoom auditions where different people would show up 189 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: on the screen every time, and you'd be it was 190 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: a food theme show, and so you'd be given topics 191 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: to discuss around food and cooking and dinner and restaurants. 192 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: And there was kind of this black screen of these 193 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: executives where you didn't know their names, you didn't know 194 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: who they were, but they were watching these zoom auditions 195 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: and seeing what personalities fit with each other and who 196 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: might make up their panel. Now it's worth noting that 197 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: the network who was piloting this show was a very 198 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: big network, three Letters, a network that you've heard of 199 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: many many times, is probably on in your household very frequently. 200 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: This would have been a life changing show for me, 201 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: and the idea was it was going to be a 202 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: daytime panel show, and I just could not think of 203 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: any more perfect job in the world. I was so 204 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: excited and as I was going throughout this audition process, 205 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: which ended up being nearly six months, and I have 206 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: audition for a lot of things, but I am telling 207 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: you this was long. This was a long audition process. 208 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: And as we were going through the audition, every time 209 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: someone would jump on that screen, I didn't know who 210 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: it was going to be. But because it was a 211 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: pretty big network, there were a lot of famous people 212 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: that ended up on these auditions, which was so crazy. 213 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: So I told you there was a member of in 214 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: Sync who was on a handful of these auditions. There 215 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: was a very famous fashion designer who literally zoomed in 216 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: from France, who's like a foodie and has written a cookbook. 217 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: And there was a member of Wilson Phillips, Carney Wilson, 218 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: who ended up becoming a dear friend throughout the process. 219 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: Carney and I got to know each other really well, 220 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: and I just like I couldn't get over. It was 221 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: like this crazy experience and I really really had thought 222 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: this was going to be my next thing. It also 223 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: was worth mentioning that the two executive producers on this 224 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: show were the two producers I had worked with on 225 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: Dinner Takes All, So I knew them really well, and 226 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: while they had an influence on casting, they didn't have 227 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: the ultimate say on who was cast in the end. 228 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: But I just thought this was going to be it. 229 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: And after six months I kept being in the mix 230 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: and people would drop off, and we got to the 231 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: end where they were scheduling the pilot to shoot the pilot, 232 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: and I had been given dates and I just knew it. 233 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: I had flown to New York City for an in 234 00:12:55,280 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: person test, they call it chemistry testing. I was certain 235 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: I was getting the call to say, here's the contract 236 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: that we would like to offer you, here's your future Kelsey, 237 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: and you know him. It was not that call. It 238 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: was the call to say, I'm so sorry, but we 239 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: are going in a different direction. You are great, you're wonderful, 240 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 1: but you are not right for the project. I was devastated. 241 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: I can't remember ever being that professionally devastated. And I 242 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: remember I'd had a flight scheduled that day to go. 243 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: I was flying to see my sister. Where were going 244 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: to go to a concert and I didn't know that. 245 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: I thought we were going to be celebrating good news, 246 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: but instead she was really just offering a shoulder to 247 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: cry on because I was so devastated that I didn't 248 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: get this project. And while I was on the airplane, 249 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, I have been an entertainment for 250 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: fifteen years now, and that's a long time. It's not forever, 251 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: but it's a low. It's long enough to know the game. 252 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: And as exciting as working in television is, the worst 253 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: part of working in television is that, regardless of how 254 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: well you do your job you connect with viewers, the 255 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: ratings you pull in, whatever it may be, at the 256 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: end of the day, whether or not you are going 257 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: to work depends on someone else's opinion of you. So 258 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: an executive has to green light a project, they have 259 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: to put you on a project, and there's only so 260 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: much you can do. I cannot emphasize enough just how 261 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: much luck is a part of working in entertainment, and boy, 262 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: oh boy, did I feel it this time around. And 263 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: so I thought, I am going to build something where 264 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: I do not require anyone's official approval of me. No 265 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: one is going to green light this project other than me. 266 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: I have spent so much time worrying about whether or 267 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: not I'm right for someone else's project, and really, I've 268 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: kind of been in my head. It's felt a little 269 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: self indulgent. I am going to think about really really 270 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: helping those who support me solve their problem getting weeknight 271 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: dinner on the table, because that's what I care about, 272 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: That's what I'm passionate about, and that is the phase 273 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: of life I am in. That is the struggle I 274 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: feel every single day. Even as an expert in the field, 275 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: I know how hard it is, and I really want 276 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: to help people. So on that airplane, it's probably a 277 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: two hour flight, I opened up my notes. I didn't 278 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: have internet. I opened up my notes and I started 279 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: writing out recipe club, and I said, this is what 280 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: it's going to be. This is what I think people 281 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: need to make it easier to get dinner on the table. 282 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: It's gonna be five recipes every month. It's not going 283 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: to be more, because the last thing we need is 284 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: more decision fatigue. And Oh, I want them to have 285 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: a say in the recipes. Rather than me just guessing 286 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: what they want, I'm going to ask them what they 287 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: want so that I give them the recipes that they 288 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: actually need. Oh and we've got to make this super affordable, 289 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: as cheap as a dollar a recipe because we want 290 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: to get everyone in here and help as many people 291 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: as we can get dinner on the table. And it 292 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: just like the ideas started coming. So by the time 293 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: I landed, my sister picked me up and she was like, 294 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: are you okay? Are you? And I was like, you 295 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: know what, I just need you to listen to me 296 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: right now. I got to talk to you about this 297 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: Recipe Club thing. And I did a full download of 298 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: Recipe Club for her, and that was the last October, 299 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: and by November we were launching Recipe Club. We've had 300 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: a whole platform built and I have spent the last 301 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: year really trying to perfect this product, try and make 302 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: it better and better to really help you guys get 303 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: dinner on the table. And much of it is the same, 304 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: but much of it is improved. We've added meal plans. 305 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: We've added one click shopping to your favorite grocers so 306 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: that you can look at a Recipe Club recipe with 307 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: one click, have all of those ingredients added to your 308 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: grocery shopping car at your favorite store. We've added my 309 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: Fitness integrations so that you can get really complete nutritional 310 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: information on all of the recipes. And we've got even 311 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: more stuff coming in this next year. So it's been 312 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: a wild ride. It's the first time in my career 313 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: since graduated from college that I am not actively involved 314 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: in being on a television show, and i am I'm 315 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: still actively pitching because I'll always be pitching television because 316 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I love it. I 317 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: love the pageantry of television. It's what I'm best at, 318 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: It's what I've spent my entire career doing, is what 319 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: I know how to do best. And instead I fall 320 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: into the category of accidental entrepreneur this year and building 321 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: Recipe Club because I can get excited about the recipes, 322 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: but I still have to create a business here where 323 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: it makes sense for me and it makes sense for 324 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: my members. And it has been a wild ride. The 325 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: biggest pro to come out of this year, other than 326 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: really helping people, is that I have learned so much. 327 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: And there's something to be said for being in a 328 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: phase of adulthood where you are constantly learning, and I 329 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: felt like I have gone back to college truly. I 330 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: have had to learn so many things, from website design 331 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: to funnels, to customer journeys to logo design, Like everything 332 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: has been is so challenging, Like I have learned so much, 333 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: and I actually want to encourage you that if there's 334 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: something you are interested in in adulthood, in learning something 335 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: you know nothing about, it's been so fulfilling. I'm so 336 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: glad that I've had the opportunity to learn so much 337 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: this year, and I hope that for everyone in adulthood 338 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: that they find themselves in a phase of learning. Hopefully, 339 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: for you, it's been a massive benefit, and that you 340 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: are benefiting from my learning as I build recipe Club 341 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: and hopefully build solutions and systems to help you get 342 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: weeknight dinner on the table. At the end of the day, 343 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: I view my job as a guide to help overwhelmed 344 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: moms get quick and simple dinners on the table so 345 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: that they can connect daily with their families. That is 346 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: what I think about every day when I come into work. 347 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: That is my mission between behind all of the recipes 348 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: that I create, all of the content that I create 349 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: on Instagram, is to genuinely help you do this thing. 350 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: This problem that you're going to have for at least 351 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 1: eighteen years if you're raising kids, because the problem's not 352 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: going away. And I'm so convinced that the benefit of 353 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: regularly breaking bread with those that you love is worth 354 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: figuring out a system for. It's too important to not 355 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: prioritize it. But I also empathize. I know how hard 356 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: it is. I live with the two year old, for 357 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: crying out loud. I know how hard it is to 358 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: get a two year old to sit at the table, 359 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: and she doesn't always sit at the table. But it's 360 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: the ritual, it's the tradition. It's the idea that when 361 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: my kids leave home, they will think back on being 362 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: raised in our under our roof and think, oh, yeah, 363 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: we had family dinner and that was something that I 364 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: feel fondly about when I think of my childhood. Anyways, 365 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: there's the story of Recipe Club. I'm so excited to 366 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: be entering year two. Like I said, we have some 367 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: very exciting things planned, some products. We've got more digital 368 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: products for you. We've got guests who are going to 369 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: be coming into Recipe Club. It's growing at such an 370 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: exciting rate, and I'm so grateful to all of you 371 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 1: who have joined, become members and really helped contribute to 372 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: its success. Before we leave, let's take a final moment 373 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: and celebrate a real life recipe success of the week. 374 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: I'm talking someone who's made one of my recipes and 375 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: has solved a problem for them. It's Melissa who wrote 376 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: this in a recent Recipe Club review for the creamy 377 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: Italian white bean and sausage soup. Hey, that's on my 378 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: meal plan this week. She says, this was super yummy. 379 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: We are going to make it again and add potatoes 380 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: this time. My daughter I tried it today at college, 381 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: also with coconut milk. It totally worked, and I'm so 382 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: excited to have her cooking alongside it with me. Thanks 383 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: again for another great recipe. Thank you so much for 384 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: leaving this review. I love these sweet messages. It makes 385 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: my day and motivates me to keep going, keep going, 386 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: creating all of these recipes. All right, thanks so much 387 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: for being here, and until next time, I'm Kelsey. I'll 388 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: see you next week.