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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. It's Kelsey Nixon and this is Kitchen Prescription,

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

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Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today's episode sixty six, Winter Greatest

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Speaker 1: Hits List. Winter has certainly arrived for many of you.

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Speaker 1: I send my thoughts and prayers.

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Speaker 2: I'm so sorry you guys.

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Speaker 1: I feel like it's been one headline after another with

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Speaker 1: these winter storms. So whether you're buried in snow, ice,

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Speaker 1: or just freezing temps, I am sending you my warmest

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Speaker 1: thoughts this week. I feel like we really are when

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Speaker 1: it comes to the season itself or smack dab in

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Speaker 1: the middle of winter. And one of the things that

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Speaker 1: I like to change up seasonally is the recipes.

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Speaker 2: That I cook.

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Speaker 1: So today we're going to chat about the recipes that

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Speaker 1: are on my Winter Greatest Hits List, how I make

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Speaker 1: that list, and why I think it's really helpful to

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Speaker 1: have a list like this. But before we do that,

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Speaker 1: let's discuss a few recipes you can throw on your

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Speaker 1: meal plan this week if you happen to be meal

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Speaker 1: planning while you're listening to this podcast. The first recipe

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Speaker 1: is my sheet pan chicken Palm. This is such a

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Speaker 1: pantry friendly recipe, meaning that I almost always have the

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Speaker 1: ingredients on hand to make this recipe. And I know

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Speaker 1: we all like recipes like that.

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Speaker 2: The real star, the real.

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Speaker 1: Thing that makes this recipe just tastes delicious, is Reyo's

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Speaker 1: jarred Marinair sauce. It's my favorite pantry staple.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: I love it so much. And this recipe comes together

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Speaker 1: so quickly. It is one that I typically only make

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Speaker 1: in the fall and winter. I find it to be

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Speaker 1: really comforting, and it's you know, it's got some cheese

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Speaker 1: it's so good, so so good, and very easy. The

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Speaker 1: next recipe that we're making this week is my Italian

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Speaker 1: sausage and white bean soup, and this was totally inspired

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Speaker 1: by an idea I had this weekend as I saw

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Speaker 1: headline after headline of temperatures that were literally colder than

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Speaker 1: places like Antarctica and the North Pole. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: I've already made space in my life for pizza Fridays,

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Speaker 1: but I think it's okay to make space for souper Sundays.

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Speaker 1: I and I.

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Speaker 2: Just love soup. I love soup.

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Speaker 1: So much. So I'm going to make soup every Sunday

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Speaker 1: through the end of March, and if you'd like to

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Speaker 1: It might not even be our main meal. It might

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Speaker 1: for lunch, and then we do something else for dinner.

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Speaker 1: This Italian sausage wiping soup is so good.

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Speaker 2: It's hearty.

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Speaker 1: I like that it's got a little bit of creaminess

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Speaker 1: is the reason it's a good fit for my family

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Speaker 1: is that I am married to someone who, for a

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Speaker 1: long time did not consider soup a meal, and I

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Speaker 1: had to work very hard to convince him that soup

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Speaker 1: is indeed a meal. And so I've got to make

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Speaker 1: my soup recipes really hardy, with sausage and beans and

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Speaker 1: the test for soup that's a meal. And finally, forgive

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Speaker 1: me if I sound like a broken record, ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: we are in Baked ZD season. Bake CD is my

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Speaker 1: most popular recipe. It is the recipe every one of

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Speaker 1: my family loves the most, even though I have made

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Speaker 1: it probably more than any other recipe ever, but it's

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Speaker 1: Baked CD. Almost anytime I make Baked ZD, I double

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Speaker 1: it up and I either take one to somebody who's

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Speaker 1: just such a hit every time. So there are your

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Speaker 1: recipes for the week. You can find and print them

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Speaker 1: I have just found that similarly to having a family calendar,

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Speaker 1: for me, Recipe Club is that's my library. That's the

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Speaker 1: discuss my Winter Greatest Hits list. So you guys have

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Speaker 1: So there are a few recipes that never come out,

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Speaker 1: That is why a binder helps. It helps. If you

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Speaker 1: By all means, you may be at a point where

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