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Speaker 1: Hi everybody. I'm Kelsey Nixon and this is Kitchen Prescription,

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

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Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today's episode ninety two Lunch cheat Sheet.

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Speaker 1: It has been a wild and wonderful summer that feels

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Speaker 1: like it's starting to wind down with back to school

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Speaker 1: just around the corner. It's been a summer of memory

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Speaker 1: making with kids at camp, family vacations, and more hours

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Speaker 1: at the beach and pool than I can count. I

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Speaker 1: certainly won't miss the daily loads of wet pool towels,

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Speaker 1: but it's been so great, and I genuinely feel energized

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Speaker 1: with school on the horizon and I'm ready to kind

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Speaker 1: of implement some new routines. In many ways, I feel

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Speaker 1: like August is almost a fresh start, and I'm ready

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Speaker 1: for a change of seasons. So I hope you're feeling

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Speaker 1: the same way. In Recipe Club this month, we added

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Speaker 1: an entire roundup of life lunch recipes that are really

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Speaker 1: made and designed to help you kind of get back

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Speaker 1: into the habit of that midday meal. Lunch has been

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Speaker 1: on my mind personally as I think about the daily

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Speaker 1: task of packing lunch for my kids every day and

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Speaker 1: that is overwhelming. I'm just going back to thinking about

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Speaker 1: how burned out I was unpacking lunches at the end

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Speaker 1: of the school year. So I'm doing my best to

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Speaker 1: like put a formula in place, think about some hardy

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Speaker 1: proteins I can put in those lunches to keep them full,

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Speaker 1: and you know, a nice well balanced lineup. So today

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Speaker 1: I want to go through that lunch cheat sheet that

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Speaker 1: I rely on, that formula I follow and have recently

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Speaker 1: reminded myself of when making lunch for my kids and myself.

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Speaker 1: But before we really get into that, let's do what

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Speaker 1: we always do on the podcast and start by giving

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Speaker 1: you three ideas of recipes that you could throw on

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Speaker 1: your meal plan for the upcoming week. I know that

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Speaker 1: many of us don't mind cooking, but deciding what to

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Speaker 1: make night after night is what feels so daunting, So

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Speaker 1: hopefully by sharing a few ideas with you every week,

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Speaker 2: So here we go. Recipe one.

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Speaker 1: We are making the most of summer and having kapray

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Speaker 1: sate grilled cheese sandwiches. So those summer tomatoes if you

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Speaker 1: I don't grow tomatoes right now. I have in the past,

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Speaker 1: and nothing beats a delicious summer tomato in the month

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Speaker 1: do this is I make almost like a smashed tomato sauce,

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Speaker 1: is what I call it. So I take grape tomatoes

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Speaker 1: because I find that if you're not having garden fresh tomatoes,

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Speaker 1: But I take those, I kind of put them in

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Speaker 1: a dry skillet and cook them down almost to make light.

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Speaker 1: It's like a tomato sauce, and I just add a

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Speaker 1: little bit of garlic. I hadd some salt and pepper,

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Speaker 1: some olive oil, and it becomes spreadable. So you cook them,

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Speaker 1: you burst them. It becomes this sauce and you spread

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Speaker 1: it on the bread and then on the other side

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Speaker 1: of the bread, I add pesto, so I get that

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Speaker 1: delicious basiley flavor, and then the fresh mozzarella. And if

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Speaker 1: you want to add a protein to this, we have

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Speaker 1: added prestudo or bacon in the past or This is

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Speaker 1: on the grill or something like that. But the grilled

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Speaker 1: cheese with the tomato, basil and mozzarella flavor profile is

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Speaker 1: pretty delicious. Next on the list is coconut lime chicken.

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Speaker 1: This has officially become my sister Kylie's favorite recipe clumb recipe.

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Speaker 1: It's a five and greeny recipe. It's so good and

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Speaker 1: it's so simple and it comes together in your skillet.

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Speaker 1: need a can of coconut milk, he need lime. Like

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Speaker 1: it's just very, very simple, but it's so flavorful.

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Speaker 2: The sauce you.

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Speaker 1: Want to drink straight out of the skillet, and it's

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Speaker 1: just become kind.

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Speaker 1: And then the last one I'm doing is I'm doing

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Speaker 1: a summer slow cooker, so I'm making these black bean

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Speaker 1: my husband's family and my sister in laws make it

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Speaker 1: things about summer is getting a break from making lunches

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Speaker 1: We're also going to talk about feeding yourself lunch, but

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Speaker 1: if it makes your life easier for me. I found

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Speaker 1: Make lunch simple, especially if you know that it's a nice,

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Speaker 1: Now, it doesn't have to be for you could absolutely,

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Speaker 1: down into six examples of different lunch boxes. The lunchbox

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Speaker 1: Explained to her, this is kind of the loose formula

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Speaker 1: mule something sweet too, So for the sake of giving

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Speaker 1: Okay, next, this is kind of fun, but I am

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Speaker 1: all in on the Olympics and I have found well.

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Speaker 1: First of all, let me make a case for this. Listen,

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Speaker 1: It's twenty twenty four. The next games Summer Games are

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Speaker 1: back to the US. So I think it's worthy to

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Speaker 1: maybe invest in some.

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Speaker 2: Olympic year I have.

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Speaker 1: I cannot believe how much I'm enjoying the games, like,

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Speaker 1: I am having such a good time. And Old Navy

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Speaker 1: all on sale right now. And they still have a

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Speaker 1: fair amount of sizes available, Like we're talking thirteen to

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Speaker 1: fifteen dollars for a Team USA shirt. Snatch it now

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Speaker 1: and hang on to it. You're gonna be glad you

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Speaker 1: have it over the next decade. And you better believe

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Speaker 1: I'm hanging onto my Olympic year for the next ten

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Speaker 1: wear it around July fourth and whatnot. But Old Navy

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Speaker 1: in particular, really really affordable TMSA stuff Gap also has

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Speaker 1: a collection you may want to check out as well,

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Speaker 1: but I was very excited to get some Old Navy

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Speaker 1: fines this week, speaking of the Olympics. Number four on

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Speaker 1: my list is a flip phone stand. Now not an

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Speaker 1: actual flip phone, but it's a stand that kind of

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Speaker 1: have my phone there and I have my Peacock app open,

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Speaker 1: distracting as having the TV on. But I just like

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Speaker 1: And then finally number five, we are making the most

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Speaker 1: of the final summer put licks. I have my favorite

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Speaker 1: potluck bowl that has the utensils right on top of

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Speaker 1: the bowl. I've shared it before, but I can't help

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Speaker 1: myself from sharing again because I use it so often

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Speaker 1: for watermelon, for my BLT pasta salad. It's just a

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Speaker 1: great bowl.

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Speaker 2: To take places when you need to share.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's it for today. Make sure you're subscribed

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Speaker 1: to the podcast so that you never miss an episode.

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Speaker 1: Podcast is always meant to be a quick twenty to

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Speaker 1: thirty minute listen while you map out your meals for

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Speaker 1: the week, and to support helping you set up a

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Speaker 1: simple dinner system. Thank you so much for listening today.

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Speaker 1: I'm genuinely so glad you're here, and until next time,

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Speaker 1: happy cooking. I'm Kelsey and look forward to chatting with

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Speaker 1: you next week. Thanks.

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Speaker 2: Thanks,