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

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

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Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today is episode ninety three, Back

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Speaker 1: to School Traditions. We are about ten days away from

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Speaker 1: a big shift in our daily family life as my

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Speaker 1: kids head back to school. Ollie, who's twelve, is headed

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Speaker 1: into his second year of middle school in seventh grade. Nora,

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Speaker 1: who is seven and a half and do not forget

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Speaker 1: the half she's very proud of it, is counting down

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Speaker 1: the days and tells she is a big second grader.

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Speaker 1: And Penny, my four year old, is entering TK or

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Speaker 1: pre kindergarten, and is over the moon excited to be

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Speaker 1: attending the same elementary school as her sister. My girls

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Speaker 1: can't wait. My son is dreading giving up his summer

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Speaker 1: schedule of days filled with surfing. And regardless, I can

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Speaker 1: feel the anticipation and the energy building in our home,

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Speaker 1: and quite honestly, I'm here for it. I find myself

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Speaker 1: feeling really excited. And while I'm leaning into this general

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Speaker 1: feeling of excitement, i am not a unicorn, and there

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Speaker 1: inevitably are a few things that I'm not looking forward

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Speaker 1: to number one. No question on my list is getting

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Speaker 1: my kids up and out the door on time, which

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Speaker 1: is seven forty five in the morning. We have gotten

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Speaker 1: into late mornings, so I am making every effort to

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Speaker 1: another one that I'm mildly dreading is packing daily lunches

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Speaker 1: for my kids. But in an effort to kind of

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Speaker 1: sheet that has both a visual and text reference for

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Speaker 1: six different lunch ideas I can pack for my kids.

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Speaker 1: I keep it taped up in my pantry during the

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Speaker 1: school year, and last year in particular, it saved me

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Speaker 1: when I just felt like lunch was a battle, or

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Speaker 1: when my kids said I don't want that. I can

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Speaker 1: hand the machine and say what do you want? But

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Speaker 1: I updated it for the upcoming school year. I added

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Speaker 1: made sure to put that in recipe Club. So if

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Speaker 1: that sounds like a tool it'd be helpful to you,

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Speaker 1: make sure you download and print that in recipe Club. Now,

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Speaker 1: whether you are embracing or avoiding the topic of back

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Speaker 1: to school. We are going to chat about a few

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Speaker 1: very simple back to school traditions today. I really like traditions,

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Speaker 1: and so do my kids, so I want to have

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Speaker 1: a few things planned out. But I don't like elaborate traditions.

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Speaker 1: I need very simple, repeatable stuff that does not feel overwhelming.

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Speaker 1: So we're going to kind of hone in on those ideas.

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

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Speaker 1: giving you three very simple ideas of recipes that you

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Speaker 1: know that many of us don't mind cooking. Most of

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Speaker 1: us don't mind the cooking, but deciding what to make

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Speaker 1: that helps with your decision fatigue. So here we go.

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Speaker 1: Recipe one. This recipe is new and it was inspired

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Speaker 1: by my favorite sandwich at a local restaurant. The restaurant's

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Speaker 1: called Stacks. It is in Dana Point. Sometimes I think

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Speaker 1: it's technically like a breakfast lunch restaurant, but I like

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Speaker 1: their lunch offerings. Even more, it's the restaurant that we

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Speaker 1: go again. I just am more of a savory breakfast

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Speaker 1: This is one of my most popular recipes ever. It

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Speaker 1: but especially on Thursdays. Five ingredient is my style, all right.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's jump into the back half of the

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Speaker 1: let you know. Tubby Todd number two. Tubby Todd is

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Speaker 1: thanks for listening. Today you guys, so glad you're here.

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Speaker 1: Until next time, happy cooking. I'm Kelsey and look forward

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