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Speaker 1: I'm Kelsey Nixon, and this is Kitchen Prescription, the podcast

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Speaker 1: you listen to and you don't know what to make

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Speaker 1: for dinner. What a week. I hope you've all been

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Speaker 1: keeping your heads above water as we enter what I

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Speaker 1: am officially declaring the second busiest month of the year,

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Speaker 1: just behind December. I swear May is insane. I talked

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Speaker 1: about it a little bit last week, but I know

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Speaker 1: so many of you are juggling so much with end

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Speaker 1: of school activities and as sporting seasons wrap up, and

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Speaker 1: dance seasons and gymnastic seasons, all of those things. So

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Speaker 1: sending you my best as you juggle it all. I

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Speaker 1: am fresh off a weekend getaway with a big group

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Speaker 1: of my friends from college. We do this annual girls trip,

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Speaker 1: and when I say that I look forward to it

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Speaker 1: every year, I cannot emphasize enough just how much this

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Speaker 1: weekend with my friends fills my cup. Maybe you do

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Speaker 1: something similar, but we've been going. I think we just

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Speaker 1: hit ten years of doing this trip. And the craziest

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Speaker 1: part about this trip, and people make note of this

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Speaker 1: all the time, is that it is a group of

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Speaker 1: us that is nearly fifteen women, and we have all

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Speaker 1: stayed in contact. I think we had thirteen there this year,

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Speaker 1: and not everyone makes it every year, but it's usually

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Speaker 1: a pretty good turnout. And you know, I talk a

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Speaker 1: lot about family dinner and the importance of regular ritual

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Speaker 1: want to mention how therapeutic sitting around a table with

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Speaker 1: forgiving the cheesiness, but literally one of the biggest blessings

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Speaker 1: in my life. And I left this weekend feeling immense

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Speaker 1: gratitude to just know and love so many incredible women.

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Speaker 1: What's so awesome about this is that it's made up

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Speaker 1: of stay at home moms, single women, working professionals in

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Speaker 1: every industry from academia to private wealth management to multiple

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Speaker 1: small business owners. They are smart, they're sensitive, they're supportive,

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Speaker 1: and this group is drama free. It is just the best.

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Speaker 1: And I am just so grateful for not only being

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Speaker 1: like a new woman. And what this weekend reminded me

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Speaker 1: of was how good food. And when I talk about

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Speaker 1: good food, that can mean a beautiful meal that you made.

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Speaker 1: That can mean donuts from the local shop down the street.

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Speaker 1: That can be your favorite trashy snacks from college. It

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Speaker 1: it's just such a powerful tool in bringing people together.

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Speaker 1: In fact, we had the one really nice meal we

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Speaker 1: so good. It was so good. It's one of those

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Speaker 1: as much as I want to encourage you to gather

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Speaker 1: time for gathering with the family that you choose your friends.

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Speaker 1: Make time for it. Make it a ritual, whether it's

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Speaker 1: gathering with the people that love and support you. It's important.

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Speaker 1: It's so so important. All Right, now that I'm refreshed

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Speaker 1: and feel very restored, let's discuss a few simple recipes

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Speaker 1: this is a good one, you guys, sheepan sweet and

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Speaker 1: sour chicken. So when I put out the survey for

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Speaker 1: And then everything else is just chicken, pineapple, peppers, onion.

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Speaker 1: I am here to support you when it comes to

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Speaker 1: but I this month. Every reel I'm sharing on Instagram

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Speaker 1: one of the Recipe Club recipes. So this week I

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Speaker 1: discussed whether or not you should invest in a rice cooker,

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Speaker 1: how to chop cilantro, how to cut a pineapple, shared

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Speaker 1: looking out for those because everything I'm sharing has intention

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Speaker 1: time in there, all right. Second, so it's Sinco de Mayo.

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Speaker 1: It's Sinco de Mayo, and so how can you not

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Speaker 1: So I am doing the carneatist echoes with pickled red onions.

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Speaker 1: So here are a few of my best tips for

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