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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 number fifty, a

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Speaker 1: drop off dinner's Guide.

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Speaker 2: Hello, It's officially.

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Speaker 1: May, and I'm already feeling it.

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Speaker 2: How about you, guys?

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Speaker 1: What started is I began filling out our family calendar

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Speaker 1: for May and had to remind myself to take some

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Speaker 1: deep breaths, like teacher appreciation, end of year performances and recitals,

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Speaker 1: all Star Baseball season, kigs off, state testing for my kids,

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Speaker 1: making sure they've got good breakfasts and they're getting enough

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Speaker 2: It's just a lot, and I know.

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Speaker 1: I'm not the only one who feels this way. It

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Speaker 1: also happens to be the month that we celebrate Mother's Day,

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Speaker 1: and I know that Mother's Day can be somewhat of

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Speaker 1: a complicated holiday. There have death It will be definitely

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Speaker 1: been years in my life where I have experienced discomfort

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Speaker 1: I tend to look forward to it and it's celebrating

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Speaker 1: the more appreciation I have for her and what she

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Speaker 1: did for us as kids, and I have had my

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Speaker 1: own unique journey to motherhood. Many of you probably know

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Speaker 1: about that, there's some of you who might not, but

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Speaker 1: from having my own babies to having to work with

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Speaker 1: in law who ended up becoming my very good friend, Megan, carried.

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Speaker 1: So not only do I celebrate the fact that I'm

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Speaker 1: a mother and that I've got a wonderful mother on

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Speaker 1: Mother's Day, but I celebrate the fact that I get

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Speaker 1: to experience motherhood because of two incredible women. I got

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Speaker 1: to experience it again right because of these just incredible women.

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Speaker 1: So it's a special holiday for me. But if it's

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Speaker 1: if it's a tough one for you, I am sending

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Speaker 1: you my love. As I was thinking about maybe some

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Speaker 1: of the best gifts I've received over the year, best

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Speaker 1: straight to thinking about a meal. I just think a

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Speaker 1: meal is such a beautiful gift for someone, whether they've

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Speaker 1: all of these circumstances, someone has brought me a meal,

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Speaker 1: and it is just the most thoughtful gift. So I

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Speaker 1: know we're probably thinking about robes and pajamas and lotions

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Speaker 1: think a meal's a great idea to take to either

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Speaker 1: your own mom or maybe even a mom you admire

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Speaker 1: and you want to celebrate this month. So we're going

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Speaker 1: to chat about drop off dinners today and I'm excited

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Speaker 1: to share some of my favorite recipes and ideas for that.

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Speaker 1: But before we do that, we're going to run through

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Speaker 1: three simple recipes you could throw on your meal plan

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Speaker 1: if you're stuck trying to decide what to make for

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Speaker 1: dinner this week. Our first recipe skillet meatballs and or zoto.

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Speaker 2: Oh guys, this is really yummy.

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Speaker 1: Just by the title, it may sound like a hearty

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Speaker 1: But it's so simple to make these meatballs that really

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Speaker 1: then pineapple barbecue pork kebabs. So I did my Costco

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Speaker 1: really simple. You can find all of the recipes in

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Speaker 1: Recipe Club individually, or if you are looking for a

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Speaker 1: meal plan, we also offer weekly meal plants and Recipe

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Speaker 1: Club with an easy printable shopping list. There's one document

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Speaker 1: where you can just print all of the recipes together,

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

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Speaker 2: And I love to cook. I love to cook, but.

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Speaker 1: Whether you're going to make dinner for somebody, not necessarily

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Speaker 2: Or someone's going to make dinner for you.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna chat about what a meal train is, my

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Speaker 1: favorite recipes for drop off dinners, and what I like

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Speaker 2: So, first of all, what's a meal train? Have you

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Speaker 1: Meal trains have been a part of my life forever.

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Speaker 1: Within the culture that I grew up in, meal trains

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Speaker 1: So the easiest and most organized way to set up

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Speaker 2: I like to always include reheating instructions if I can.

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Speaker 1: it's like a time they're gonna eat it, just warm

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