1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hi everybody. I'm Kelsey Nixon and this is Kitchen Prescription, 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: the podcast you listen to when you don't know what 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: to make for dinner. Today's episode sixty five one change 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm making to the way I cook dinner in twenty 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: twenty four. It's our first official podcast of the new year, 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: and I'm feeling so energized by new routines and getting 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: back to a normal schedule. I know that the holidays 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: get the reputation of being the most wonderful time of year, 9 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: but in case you are looking for some validation that 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: the holidays are quite possibly the most challenging time of year, 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 1: I'm here to tell you that that is how things 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: felt for me this year. In particular, I hit a 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: state of overwhelm this year that I'm not sure I've 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: ever experienced before. It probably has a lot to do 15 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: with the season of life I'm in with young kids 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: and a growing business that I'm trying to keep up with, 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: but I shared that to emphasize just how grateful I 18 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: am for a fresh slate and a new year. I 19 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: love being able to reevaluate my regular routines, and you know, 20 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year kind of determine where 21 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: I can make some small adjustments to make my life 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: feel a bit more manageable. Dinner is obviously one of 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: those routines that I like to reevaluate and think about 24 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: what is working, what isn't working for our family, and 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: so on. So I'm excited to chat with you today 26 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: about the one change I'm making to the way I 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: cook dinner in twenty twenty four and how I think 28 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: it'll make my life easier. But before we do that, 29 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: let's discuss a few recipes you can throw on your 30 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: meal plan this week. First up, veggie stuffed bell peppers. 31 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: Oh this is so yummy. This was a new recipe 32 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: for January added to Recipe Club, and I grew up 33 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: with my mom making stuffed bell peppers. I really really 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: love them, I think, especially when you're trying to get 35 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: more veggies in, and I swear every January I deem 36 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: it like my healthy ish month where I'm trying to 37 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: recover a little bit from the holidays and just get 38 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: more greens and veggies in. And this is a really 39 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: delicious recipe to do that. It's very easy to make 40 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: full vegetarian or to add some ground protein, whether it 41 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: be grown chicken or turkey or grown beef in the 42 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: filling for those veggie stuffed peppers. But they are super delicious, 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: so so so delicious. I really worked on this spice 44 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: combination to make sure they were full of flavor, and 45 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: my kids ate them up. They love them so very, 46 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: very yummy veggie stuffed peppers. We're making that this week. 47 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: We're also going to make a salsa chicken skillet. I 48 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: shared this on Instagram last week. But a couple years ago, 49 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: my son, who was a basketball lover at the time. 50 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: He still loves basketball, but he was really into basketball. 51 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: Lebron James was posting about Taco Tuesday and he got 52 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: so into Taco Tuesday and how we needed to do 53 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: Taco Tuesday. So we went hard on Taco Tuesday, like 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: real hard, and we kind of like tired ourselves out, 55 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: And so we don't necessarily embrace Taco Tuesday religiously anymore. 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: But what I do embrace is making one Mexican dish 57 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: for my family every week. And it's not necessarily always 58 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: on the same day, but my family just likes Mexican 59 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: flavors and Mexican foods. My girls love rice, they love beans. 60 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: I love lime and pickled onions, and so it's just 61 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: a good It's a good category fit for our family. 62 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: And I love this salsa chicken skillet because we get 63 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: really good protein from using chicken breast. It uses some 64 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: pantry staples, including jerred salsa. You gotta buy the chunky kind. 65 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: But I am telling you this is so good. It 66 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: comes together in one skillet, which makes cleanup a breeze, 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: and it makes for really good leftovers too. So salsa 68 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: chicken skillet, we'll make that, and then we're also gonna 69 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: make chicken and orzo soup. I am in full blown 70 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: soup season at this point. I love, love, love love soup, 71 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's hard to convince my family that soup 72 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: is a meal. But I have gotten creative. And as 73 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: long as I have some sort of grain or pasta 74 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: in the soup and I serve it with some sort 75 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: of hearty bread or carb, everyone's good. They're all good 76 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: or baked potato. But this chicken or so soup, this 77 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: was one of the very first recipes we added to 78 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: Recipe Club years ago, and it's just so so good. 79 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: It's got lemon in it, it's got time in it, 80 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: it's just very comforting to me. In fact, I had 81 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: this idea where maybe you know, forget at Taco Tuesday. 82 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: You know what I want? I want a super Sunday. 83 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: I want soup every Sunday. I was like, what if 84 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,239 Speaker 1: I made soup every Sunday for the rest of the winter. 85 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: I don't hate it. I don't hate it. So if 86 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: you see something about super Sunday, you'll know I've been 87 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: thinking about it. So there are your recipes for the week. 88 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: You can find and print them all in Recipe Club 89 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: individually or in our weekly meal plan with an easy 90 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: to follow shopping list that's broken down by recipe. If 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: you are feeling the pole to get a simple dinner 92 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: system in place as you kick off twenty twenty four, 93 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 1: I'd love to invite you to check out Recipe Club 94 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: or you'll get a fresh batch of recipes every month, 95 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: along with suggested weekly meal plans that are really easy 96 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: to customize to your household's needs. When you become a member, 97 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: you get access to our entire recipe library of hundreds 98 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: of recipes, and all of your recipes are written to 99 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: make cooking as easy as possible. So what I did 100 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: when I created this is I kind of took the 101 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: experience I was having and searching for recipes online and 102 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: eliminated everything that bothered me. So there's no banner ads, 103 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,239 Speaker 1: there's no long blog posts, there's no drawn out stories. 104 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: It's just the recipes you need to help you get 105 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: dinner on the table. And one big change that we 106 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: made last year and we've now updated all of our recipes, 107 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: is that all of the ingredients are written out and 108 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: bolded in the method, so you don't have to constantly 109 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: refer back to the ingredient list. We also off for 110 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: serving and swap suggestions for every recipe, trying to make 111 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: them as accommodating as possible. And they're all in this 112 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: beautiful recipe template that when you print it out, it 113 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: looks like it came straight from a cookbook. It's really 114 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: satisfying for me. It's I hated that when I printed 115 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: recipes from the internet, they were always ugly and halftimes 116 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: they hadn't add on them. So these are really beautiful 117 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: recipes you can print off. And then a huge hit 118 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: the past couple of months is we added a recipe 119 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: template into recipe Club so that you can update all 120 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: of your own family recipes so that they look like 121 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: the Recipe Club recipes, or you don't have to use 122 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: Recia Club recipes. Just use the template and print all 123 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: the recipes that you want. But when you add them 124 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: to a binder, they look really cohesive and literally like 125 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: a cookbook. They're so beautiful. So last update for you 126 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: is we finally have recipe binders back in stock. If 127 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: you're looking for a place to store all of the 128 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: recipes that you make most often and rely on, this 129 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: is the perfect place to do so it's exactly what 130 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: it was created for. All right, enough of those updates, 131 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: Let's jump into the back half of the podcast and 132 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: discuss the one change I'm making to the way I 133 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: cook this year. As you all know, dinner is one 134 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: of those things that just keeps happening no matter who 135 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: you are and how you live. But the challenges of 136 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: dinner change, and honestly, they change quite often, which is 137 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,559 Speaker 1: why I think cooking dinner can feel so difficult. There's 138 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: not a magic solution that works for everyone, because the 139 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: dinner needs of your household are going to look different 140 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:40,559 Speaker 1: from your mom's, your sisters, your neighbors mine. They also 141 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: changed based on the season of life you're in, So 142 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: your current dinner frustrations might surround feeding picky toddlers right now, 143 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: or they might be the fact that you're raising teenagers 144 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: that are eating you out of house and home and 145 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: you cannot keep enough food in the house. The point is, 146 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: they change, and I want to encourage you to accept 147 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: that they change and accept the fact that you were 148 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: going to have a relationship with making dinner for a 149 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: long time. So try not to feel frustrated when you 150 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: start to feel that resistance of something not working. That's normal. 151 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: That's normal. My best suggestion is to check in with 152 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: quote dinner, the concept of dinner at least a few 153 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: times a year and ask yourself what is and isn't working. 154 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: You'll know when you need to check in because you 155 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: will feel you will feeling harder. I just went through 156 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: this exercise myself and had a huge aha moment. I 157 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: realized that we were eating too late. My kids were 158 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: coming home from after school activities starving and eating a 159 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: huge snack at like four o'clock. But then I wasn't 160 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: making dinner until like six thirty or so. But it 161 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: was driving me crazy because no one was really eating 162 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: their dinner well. After I'd go into all of this 163 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: work and I I felt like the kitchen was in 164 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: constant motion of snacks and cooking between the hours of 165 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: four and eight, and it just kind of it was 166 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: driving me nuts. It was driving me crazy. I think 167 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: it started when it started to get dark earlier. That's 168 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: when things started to feel off for me. So I've 169 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: decided that the one change I'm making to the way 170 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: I cook dinner in twenty twenty four is that we 171 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: are going to eat earlier. I know it's not groundbreaking, 172 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: but the point is not the tip that we're going 173 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: to eat dinner earlier. The point is that regularly reevaluating 174 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: what is and isn't working for you and your relationship 175 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: with dinner is important to you finding success in the kitchen. 176 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: Here's an example. Let's just take this for example, something 177 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: that might not be working for you as you head 178 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: into the new year and that you might want to 179 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: reevaluate or make a change for So, let's say you 180 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: might be trying to cook too many recipes, and I 181 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: would like to to give you permission that repetition is okay. 182 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: It is okay to make the same thing every Monday 183 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: for a month. If that's what works for you every 184 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: night of the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Like, if 185 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: that's what works for your family, great, you might need 186 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: to limit your choices. In fact, one change I made 187 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: last year that's been a huge help is that I 188 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: have a list of seasonal greatest hits recipes. So I 189 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: have four lists of my favorite recipes to cook during 190 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: each season. In fact, I put the top ten list 191 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: in Recipe Club for each of these seasons, and when 192 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: I meal plan, I only look at that list for 193 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: whatever season I'm in. That way, I'm not thumbing through 194 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: my summer grilling recipes when I'm meal planning in February 195 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: and all I want is soup and slow cooker. I 196 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: find that when I flip through all of my recipes 197 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: when I'm trying to meal plan, it's like that decision 198 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: fatigue becomes paralyzing. So I like to I like to 199 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: break it up by season. We actually have an upcoming 200 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: podcast episode on how to create these seasonal greatest Hits lists, 201 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: and I'm excited. I'm really excited to share with you 202 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: about it because it made, like I said, a big 203 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: difference for me last year when it came to managing 204 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: decision fatigue surrounding planning for dinner. So whatever it is, 205 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: take some time this week to ask yourself what is 206 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: and is it working, and commit to make a small 207 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: change that might alleviate some of the burdens that you 208 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: feel surrounding dinner. Right now, all right. One new addition 209 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: to the podcast this year is that we're going to 210 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: wrap up every episode with what I like to call 211 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: give me five five things that made my life easier 212 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: and more enjoyable this week. I've been doing it in 213 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: my weekly newsletter and you guys are loving it, and 214 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: so I thought you don't have to tack this on 215 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: to the podcast, because I do find it's helpful to 216 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: hear from people when they're sharing the things that ultimately 217 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: are making their lives easier. So it'll just be a 218 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: quick list we run through each week of the things that, 219 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: like I said, make my life fe more manageable or 220 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: just make me happy, just bright spots. So first out, 221 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: my favorite everyday dishes are melamine, and I am obsessed 222 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: with them. I'm getting close to retiring all of my 223 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: kid plates. I can't believe it. Like we just got 224 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: rid of the sippy cups and I'm realizing now that 225 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: my kids are almost four and seven and eleven, I mean, 226 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: he's beyond But they don't need to be eating on plastic, 227 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: colorful plates. They really don't, especially given that the primary 228 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,719 Speaker 1: dinner plate we use in our house is melamine and 229 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: it's not breakable. So I noticed that the dishes that 230 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: I love so much were on sale for the new Year. 231 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: And they're west Elm. It's a it's a design called 232 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: Callo Kahlo, and they are awesome. I love them, particularly 233 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: because the exact same design comes in both melamine and stoneware, 234 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: and so I actually have a set of both, and like, 235 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: go with me here. A Thanksgiving, I used the stoneware 236 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: for all of the adults and older kids, but then 237 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: I pulled out the melamine dishes for the younger kids 238 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: and they all looked the same and it made me 239 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: so happy. It made me so happy, so awesome. There 240 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: are west Elm callow dishes, the melanine ones in particular, 241 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: and they've got all different varieties. They've got serving platters, 242 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: they've got the blades, the like shallow bowls, they've got 243 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: the big plates, the salad plates. Just an awesome product. 244 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: I really love it. Next the Little Green Machine the Bissel. 245 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: I swear this is Instagram famous, but after putting away 246 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: my Christmas decorations, I wanted everything to feel clean and tidy. 247 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: And we have these two navy blue accent chairs in 248 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: our living space that have been looking rough given that 249 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: they have had so much wear and tear for my kids. 250 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: So I borrowed a Bissel Little Green Machine from a 251 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: neighbor to try out on our chairs. Because I don't know, 252 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: I was like, do I really need this story? Really? 253 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: Hump is, even though I've seen it all over Instagram 254 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: in the past two years, but I'm here to tell 255 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: you it's pretty great. It did an amazing job on 256 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: our chairs. They are not perfect, but let me tell you, 257 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: there was no coming back to perfection after what my 258 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: kids had done to these chairs. But they look so 259 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: much better and I ordered one. So two thumbs up 260 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: for the Little Green Machine. Okay. Next is the Oxo 261 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: Twist and Poor Dressing Maker. So I'm back on my 262 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: salad a day kick as I try and eat a 263 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: bit more healthy this month. I usually make a salad 264 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: for lunch and sometimes I even have a salad for breakfast. 265 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: I know that's crazy, but sometimes it just sounds good 266 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: to me. The older I get, the more I just 267 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: want savory things in the morning, and sometimes the salad 268 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: just does it for me. So nothing gets me more 269 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: excited to dive into a salad than a really good dressing. 270 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: And I love how I can store using this Oxo 271 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: twist in poor product. I can store homemade dressing in 272 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: this And the way it is, it's like it's like 273 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: a plastic container, like a nice heavy duty plastic container, 274 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: but it's not glass, and it's got like this little 275 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: contraption that is great in the center, and if you 276 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: twist it, it mixes up the dressing. And then it's 277 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: got this great poor spout that has a lid on 278 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: it so it can't spill. And so what I can 279 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: do is I can make a big batch of whatever 280 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: dressing I want to make. I made this ty peanut 281 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: dressing last week that was so good. I have a 282 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: mustard vinaigrette that I love. Sometimes I'll just do an 283 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: apple cider vinegrette or balsamic vinaigrette, and I can make 284 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: a big batch, keep it in the fridge and just 285 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: pull out and use it every day. The fact that 286 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: you can twist the center of it mixes it up 287 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: just perfectly, and it's just a nice little tool to have. 288 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it so much. And look, 289 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: I am all about a shortcut. You guys know that 290 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: I am not afraid to recommend a jarred mare and 291 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: air sauce, a bottled ariyaki sauce, like whatever it takes 292 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: to get dinner on the table. But there is something 293 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: about a homemade dressing that is so delicious that I 294 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: like homead dressings forever. I love them, and they're not hard. 295 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: They're not hard once you learn how to make them. 296 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: Next is something I'm wearing. So I have got this 297 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: favorite flannel and it's made by charity, and it's called 298 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: the Legend of Flannel, and I swear it wins for 299 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: my favorite winter piece of clothing. It's like, I know, 300 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: you guys have been there when I go to my 301 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: closet each morning and I do the math to figure 302 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: out the last day I wore it because it's the 303 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: only thing I want to wear. It's not the only 304 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: thing I want to wear. I just love it. It feels 305 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: like I'm putting on a blanket. It is so cozy, 306 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: so comfortable. It's the perfect weight, and I think rather 307 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: than doing the math every morning, I'm just gonna plan 308 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: to wear it every Friday for the foreseeable future because 309 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: flannel and Friday will start with F and I can. 310 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: I can't say no to an alliteration moment. So Friday 311 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: Flannels coming at you. I've only got one. They're a 312 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: little bit of an investment piece, and that's why I 313 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: held off for so long, But I might have to 314 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: get a second one. It's such a it's such a 315 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 1: good piece. And number five is the Tula I brightening Bomb. 316 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: Tula is the brand, and it's oh my gosh, you guys. 317 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: I went through an entire stick of this last year 318 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: and I was so happy to unexpectedly find one of 319 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: my stocking on Christmas morning. I forgot how much I 320 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: love this thing. It's like one of my favorite parts 321 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: of my skin skin care slash makeup routine. It's this 322 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: stick and it's like cooling and brightening and height drading 323 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: to the skin under my eyes. And I will use 324 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: it before I put my makeup on. I use it 325 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: typically use it three times a day. I use it 326 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: before I put my makeup on. I usually use it 327 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: once in the middle of the day, just when I 328 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,719 Speaker 1: feel like I'm looking a little tired, and then I 329 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 1: use it after I wash my face and right before 330 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: I go to bed. It is so cooling and so nice. 331 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: It comes in both a blue and a pink, and 332 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: at in my sucking at the blue and the pink, 333 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: I've only used the blue before, so I'm excited to 334 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: try the pink as well. I think the pink maybe 335 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 1: has like an aluminescent something going on, but it's such 336 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: a great product. It's like such a delight for me 337 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: as I do those morning and evening routines. So that's 338 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: another thing that really is just making my life more 339 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: enjoyable this week. That's it for today. You guys, make 340 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: sure you are subscribed to the podcast so that you 341 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: never miss an episode. Remember, I created this entire podcast 342 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 1: that you could have a quick twenty minute listen while 343 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: you map out your meals for the week. Listening to 344 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: a podcast while imeal plan has been part of my 345 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: simple dinner system for as long as I can remember, 346 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: so I tried to put out a perfect fit for that. 347 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: Each week, something that is a quick listen that you 348 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: can attach to mapping out your meals and hopefully learn 349 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: something along the way. So next week we'll be chatting 350 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: about my Winter Greatest Hits list, where I walk you 351 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: through my favorite winter recipes to make and how I 352 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: like to store them for easy access. So subscribe to 353 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: the podcast so that episode automatically pops up for you 354 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: next week. Thank you so much for listening today. I 355 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 1: am so glad you're here. Until next time, I'm Kelsey, 356 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: Happy Cookie.