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Speaker 1: My name is Tatasha Bamblet. I'm a proud First Nations

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Speaker 1: woman and I'm here to acknowledge country t glennyan Ganya, Niana,

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Speaker 1: Kaka yah Ya, bin Ahaka Nian our gay In Nibina,

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Speaker 1: and now in wakah ghana on yak raum jar Watnadaa. Hello,

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Speaker 1: beautiful friends, we gather on the lands of the Aboriginal people.

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Speaker 1: and respect all that you see. She's on the Money

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Speaker 1: podcast acknowledges culture, country, community and connections, bringing you the tools,

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Speaker 2: You to thrive. She's on the Money. She's on the Money.

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Speaker 3: Hello and welcome to She's on the Money, the podcast

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Speaker 3: that is here to help you have a very merry

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Speaker 3: Christmas without a very scary grocery bill. Last year, Australian

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Speaker 3: households spend about five hundred bucks on Christmas food and

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Speaker 3: drinks alone, and with grocery prices climbing higher than ever.

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Speaker 2: This year, I thought, absolutely not.

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Speaker 3: We are not doing another Christmas shop where the checkout

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Speaker 3: gives you heart palpitations. So today's episode is all about

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Speaker 3: building a gorgeous Christmas feast without the financial stress.

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Speaker 2: I'm Victoria Devine and girls is not just me.

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Speaker 3: With me is the woman who can turn ten bucks

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Speaker 3: into dinner and somehow make it taste really expensive. You

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Speaker 3: might remember her from our episode on feeding your family

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Speaker 3: for ten dollars, And she's back and I am thrilled.

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Speaker 3: She has come all the way from Tasmania and she's

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Speaker 3: in my studio in real life. Welcome back to the show,

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Speaker 3: Chelsea Goodwin.

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, I am so happy to be here, Victoria.

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Speaker 3: So I am just excited to meet you in person.

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Speaker 3: Like we had this really cool interview.

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Speaker 2: It was all online. That's fine, but we vibed.

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Speaker 3: I love watching your stuff, and to see you in person,

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Speaker 3: I'm like, oh, she is actually sunshine.

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Speaker 2: I know you're sunshine in the form of a human,

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Speaker 2: and I love that you are so sweet.

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Speaker 3: Let's get into Christmas because I also love Christmas, so

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Speaker 3: do I. I've got Christmas nails, You've got a red

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Speaker 2: We are ready for this.

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Speaker 3: So I wanted to start first question first, cab off

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Speaker 3: the rank, not even about budget.

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Speaker 2: What does Christmas look like for you? I love Christmas.

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Speaker 2: It's Christmas is such a joyful time. It's like where

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Speaker 2: I have a small family, so I never had this

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Speaker 2: me and my three kids and it's us at home.

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Speaker 2: We do a Christmas Eve dinner. My dad's side of

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Speaker 2: the family are Africa American. They're all in America, so

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Speaker 2: they don't join us for Christmas, but we bring Christmas. Yes,

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Speaker 2: we bring the culture onto the dinner tables. So we

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Speaker 2: have like a soul food beast on Christmas Eve. It's

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Speaker 2: I try when I can to volunteer on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 2: So if we have time in the day, if there's

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Speaker 3: We did that growing up. That was really important for

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Speaker 2: To learn what the world looks like and Christmas is

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Speaker 3: So we would go down to I want to say,

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Speaker 3: and have our dinner together as a family, and same

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Speaker 3: often just have like a little small Christmas all together.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, I feel like that really helps bring back

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Speaker 3: the sense of gratitude that you have on Christmas, and

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Speaker 3: like you're probably teaching your kids a lot through that

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Speaker 2: So I mean this Christmas, we are cooking for over

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Speaker 2: Great budget, great budget, but it's going to be so

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Speaker 3: Pivoting back to your family Christmas thought, what parts of

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Speaker 2: Okay, I am a thrifty queen when it comes to presents.

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Speaker 2: So we do thrift shopping for our Christmas presents. And

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Speaker 2: buy our presence at thrift shops. I used to do

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Speaker 2: I would buy things, often new, from thrift stores for

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Speaker 2: and it's like this really exciting sort of true chunt.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is. It's fun and it's really like when

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Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent. We do handmade, homemade or second hand.

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Speaker 3: It's like one of my family sides and it's literally

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Speaker 2: But when you find the perfect then you're like, this

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Speaker 3: We don't feel bad because the gift actually already served

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right.

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Speaker 3: So before you mentioned I'm slightly envious that you have

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Speaker 3: two styles of Christmas meals that you cook. You've got

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Speaker 2: totally worth it, and we always have leftovers a traditional one.

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Speaker 2: I feel like I've got down to kind of a

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Speaker 3: No, that actually doesn't make sense to me because the

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Speaker 3: charcuterie board I have in my head is already going

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Speaker 2: Maybe we need canutary board, Victoria.

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Speaker 3: But like, sorry, that might be in line with my values.

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Speaker 3: You mentioned you give yourself a one hundred dollar budget

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Speaker 3: for you like it doesn't go over Yeah, how far

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Speaker 2: Like? Or how well in advance? Too far? So as

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Speaker 2: go for it. If I might have, you know, two

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Speaker 2: And then I start planning what I'm going to make,

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Speaker 3: You're gonna have to give me examples because we can't

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Speaker 3: say to my community. Oh yeah, So Chelsea does hook

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Speaker 3: Christmas dinner for one hundred dollars, and then we move

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Speaker 3: on from that, like everybody is wondering, like how including me, it's.

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Speaker 2: Not possible, including dessert, including out everything. Sorry, she's just upgreen.

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Speaker 2: We're including the meat, the sides, and the dessert.

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Speaker 3: What meat are we cooking for under one hundred dollars?

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Speaker 2: All right? So hit me out here. The humble roast

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Speaker 2: chicken perfect, yeah, which I think a lot of people

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Speaker 2: But we're gonna pimp your chicken. You are gonna pimp

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Speaker 2: your chicken up. You're going to serve the best roast chicken.

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Speaker 2: Anybody has ever had the best seasoned, stuffed, most beautiful looking,

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Speaker 2: crispy skinned roast chicken. And if you've got more than

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Speaker 2: you know, see more than five people, you just cook two.

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Speaker 2: So I would do a roast chicken. I do stuffing.

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Speaker 2: Like with any of my meal plans in my books,

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Speaker 2: we're always making sure that we're using multiple ingredients in

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Speaker 3: That has been literally life changing for me, Like the

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Speaker 3: don't meal prep, Like I have openly said this, like

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Speaker 3: I'm not going to pretend that I follow your meal

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Speaker 2: And get a lot out of it.

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Speaker 3: And like sometimes I'm a little bit lazy, Chelsea, I'm

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Speaker 3: really sorry, like cost twelve because I've gone for Connection

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Speaker 3: twelve at the moment, because I've also been like I'm

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Speaker 3: not shopping around. I'm not going to multiple supermarkets to

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Speaker 3: get the specials. I just want the Chelsea Goodwin, like

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Speaker 3: the special give it to me because I know if

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Speaker 3: I make this, I'm going to have like a meatball

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Speaker 2: Literally so helpful with a toddler. I'm sorry, genius. I

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Speaker 2: wish I had discovered this when I had toddlers. It

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Speaker 2: took me a little bit longer.

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Speaker 3: It's insane. But like when you find a food that

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Speaker 3: they like, I mean, use it in a number of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great. So yeah we do that at Christmas

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Speaker 2: as well, so things like, you know, I love nuts

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Speaker 2: in a salad, so I'll get walnuts or pecans. But

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Speaker 2: then you can also put that in the stuffing. Okay

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Speaker 2: that the chicken too, exactly, and you could do sort

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Speaker 2: of like a steamed greens or a sauteed greens and

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Speaker 2: then do them with some sprinkled or toasted nuts on

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Speaker 2: them as well. So you're using that tiny little packet

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Speaker 3: Yeah exactly, not using half a packet of nuts, putting

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Speaker 3: the half in the cupboard and then being like what

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Speaker 3: were those?

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Speaker 2: I think they're stale? Exactly, So I do you know

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Speaker 2: this gorgeous chicken, we make it look beautiful. It's a

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Speaker 3: Guys, Chelsea's going to give us the menu and we

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Speaker 3: In my family, we basically are ham fiends all through January.

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Speaker 2: I literally do that. Yep.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I just oh, I'm just getting the milk for

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Speaker 3: I feel like it's often it's a lot of pressure,

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Speaker 2: What has that taught you about making food? Stretch plan,

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Speaker 2: No wait, please don't do that. Don't do it to yourself,

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Speaker 2: Bill for hosting.

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Speaker 2: It's so hard. So that's where you've got to think, like, Okay,

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Speaker 2: Don't you do that to yourself? Completely chaotic? And they

435
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,600
Speaker 2: may have run out of like that one thing that

436
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,840
Speaker 2: you really need. Yeah, and it's so incredibly stressful. You

437
00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,720
Speaker 2: don't want to be having to drive like an hour

438
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,400
Speaker 2: to try and find something or completely change your menu

439
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 2: because you've left everything to the last minute. The other

440
00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 2: thing I would say is that I know. Sometimes people

441
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:22,400
Speaker 2: will buy like gourmet ingredients to specific recipes and they'll

442
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,280
Speaker 2: use a tiny bit and then it goes in the

443
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,119
Speaker 2: fridge and it's forgotten about. And you spent all this

444
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,760
Speaker 2: money on this thing that you didn't really need, or

445
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,320
Speaker 2: you could have bought something else or made something else,

446
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,280
Speaker 2: and you have the food waste you spent the money.

447
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,639
Speaker 2: It's like a whole of thing. I actually have a

448
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,640
Speaker 2: rule that I'm allowed to try more than one new

449
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,640
Speaker 2: recipe when I'm cooking for a crowd. So it's fair. Yeah,

450
00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,879
Speaker 2: i have to stick with in my comfort zone, and

451
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,480
Speaker 2: I'm allowed one new recipe, one new thing that I

452
00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,639
Speaker 2: can experiment on, and if that goes bad, it's okay

453
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,640
Speaker 2: because everything else will turn out. So I think, yeah,

454
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Speaker 2: just make your life easier.

455
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Speaker 3: Totally agree, And I think it's all about Sometimes you're like, well,

456
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,159
Speaker 3: it's Christmas, we should get the bougie version, but you

457
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 3: probably should just be getting the fetter from the deli,

458
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,960
Speaker 3: not the Meredith Scots Cheese. Like, even though yes, that's

459
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,879
Speaker 3: bougie and it's fair you love the Meredith, nobody is

460
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,040
Speaker 3: going to notice it when it's on the top of

461
00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,440
Speaker 3: a salad they're really not. They're not going to notice,

462
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Speaker 3: I promise. And I also just love the idea that

463
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Speaker 3: you're going to give us this menu, right so that

464
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Speaker 3: we can have our one hundred dollars Christmas and do

465
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,560
Speaker 3: our roast chickens. But sorry, she's giving us the whole menu.

466
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,440
Speaker 3: You can just cut and paste that into your coal's delivery.

467
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 3: You don't even have to go to the shops. Literally, yeah,

468
00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 3: and like everything will be delivered and if you do

469
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,440
Speaker 3: it early enough, if there's something missing, you just pop

470
00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,880
Speaker 3: out for one thing. Oh it's a money win, all right.

471
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 3: I feel like that's a good strategy. And we've got

472
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Speaker 3: that sorted and nailed. Let's go to a really quick

473
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Speaker 3: break and then after the break, I think we're going

474
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Speaker 3: to get into the really fun part. We're going to

475
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 3: talk more about food, the meats, the sides, the specific desserts,

476
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,440
Speaker 3: and all of the delicious bits that I would say

477
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 3: can get Meredith Scots cheese fetter expensive if you're not careful,

478
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Speaker 3: So guys, don't go anywhere.

479
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Speaker 2: Welcome back, my friends.

480
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Speaker 3: Now, I wanted to start with one of the most

481
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Speaker 3: expensive things on the Christmas menu, and that is always

482
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Speaker 3: the meat.

483
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 2: Even if you're vegetarian.

484
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 3: Even if you're vegan, the like options are still expensive,

485
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Speaker 3: Like the alternatives are cooked. You mentioned that you do

486
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Speaker 3: a roast chicken earlier, which I think is genius. But

487
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Speaker 3: what other if you're like, well, you're right you said before,

488
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 3: some people think that chicken on Christmas povo.

489
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Speaker 2: They don't like that.

490
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, what other options do we have? What meat cuts

491
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Speaker 3: are we looking for? Because for me, I'm not gonna lie.

492
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Speaker 3: If I showed up to Christmas and told my dad

493
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Speaker 3: we're having chicken, he'd be like, we have lamb on Christmas,

494
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,919
Speaker 3: and lamb that's that's not budget Eric Divine.

495
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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think you've just got to with those things.

496
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,919
Speaker 2: Sometimes you've really got a plan ahead. Yeah. So it's

497
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,719
Speaker 2: a matter of like if you want I mean, if

498
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 2: you want really high quality, beautiful butcher's meat, anything you

499
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 2: get is going to be expensive. If you're happy to

500
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,400
Speaker 2: go to the supermarket which is still great quality meat

501
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,400
Speaker 2: and take advantage of the specials, you've got some options there.

502
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 2: So hams can be really budget friendly and you don't

503
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Speaker 2: have you can buy the half leg, you don't have

504
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 2: to get the full leg. Diet a full leg when

505
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,439
Speaker 2: it's on special. Sometimes they mark them down. I mean,

506
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Speaker 2: this is where you're taking kind of a risk. Like

507
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,479
Speaker 2: sometimes you might get them cheaper on Christmas Eve if

508
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Speaker 2: you get in there.

509
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Speaker 3: But I'm not going to encourage you to do that

510
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Speaker 3: either because there's no discount.

511
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Speaker 2: Had I would not be leaving your you know, the

512
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Speaker 2: main event the meat until Christmas Eve. Another thing that

513
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,439
Speaker 2: people aren't too keen on.

514
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 3: Here, but I love is turkey. So you can try

515
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 3: and sell me on turkey. Yeah, I feel like it's

516
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Speaker 3: very American.

517
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 2: It is very American.

518
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:06,159
Speaker 3: It's giving Thanksgiving, it is giving Thanksgiving, but we're not

519
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 3: doing a whole turkey, right because that just seems terrifying.

520
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 3: But in your sixty centimeters exactly, it's you've got to

521
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 3: look at what you've got.

522
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 2: So and they do come in different sizes also, so

523
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,399
Speaker 2: you can get smaller turkeys and you can get like

524
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 2: the big bazooka turkey that you're going to need a

525
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,400
Speaker 2: giant oven for. But you can also buy the frozen

526
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,120
Speaker 2: portions as well. That's genius, which and they're often half price. Yeah,

527
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,959
Speaker 2: Like I've picked them up half price. I actually buy

528
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 2: them and slice the cook them and slice them up

529
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 2: for sandwich meat genie because it's cheaper than buying turkey

530
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Speaker 2: at the deli, so they can be delicious. You know,

531
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Speaker 2: a bit of cranberry sauce. It's giving festive. It is

532
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Speaker 2: giving festive. I love turkey, not everybody does, but that's

533
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,400
Speaker 2: a great option lamb as well. Like we just look

534
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Speaker 2: for the specials, and it really depends on what is

535
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Speaker 2: going on with Lamb prices as far as weather at

536
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 2: that particular time. It is affordable or not. So that's

537
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Speaker 2: something you just have to look at and see whether

538
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 2: that's in your budget. But usually, like Lamb legs are

539
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 2: going to be a lot cheaper than Lamb shoulders, but

540
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Speaker 2: Lamb legs are so beautiful slow roasted. Yeah, cook humble

541
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Speaker 2: hook shoulder one hundred percent. Yes, that's another really budget

542
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 2: friendly cut which is beautiful, crackling. You can slow cook that.

543
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Speaker 2: I think it's genius.

544
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Speaker 3: Would you also say, because you said before and it

545
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Speaker 3: got me thinking, you said they have the frozen portions,

546
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Speaker 3: would you.

547
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Speaker 2: Start looking right now to go okay cool?

548
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,159
Speaker 3: I could buy my meat and freeze it and then

549
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,360
Speaker 3: defrost it a few days before Christmas or properly defrost.

550
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 3: But then we get a good deal and we prepared

551
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Speaker 3: and we know that it's not going to be sold

552
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Speaker 3: out on.

553
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 2: Christmas depending on the meat. So obviously, if it's something

554
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 2: that's already frozen, bang it in the freezer, you have

555
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 2: no problem. Poultry, I'm happy to freeze ham. No, not,

556
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Speaker 2: We're not going to freeze the ham. Just need to

557
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 2: say that because I'll be able to see the hams

558
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 2: in the freezer. But yeah, it really just depends on

559
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Speaker 2: the meat itself. But poultry definitely.

560
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Speaker 3: What about seafood. I'm sorry, but I'm just thinking about

561
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 3: myself in this moment. Okay, my dad wants lamb on Christmas. Yeah,

562
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 3: my mum would probably start a riot if we didn't

563
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 3: have some form of seafood.

564
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 2: Okay, I feel like it's a very Australian thing to have.

565
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,479
Speaker 3: Is what cost effective ways could people integrate this if

566
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 3: they were like, oh, I really.

567
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 2: Want to seafood Christmas. I get it, but I don't

568
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 2: get it because I'm not a huge seafood lover. She

569
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 2: wants the turkey, I do. I want the turkey. I

570
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 2: want the lamb, I want the chicken.

571
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,439
Speaker 3: But if my fingers do not smell like prawn's by

572
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 3: the end of Christmas, day.

573
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Speaker 2: I have not had a good Christmas Aussie Christmas that

574
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 2: I've ever been to. At other people's house, there is

575
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 2: always a huge prom platter, So I totally get that.

576
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 2: I actually love oysters. They're my Yeah see, you can't

577
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 2: sell me. See but I mean this little tidbit about

578
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 2: the sea. Oh stop it. I would do anything for

579
00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 2: a dozen oysters. Keep that in my brain. A love them.

580
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 2: Here's the thing though, Oysters expensive, right if you're eating

581
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 2: them at a restaurant. I used to purchase them, and

582
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 2: you can do this with any seafood. But I sourced oysters.

583
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 2: This is when I was living in Brisbane, so up

584
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 2: until about a year ago, I source them from a

585
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 2: wholesaler that sells to restaurants but also sells to the public.

586
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 2: So I was getting my oysters for just over a

587
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 2: dollar each. Oh that's kind of deal. And that's that

588
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 2: is budget friendly. So if I sell people, oh I

589
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 2: had oysters, they think, oh, you know, you're a joke, Chelsea.

590
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 2: I thought you were, you know, the budget cooking you

591
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 2: know guru. But I had free and there was like

592
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,879
Speaker 2: a platter of them, and you make a little mignonette

593
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 2: like you can do. You can pick them up on

594
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 2: Christmas Eve. Yeah, but the same places that do the oysters.

595
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 2: There's usually other seafood places that also sell to the

596
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 2: public and to restaurants that you can source your seafood

597
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 2: from and at great prices and pick it all up

598
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 2: the day before Christmas. On that note, as well as

599
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 2: far as food wholesalers, I think something that a lot

600
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Speaker 2: of people don't know is that a lot of these

601
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Speaker 2: wholesalers that sell to restaurants sell things like, you know,

602
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 2: like your big boxes of really nice frozen Aaron Cheeney

603
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 2: and things like that. Yeah, yeah, like you can buy that,

604
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 2: you can go. They will sell direct to public, a

605
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 2: lot of them. I used to have an account with one,

606
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 2: and I was just you know, that was just me.

607
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 2: I was in business or anything. But yeah, that's great

608
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 2: if you're wanting to cater for larger groups, but maybe

609
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 2: wanting some little shortcuts, you can pick up that really

610
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 2: high quality food that is just needs to be reheated

611
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 2: and at a really good price. I will make room

612
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 2: in my oven for that one. Yeah.

613
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Speaker 3: Now, I feel like I'm very good at getting confused

614
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 3: around Christmas time as to how many grams of things

615
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 3: people need and I'm saying that because I don't think grams,

616
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 3: but I go, oh, okay, we were talking about the

617
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 3: pork before, we're going to go buy a pork shoulder.

618
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 3: And then I get analysis paralysis because I'm looking at

619
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Speaker 3: all the pork shoulder options and one's one killer, and

620
00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,120
Speaker 3: one's one point five and one's two, and I'm like, well,

621
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Speaker 3: which one do I need? Obviously they impact the price,

622
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 3: but like it's going to shrink a little bit. How

623
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Speaker 3: many grams per person are we allocating? When it comes

624
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 3: to a protein.

625
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 2: It's really hard because then you've got you've got bone

626
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 2: less and bone in meat as well, so that comes

627
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Speaker 2: into it. What I would say is that if you

628
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 2: are buying from a soupermarket, often it will give you

629
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Speaker 2: a guide on the packet, so it will say, you know,

630
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 2: the lamb I've noticed in the pork often has that,

631
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 2: So that will say feeds six or something like that,

632
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 2: and that is a fairly good approximation. The problem is

633
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 2: that we all know our families.

634
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Speaker 3: And when you met my husband, because a six person

635
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 3: thing is not that's not six maybe three?

636
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 2: I have you know a six foot four seventeen year

637
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: old at home? Oh yeah, that's something we worse than

638
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 2: a husband. Actually, when it comes to food consumption, anybody

639
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 2: that has growing teenagers are very very hungry partners. Oh

640
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 2: look I eat a lot at Christmas. So if you're

641
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 2: buying from a butcher, I would always talk to them

642
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 2: and just say, look, i'm feeding five very hungry adult

643
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 2: is this going to be enough? And they will tell

644
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 2: you it's hard to give an exact you know, gram

645
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 2: per person approximate. Disappointing but also totally relatable.

646
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,479
Speaker 3: No, totally, but I like the idea that we can

647
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 3: check the packets and it will be a bit of

648
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 3: a guideline and we're so sorry. The idea of asking

649
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 3: the butcher as you're getting it genius. I'd be like,

650
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 3: this is now your problem. And then if on Christmas

651
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 3: I run out, I'd be like, butcher said, well, let's

652
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 3: move on from grams of meat and actually talk about sides.

653
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 3: Because you were selling me before scarlet potatoes, some greens

654
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 3: with some like little nuts on top ten out of ten?

655
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 2: How can we keep the costs down there?

656
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 3: And then how can we make ove is maybe a

657
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 3: little bit more fancy on Christmas?

658
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 2: Okay, I think sides are something that people struggle with

659
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 2: as sides like creativity because you know it's easy to

660
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 2: choose your protein and do you know glazer ham and

661
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 2: make it look all pretty. But then it's like what

662
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 2: do we serve it with? I mean I always I

663
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 2: love cut Like carbs are great for Christmas because you

664
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 2: want people's bellies to be full. So potatoes are fantastic.

665
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 2: Anything you can do with potatoes, mash them, you know, potato,

666
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:12,719
Speaker 2: bake potato salad, like roast potatoes, potato Christmas. You heard

667
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 2: it here first. Yeah, if potatoes aren't on your menu,

668
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 2: get them on your menu because they are so budget friendly.

669
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 2: You can do so much with them, and they're very filling,

670
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 2: which is fantastic, and they taste great. I would usually

671
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 2: do a green side, a potato side, and a salad

672
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 2: as a minimum.

673
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 3: Do you feel a great carrots because like I don't

674
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 3: feel like it's Christmas without carrots in my house.

675
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 2: But like we're not just boiling some carrots like they

676
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 2: have to be roasted. Yeah, I mean I love it

677
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 2: like a just a tray of mixed roast vegetables. Yeah. Yeah,

678
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 2: So if you've got some carrots, some pumpkins, some sweet potato,

679
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 2: I'm always thinking about color as well, So how is

680
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 2: it going to look when it's on the table. You know,

681
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 2: if you've got some white potatoes, you've got your kind

682
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 2: of your brown meat, you got your green side, and

683
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 2: then you know, bringing something it does make it feel

684
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 2: more festive. It does. We do eat with our eyes.

685
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 2: We want people to sort of when you put the

686
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 2: food on the table, so I think, and when it's

687
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 2: on your plate as well, thinking about what it's going

688
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: to look like when you've got all of the little

689
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 2: portions on your plate. So carrots are great for that.

690
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 2: And again like two dollars a bag can't go wrong.

691
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 4: See.

692
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 3: I love carrots and I feel like there's such a

693
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 3: budget friendly side. You can pin them out with some nuts,

694
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 3: honey carrots.

695
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 2: Honey buttered carrots, like sorry, sorry, that's just my childhood

696
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 2: maybe coming out honey carrots only came out on special occasions. Yeah,

697
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 2: that's not a week night meal.

698
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 3: You get boiled carrots with your meat and three veedge,

699
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 3: But on Christmas you get roasted carrots and wondrous them

700
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 3: with honey, and that is next level.

701
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: Yeah.

702
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 2: No, I think there are so many ways you can

703
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 2: jazz them up. I love even just a simple herb butter,

704
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 2: even if you're just going to stem them and do

705
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 2: them with a herb butter. I mean that's something I

706
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 2: would have for a regular dinner, but I would happily

707
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 2: eat that as well on Christmas. Or you can sort

708
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 2: of put some warm spices, you know, some cinnamon and cuman,

709
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 2: depending on what you're serving it with. That works fabulously

710
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 2: on pumpkin as well. So many things we can do

711
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 2: with these very very cheap vegetables. Genius.

712
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 3: And you pooh poohed my charcuterie board before you said, Victoria,

713
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 3: are you sure you need that?

714
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 2: And I mean, I maybe love sharkuterie so much, but

715
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 2: it is really hard to do it on a budget,

716
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 2: especially you know, if you're doing it for a large group.

717
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 2: So what nibbles or like a little entreys are we

718
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 2: adding in?

719
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 3: Because like, find the type of host if you came

720
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 3: to my house for dinner, I feel naked if I've

721
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 3: not got something on the table for you to like

722
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 3: snack on while I finish cooking dinner, I feel, I

723
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 3: know what snacks or little entrees or nibbles.

724
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,280
Speaker 2: Are we offering?

725
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 3: Okay, because I think so many of us default to

726
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 3: going I'll describe a car full of cheeses and some

727
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 3: biscuits and then all of a sudden that was your

728
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 3: home deposit.

729
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and look they shark utero boards or grazing platters

730
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:13,879
Speaker 2: are fantastic because there's very little effort involved apart from

731
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 2: making it look beautiful. I like that, you know, and

732
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 2: that is fun, right, we love that. I love crostini,

733
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:21,919
Speaker 2: oh yum.

734
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 4: Yeah.

735
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 2: So you know you buy like the ononderull and ninety baguette, Yeah,

736
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 2: from the supermarket. You slice it up, you top it with.

737
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 2: You can do some whipped fetter, you could do some

738
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 2: goats cheese doesn't have to be expensive, and then you

739
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 2: can do anything on top. So I like, you know,

740
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 2: it depends what your menu is. But I love seasonal fruits. Yeah,

741
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 2: so even something like strawberries, like sliced strawberries with some

742
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 2: boss stomach Oh stop vinegar on them, get friendly, yes,

743
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 2: exactly when they're in season, which they are in summer.

744
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 2: Like you can do berries. You could do like relled peach.

745
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 2: I was about to say, yeah, you pea, you know it,

746
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 2: or even just shut up because tomatoes will also be affordable.

747
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 2: So just thinking of, you know, working around whatever ingredients.

748
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 2: You know, maybe a bit early for figs, but if

749
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:16,320
Speaker 2: you happen to expensive, yeah, I mean I have fig farms,

750
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 2: so if it must be nice, yeah, I know. Do

751
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 2: you know my nana? So my nana also lives in Tasmania.

752
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, she has the biggest and best looking fig tree

753
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 3: I've seen in my life, and she hates figs.

754
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 2: I would die for a fig tree that was later

755
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 2: with fruit. I will send you to her house. She Oh,

756
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 2: the figs are falling again and I have to clean

757
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 2: them up because she throws them all out. People would

758
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 2: pay her that coligious it is, so yeah, whatever you

759
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 2: can get your hands on. And on that note though,

760
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 2: I mean, there will be people in your neighborhood that

761
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 2: have excess of certain things. So whether it's you're nana

762
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 2: with the figs. Where I used to live in Brisbane

763
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 2: and our neighbor would put out bundles of rosemary and

764
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 2: put it on the community page and ask if people

765
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 2: wanted it. We had people with lemon trees who could

766
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 2: not use all the lemons. So there's nothing wrong with

767
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: getting on your Space community page and saying, hey, does

768
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 2: anybody have this? You know, if you might want rosemary

769
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 2: to decorate the table, but you're not going to go

770
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 2: out and buy you know exactly from decoration. I would

771
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 2: never recommend that there will be somebody with a rosemary bush.

772
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 2: It would be happy for you to trim it. You

773
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 2: can come. I've got one in my front yard. There

774
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 2: you go, you can have a turn. That's fine. In fact,

775
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 2: it's benefiting me. Yes, I love that. All right.

776
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 3: So now we've covered manes, we've covered out entrees. I'm

777
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 3: actually really excited. I feel like a festive brusheedder that

778
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 3: would look festive on the table as well. We've got

779
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 3: the reds, we've got the greens.

780
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 2: It's perfect. It looks strategic, and no one's going to

781
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 2: think budget when it looks strategic and it's delicious. Hundred

782
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 2: about it. Restaurants exactly. It's one of my favorite things. Also,

783
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 2: why is it so expensive when we order it restaurants? Yeah,

784
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 2: it's so basic. Another story for another day. Let's move

785
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 2: on to desserts.

786
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 3: You did mention the merangue, obviously fantastic, but what other

787
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 3: dessert recipes do you think?

788
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 2: Whole were on a budget, So I would be looking

789
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 2: for anything that you can make with pantry staples. It

790
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 2: depends obviously how confident and comfortable you feel with cooking,

791
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 2: but things like, you know, I love a trifle.

792
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 4: I know.

793
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 2: Not everybody's canceled. Nope, nobody wants. I'm so sorry.

794
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 3: It's like the time I told people online that I

795
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 3: thought that matcha Lates tasted like agriculture, and I thought

796
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 3: I had.

797
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 2: Okay, now you're canceled. Started a revolt.

798
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, but like trifle, is that not just soggy cake

799
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 3: and jelly?

800
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 2: No, And here's the thing, like I like to take

801
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 2: something like that and then think, you know, whether it's

802
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 2: a pavlova or a trifle, and just okay, what can

803
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 2: I do to step this upper notch? So instead of

804
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 2: you know, using raspberry jelly from the supermarket, do we

805
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 2: get like plain gelatin and we flavor it ourselves? Do

806
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 2: we go for like do we go for a tropical

807
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 2: sort of trifle or do we go One year I

808
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 2: made what I called a Persian trifle. Okay, yeah, totally.

809
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 2: It was like the most expensive thing on my menu

810
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: that year. I still made it work budget wise, but

811
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 2: I had like pistachies on the top. Maybe I would try, yes,

812
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 2: pome I bought a pomegranate, right, yeah, I know, but

813
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,919
Speaker 2: if everything else is cheap, you can you can blow

814
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 2: out on these little things that make it really special.

815
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 2: Pomegranates also very festive, So yeah, just looking at those

816
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 2: boring desserts and how do we elevate this, How do

817
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 2: we bring in different flavors, using the seasonal fruits and

818
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 2: making it special. Yeah, I feel like that's a good idea.

819
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 3: And I feel like at Christmas time as well, like

820
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 3: coals and woolies, they drop like usually like a pavlover

821
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 3: wreath or something, so if you're not a chef, but

822
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,799
Speaker 3: I like them very budget friendly because by the time

823
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 3: you make a pavlover from scratch as well, eggs are

824
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 3: not cheap anymore, Like eggs aren't quote the pantry staple

825
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 3: they want and sorry, five dollars Christmas wreath that you

826
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 3: can pimp out with all of those things.

827
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 2: You look like you've tried, but you've also stuck to budget,

828
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 2: So like that can be smart too. Yeah, there's nothing

829
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 2: wrong with a storeboard merangue. Oh no, whether you're buying

830
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 2: the many merangues, and there are so many different ones

831
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 2: now take it, whether it's the wreath or just the

832
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 2: regular pavlover and again they will be on sale at

833
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 2: some point in this sort of December, and.

834
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 3: They keep it like you can pop them in the pantry.

835
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,399
Speaker 3: Like if you look at those fine those due dates,

836
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 3: it's usually like a month or even two exactly.

837
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:56,399
Speaker 2: Now.

838
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,319
Speaker 3: I know that you make a lot of things from

839
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 3: a scratch, So I can't see in Goodwin's kitchen a

840
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 3: Coles wreath. That's fine, it's still a good option. I

841
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 3: know if you came to my house and I had it,

842
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,399
Speaker 3: you would happily devour it. But I know you would

843
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 3: make it from scratch, because that's you. But what are

844
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 3: you making from scratch that maybe other people aren't making

845
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 3: from scratch that could help our budgets this year? I think,

846
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 3: please say gravy. Of course, of course, gravy. That is

847
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 3: one of those things.

848
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 2: I will only make things from scratch generally if it's

849
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 2: either going to save me a lot of money or

850
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 2: the end result is going to be fast superior to

851
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 2: the absolutely supermarket product. And sometimes it's not, so it's

852
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 2: not worth it. Gravy, it is always worth it, or

853
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 2: even if you use some of the supermarket product in

854
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 2: your own homemade gravy, if you need a bit extra,

855
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 2: that's fine, but using the pan juices from a delicious roast,

856
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 2: it's always going to be better. I think also, like

857
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,879
Speaker 2: other condiments like saurces, dips, dressings, that sort of thing

858
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 2: are always fantastic, made from scratch and generally pretty easy.

859
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,919
Speaker 3: It has been drummed into me from a very young

860
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 3: age that I should never buy solad dressing. My mom

861
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 3: is literally like, absolutely not. You can make that at home.

862
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 3: And I remember one time I came home with I

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Speaker 3: don't know, gone through a phase as a teenager, like

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Speaker 3: Italian dressing, and my mother was like, you did not

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Speaker 3: pay for that, did you? And I was like, of

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Speaker 3: course I did, but she was like deeply offended. She

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Speaker 3: was like, you already have all of those ingredients in

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Speaker 3: the pantry and they would have been free, and you can.

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Speaker 2: What I do is like have a little salad dressing

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Speaker 2: jar in my fridge, so it's so handy just to

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Speaker 2: have like a just a plain vinaigrette that you can

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Speaker 2: put over anything during the week. And yeah, look, I'm

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Speaker 2: okay with people buying convenience foods if it's going to

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Speaker 2: make their life easier, But if you have that just

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Speaker 2: a little bit of time. If sushi too, it does,

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Speaker 2: it's nicer.

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Speaker 3: Do you know what One of my favorite gifts was

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Speaker 3: a complete side note if anyone's thinking of like, oh

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Speaker 3: my goodness, I don't know what to get my friend

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Speaker 3: for Chris, I got given this jar.

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Speaker 2: It was like a tall jar and it has a really.

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Speaker 3: Nice lid and spout on it, and it's literally for

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Speaker 3: salad dressing. And it has little markings on it and

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Speaker 3: little recipes all the way around, like just in black prints,

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Speaker 3: so it's kind of like standard vinigarette or whatever, and

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Speaker 3: it'll say like up to here with olive oil, up

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Speaker 3: to here with red wine vinegar and a like dollop

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Speaker 3: of like.

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Speaker 2: Garlic or whatever, and the ratios yes, and now that

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Speaker 2: I just read my salad dressing jar. It's so silly.

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Speaker 3: But even if you get something and it's like, oh thanks,

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Speaker 3: but I use it, it lives in my fridge even

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Speaker 3: if it's empty, because then all the reminder.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, like otherwise I won't use it. Do not buy

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Speaker 2: the Italian salad dressing.

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Speaker 3: But it has like a little French style and it's

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Speaker 3: like basically like a vinegar like they usually use white

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Speaker 3: wine vinegar, olive oil and then they say put some

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Speaker 3: Dijil mustard in it, and I'm like, okay, that's perfect,

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Speaker 3: Like it's just right.

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Speaker 2: There on the jar. I love a practical gift and yes, no,

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Speaker 2: that's amazing.

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Speaker 3: I know I'm running out of time, so I'll stop

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Speaker 3: talking about gift giving because we meant to be here

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Speaker 3: for food. But the other thing, and the last thing

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Speaker 3: that stresses me out about food at Christmas is when

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Speaker 3: someone says, let's have drinks.

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Speaker 2: Can you bring a p late? What's on?

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Speaker 3: Like, Chelsea, what are you making? What am I taking

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Speaker 3: to the Christmas drinks? On to the dinner?

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Speaker 2: You're going to keep things simple, like if I was

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Speaker 2: bringing something along to like a lunch or a dinner

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Speaker 2: and I knew there would be you know, they were

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Speaker 2: taking care of the meat and they just wanted sides.

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Speaker 2: My go to would be a potato salad. And that

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Speaker 2: sounds so boring and you're fully thinking salad, Chelsea, but like, sorry,

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Speaker 2: everybody eats that drinks me exactly. The thing is, people

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Speaker 2: love a great potato salad. So if you can knock

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Speaker 2: your potato salad out of the park, like I love

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Speaker 2: a really herbaceous potato salad, with all the mustards, and

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Speaker 2: you know, like the way the seasoning is perfect and

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Speaker 2: nice and creamy and all the art ins, and so

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Speaker 2: it's not Cole's Deli, not clus delli potato salad. It's

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Speaker 2: also really cheap to make generally, like if you've got

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Speaker 2: the herbs in your garden or somebody else's garden, yep, And.

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Speaker 3: We're not boiled eggs and bacon and all of those

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Speaker 3: other things that are expensive.

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Speaker 2: If you've got them, add them in. But you don't

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Speaker 2: have to, yeah, Like it can just be the potatoes,

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Speaker 2: the herbs, the dressing. Also, like I don't want to

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Speaker 2: have to be heating things up at somebody else's house,

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Speaker 2: So I'm always thinking, like, what can I just stick

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Speaker 2: in the fridge when I get there, and then I

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Speaker 2: can pull it out, pop it on the table and

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Speaker 2: it's done. I think there are two things in life

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Speaker 2: that are true.

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Speaker 3: You cannot trust people who don't like dogs, and you

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Speaker 3: cannot trust people who don't have potato salad. So I

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Speaker 3: feel like that's the crowd pleasing winner of your suggestion

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Speaker 3: from you. I love it, Chelsea. I have sadly run

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Speaker 3: out of time with you. My timer is flashing and

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Speaker 3: it's saying Victoria any longer, and the community is going

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Speaker 3: to riot. Thank you for hanging out with us today,

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Speaker 3: Thank you for hanging out in person with me today.

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Speaker 3: I just know that my community is not just taking notes,

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Speaker 3: They're running to the section to make sure that they

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Speaker 3: can get your recipes now, guys, don't forget. I am

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Speaker 3: absolutely going to link Chelsea's links in the show notes

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Speaker 3: because I know that everyone is going to want to

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Speaker 3: follow you if they're not already, and they should already

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00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 3: be following you because you've already been on the show before, guys,

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Speaker 3: get to it. And a tiny little Christmas tip from

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Speaker 3: me that Chelsea doesn't know about if you are stuck

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Speaker 3: on what to buy someone for Christmas and you don't

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Speaker 3: want to buy them at jar with some writing on it, Honestly,

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Speaker 3: Chelsea's new book is the best option. It's called Money

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Speaker 3: Saving Meal Plans with Chelsea. And will put all of

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Speaker 3: the details in the show notes for you for that

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Speaker 3: as well. Plus I'm going to add the menu that

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Speaker 3: you generously have offered to give our community, of course,

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Speaker 3: and if you loved this episode, my friends, make sure

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Speaker 3: that you are subscribed so that you never miss what's

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Speaker 3: coming next, and the She's on the Money team and

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Speaker 3: I will see you on Friday.

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