AP 539: 3 Simple Ways to Take the Dread Out of Dinner || with Brittney Hanks

About Progress

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Have you ever been filled with dread as five o'clock approaches, the house is chaotic, everyone is hungry, including you, and you're unsure of what to make for dinner or if you even have all of the ingredients? Brittney Hanks, creator of One Stop Meals, sat down with me to explore how busy moms can simplify dinner planning. Brittney shares her personal journey with cooking, from childhood experiences to finding joy in the kitchen as an adult. Plus, we dive deep into the mental load of meal planning, offering valuable insights and practical tips for overcoming common obstacles. Come away with simple fixes for your most common weeknight dinner concerns, including flexible planning, recipe sourcing, and how to shop for success. Brittney also gives us some insight into how her recent cookbook came to be, plus we both share our favorite Costco finds. Host a Tricks and Treats gathering! Finding Me Academy My FREE DSL Training My FREE habits class Full Show Notes Sticky Habit Method This episode is brought to you by Vionic Shoes (use code PROGRESS) and Factor Meals (use code PROGRESS50). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Monica Packer, and this is about progress, where we are about progress being practical.
0:07.0	Thanks for being here.
0:09.0	Picture this. It's 5 o'clock, and it's time to make dinner. Your entire household is
0:15.2	hungry, you included, and as the one who usually cooks you know it's time to step
0:20.6	up to the plate but you're not sure what to make, or if you have the right ingredients to cook what you could drum up in your mind, making dinner takes longer than you think, and you're frantically googling ingredient substitutes and once the meal is finally on the table
0:36.1	about half of the family actually eats more than a few bites.
0:40.3	This my friends is the Dinner Dreds.
0:44.2	There are a lot of reasons why each day's main meal gets real complicated real quick, from
0:50.4	planning to shopping to stocking to managing each person's preferences to keeping a budget in check
0:57.7	especially these days it's all enough to make a typically level-headed person feel anything but.
1:04.3	While I'm sure that not all of the listeners are the primary cooks in their homes,
1:08.4	I know most of you are.
1:10.2	And that's why today, our goal is to help you simplify dinner.
1:14.3	I asked Brittany Hanks from home and kind to come on the show and give all of her go-to
1:19.4	tips to make making dinner easier and she really delivered.
1:24.0	We also talked about Brittany's new cookbook,
1:27.0	Costco One Stop Meals, and it's the best resource for you Costco lovers.
1:31.0	I'm totally raising my hand. We talk about why this
1:34.1	bulk store in particular has such a cold following and how you can better utilize
1:38.2	your trips to Costco to make your nightly meals more manageable.
1:43.0	Be sure to stay to the end where Brittany shares what it looked like to go after a huge
1:46.3	goal and she also answers a few of my rapid-fire questions about her own Costco favorites. Whether or not you have a Costco membership, this episode is sure to make
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