Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's This is a before breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to try a new cuisine.

Making a dish with a completely different flavor profile

than you're used to is one way to shake up dinner and make a

normal day more memorable.

This summer when my family was looking for ways to streamline household operations, we began ordering meal kits from one of those delivery

services. We get the ingredients for two dinners a week. It's not particularly quicker or easier than what we'd normally do.

But what we have noticed is that they send us stuff that would not occur to me to make on my own.

We're talking Malaysian food or Hawaiian stuff or ingredients like

Samble Ulic, which I may not even be pronouncing correctly. I like to think of myself as

somewhat sophisticated, but I didn't know anything about Indonesian sauces.

Trying a new cuisine has given me some new favorite foods.

It makes Tuesdays a wee bit more interesting and memorable than if I just

served grilled cheese. Now you may be much more cosmopolitan than I am, but I bet

there are at least some cuisines that you are less familiar with.

And even if you eat from around the globe, there may still be regional options or particular

dishes that you haven't tried.

Doing so nudges you out of your comfort zone

and may even make a grocery store trip feel different

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