S18: E13: How I'm Cooking These Days

About this episode

Jill Winger shares her current cooking strategies and the importance of flexibility in meal planning for family life.

In this podcast episode, I’m sharing details on how I’m cooking these days. I'll explain why rigid recipes and traditional meal plans just don’t work well for our full, ever-changing family life. We’ll talk about the strategies and principles I lean on instead, including how to make peace with a more flexible approach to food, and why giving yourself permission to experiment can be so freeing. I’m also diving into the art of using leftovers creatively, wasting less, and building meals from wh...

People in this episode

Host: Jill Winger

Topics covered

• cooking
• flexible meal planning
• leftovers
• family life
• food experimentation

Keywords

• cooking
• meal planning
• leftovers
• flexibility
• family meals
• food waste
• experimentation

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