100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission: Meal Planning Tips for Busy Parents and Professionals

100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission: Meal Planning Tips for Busy Parents and Professionals

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100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission: Meal Planning Tips for Busy Parents and Professionals episodes

  • 5 Tips for a Stress Free Holiday Meal

    Since we are in the holiday season, we wanted to share some tips to help simplify your meal planning for a stress free holiday meal. Here are our top 5.


    1. Don't try to do everything on your own: delegate as needed.
    2. Avoid trying out something new for the first time: stick with what you know.
    3. Use the KISS method for your menu: keep is super simple.
    4. Shop early: beat the holiday shopping chaos and traffic.
    5. Prioritize your favorites first: these are the most important items.


      6. We hope these tips help you have a great holiday season spent making tons of memories with family and friends.


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      11 min
    6. Chef Bite: Meal Planning Missteps

      When getting into meal planning it can be easy to get overwhelmed and/or to try to do too much at once. That's why we are here to help offer tips on meal planning that can help you avoid them or at least to talk through them as all of it is a learning experience.

      In This Episode We:

      Talk about some of the biggest meal planning missteps that happen when getting into planning out your meals.

      • Planning to do too much: This is especially easy to do if you are just starting out and try to throw every meal in (breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner)
        • Over complicated meals: Keep things simple as you start and get comfortable with the basics. Add on more and different ingredients as you go.
          • Planning out too far in advance: This goes for planning your meals out weeks or months in advance or getting too much on ingredients too far ahead. This can cause a bit too much structure that you may feel can't be changed and it can cause ingredients to spoil and be wasted.
            • Freezing the wrong things: For some freezer meals may be an easy way to have meals on hand, but not all ingredients do well freezing. It can also cause an issue if you freeze too much at once because even in the freezer things only last so long.

              • We hope you enjoy this episode and as always, please let us know if you have any questions we can help answer. We are currently working on getting our meal plan site up and running and can't wait to share more of the details on it with you! Please like and subscribe to 100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission and please share it out with anyone that may find value in it. Thank you for your support!

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              18 min
            • Growing Your Passion for Cooking

              I think we can all agree that we don't just start out with a huge passion for everything. We find things that grow our interest and then begin to learn more about them. This same principal is very much how growing your passion cooking at home starts. It has to start somewhere and that may be working to be able to plan meals for your family.

              In This Episode We:

              Go over where to start with growing your passion for cooking. This Includes:

              • Learn the Basics: Start off simple and learn the techniques to create a base for your cooking skills.
                • Try New and Unique Ingredients: Start to explore different flavors to learn more once you have a base ground.
                  • Research and Start Learning: To grow your knowledge and skills dive a bit deeper into learning more about cooking.
                    • Get Others Involved: Whether it's family or friends, getting others involved (even just to hang out with you in the kitchen) can do wonders to staying motivated.

                      • While not all of these steps have to be utilized, we would definitely recommend the first and last because they can really help out with keeping you motivated in the kitchen. Some of the other steps may be of more interest later on.

                      We hope you enjoy this episode and as always, please let us know if you have any questions we can help answer. We are currently working on getting our meal plan site up and running and can't wait to share more of the details on it with you! Please like and subscribe to 100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission and please share it out with anyone that may find value in it. Thank you for your support!

                      Connect with Two Chef Mission:

                      Faceboook.com/twochefmission

                      Instagram.com/twochefmission


                      Join our Facebook community ⁠Around the Table with Two Chef Mission⁠


                      Podcasting Equipment:

                      Ffine Mic: https://amzn.to/44aHABM (affiliate link)

                      Sades Mpower Headsets with Mic: https://amzn.to/40K5GAF (affiliate link)

                      22 min
                    • Behind the Scenes: How to Get Unstuck

                      We all feel stuck sometimes, but the important thing is not to stay in the stuck zone. Whether it's in business or something as simple as what to have for dinner. This can definitely happen when you have a lot on your plate since then you are trying to decide on what to focus on and when. Since this is something, we are currently going through in our business, we wanted to share some tips on how we move through feeling stuck.

                      In This Episode We:

                      • Share that being stuck is something that is totally normal and can play a part in many areas of our lives.
                        • Offer tips on getting unstuck.
                          • Talk through different ways and times that we have worked through this.

                            • Tips to Get Unstuck:

                            1. Step away and change your energy: Maybe go for a walk.
                            2. Come back and assess how you are feeling: Decide whether you feel like this is something you can work through.
                            3. Ask for help if needed whether it's for free or through finding a professional: Google, YouTube, Fiverr, Upwork, Facebook Groups
                            4. Are there others that may be able to help: Friends, Networking Ops, Business Contacts


                              5. Connect with Two Chef Mission:

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                              Join our Facebook community ⁠Around the Table with Two Chef Mission⁠

                              Please like and subscribe to 100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission and please share it out with anyone that may find value in it. Thank you for your support!


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                              19 min
                            5. Chef Bite: Why is Meal Planning so Hard?

                              Getting into anything new can be challenging, so meal planning isn't any different. The main thing is to start. Create a roadmap and plan it out. Going step by step through the process will get you going and as you go to each new step you are more likely to continue. Habits take about 90 days to form, so don't expect it to get easy overnight. Keep going and if you need it get help along the way.

                              In This Episode We:

                              • Talk about how starting anything new can be a challenge.
                                • Offer some steps that can help in alleviating the process.
                                  • Talk through a rough draft process of starting to get into meal planning.
                                    • Offer a few resources that can help in saving time and stress on meal planning.

                                      • We hope you enjoy this chef bite episode for meal plan tips and as always, please let us know if you need any assistance. We are currently working on getting our meal plan site up and running and can't wait to share more of the details on it with you!

                                      Connect with Two Chef Mission:

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                                      Join our Facebook community ⁠Around the Table with Two Chef Mission⁠

                                      Please like and subscribe to 100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission and please share it out with anyone that may find value in it. Thank you for your support!


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                                      19 min
                                    • Boiling Point: The Difference Between a Home Cook and a Culinary Professional

                                      There is so much information on social media and the internet about food related topics, diet and recipes, but where is it coming from? What is the source? Is it coming from someone with a background in nutrition or the food industry or is it coming from an influencer or home cook? We have seen some recent videos, recipes and food information that has definitely inspired this episode.

                                      In This Episode We:

                                      • Talk about some of the recent misinformation we have seen online.
                                        • Do a deep dive into what makes a culinary professional and how it is different from a home cook.
                                          • Offer some tips on how to do your own research to find who you are getting your information from.


                                            • While we are not saying that every home cook is spreading bad information, it is important to know where your information is coming from. As chefs we take everything we do very seriously, to ensure the safety of our clients. Because of this we also want to be able to offer insight into these topics here, so that we can shine a light on some of the muddled information that can be found online.

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                                            Join our Facebook community ⁠Around the Table with Two Chef Mission⁠

                                            Please like and subscribe to 100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission and please share it out with anyone that may find value in it. Thank you for your support!


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                                            19 min
                                          • Why Two Chef Mission?

                                            Since we have wanted to share more of our story growing through business, we decided to take you all the way back to the beginning with why we chose to start. For this episode we also went completely unplanned to give our full feelings on why we created Two Chef Mission. We hope you enjoy a little of our backstory.

                                            In This Episode We:

                                            • Talk about the beginning of Two Chef Mission and why we started it.
                                              • Go over the versions of what we started as Two Chef Mission and where we are now.
                                                • Offer a bit of insight on challenges with a start-up business as well as being a microbusiness.
                                                  • Explain that the growth process is still continuing and never stops as you build a business that you want to continue to succeed.

                                                    • Connect with Two Chef Mission:

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                                                    Join our Facebook community ⁠Around the Table with Two Chef Mission⁠

                                                    Please like and subscribe to 100% Fresh with Two Chef Mission and please share it out with anyone that may find value in it. Thank you for your support!

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                                                    26 min
                                                  • Chef Bite: 5 Tips for Meal Planning

                                                    In This Episode We Share 5 Simple Tips for Beginning Meal Planning:

                                                    • Start Small and Keep it Simple: Include some of your favorites.
                                                      • Shop Smart: Seasonal and focus on whole foods.
                                                        • Utilize Your Freezer: Backup meal and weekly meal prep.
                                                          • Have a Well-Stocked Pantry
                                                            • Plan for a Night Off: Utilize your back up meal, leftovers or eat out.

                                                              • Bonus Tip: Let someone else do the planning for you: utilize meal plans done for you or meal delivery.

                                                              • If having a meal plan done for you is what you need, we can help. Just send us an inquiry on our contact page: twochefmission.com/contact/


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                                                                19 min
                                                              • It's Spring Time! | Seasonal Cooking and Ingredients

                                                                Spring is now in full swing, and we are so excited to play around with new recipes highlighting the flavors of SPRING! Spring runs from March 20th through June 21st, so we've got plenty of time to get some great ideas out to all of you.

                                                                In This Episode We:

                                                                Go over what is in season:

                                                                • Fruits: rhubarb, strawberries, meyer lemon, kiwi, honey dew, cherries, mango, pineapple, grapefruit, and apricots
                                                                • Vegetables: asparagus, artichokes, beets. fiddlehead ferns, fava beans, spring onions, new potatoes, morel mushrooms, carrots, greens (spinach, frisée, dandelion, arugula, watercress, kale), ramps, radishes, peas, and herbs (dill, parsley, chives)
                                                                • Proteins: lamb, softshell crab, salmon, and trout

                                                                  • Offer some ideas on seasonal cooking:

                                                                  • Focus on light and bright flavors.
                                                                  • Work for a cohesive balance in dishes.
                                                                  • Utilize the fresh ingredients as the star of the dish.

                                                                    • Share some tips of shopping and cooking with the season:

                                                                    • It's budget friendly.
                                                                    • Ingredients are at their best so their flavor is also top notch.
                                                                    • Quality ingredients are going to be found easiest when going with seasonal items.

                                                                      • We hope that this episode gives you some ideas on how to get some great cooking in during this spring season! If you have any questions on seasonal cooking or ingredients, please send us a message.

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                                                                      24 min
                                                                    • Local Flavors: Disney Springs Dining Guide

                                                                      As personal chefs, annual pass holders, previous cast members, and Orlando locals we are in the Disney area a lot of the time. Through the years we have eaten at a number of locations at Disney Springs, so we wanted to offer some of our top picks.

                                                                      In This Episode We:

                                                                      • Go over each area of Disney Springs and offer some tips and insights into our experiences at different locations.
                                                                      • Offer some of our top picks for places to try.
                                                                      • Share some ideas of where you can find unique experiences, good places to take the family, and some nice date night ideas.


                                                                        • We hope that this episode gives you some ideas on places to try when you are on your trips to Disney Springs.


                                                                        Want the free Disney Springs Dining Checklist and Recommendations Guide we made? Get yours HERE! :https://bit.ly/3LWTo4d


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                                                                        23 min

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