Episode 87

A Healthful Kitchen

Published on: 31st March, 2021

How often do you open the fridge or the pantry and say to yourself, "There's nothing to eat"? It's time to set-up...for success!  This week's episode is all about the kitchen. Covering everything from cleaning out and the must-have gadgets and knives, to grocery shopping and re-stocking. What are the staples you want to always have on-hand? Oils? Spices? Herbs? Do you choose Choice, Prime or Select grade beef? When is it critical to choose organic? How do you pick the perfect peach? Answers to all these questions and more are here for you. So grab a pen and paper to make your grocery list while you listen! 

Outline:

  • Welcome Stephanie back to the podcast & intro to today's topic
  • Setting up the kitchen, why it's important
  • Cleaning out
  • Getting organized
  • Tools to keep in your kitchen - the essentials
  • Oils
  • Spices & seasonings
  • Herbs
  • Water filters & fruit/veg wash
  • Preparing for a trip to the grocery store
  • Picking fruits & veggies
    • When to prioritize organic
  • Storing fruits, veggies, herbs & spices
  • Selecting proteins in the store - beef, poultry, fish
    • Farm raised  vs wild caught fish
    • Grades of beef
    • Sell by & use by dates
    • Non-animal protein
  • Spice packs (ready-made) & condiments
  • Pro-tips for cooking veggies, fish, etc.
  • Frozen fruit & veg
  • Grains
  • For the sweet tooth

Links:
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Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan  
Jenn's favorite fish from Rastelli's (using this link earns you 9% Cashback & Free Shipping!)

Quotes:
"Clean out! Remove the foods without an expiration date, the food with freezer burn, the foods you can't remember buying." - Jenn Trepeck
"The longer a food's shelf life, the shorter your shelf life." - Jenn Trepeck
"Fridge first! Get in the habit of looking in the fridge first, then the pantry, when hungry." - Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

About your host

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!