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As a single mom with three kids and a budget, I cook from scratch a lot.
And while cooking meals is honestly not nearly as fun as whiteboarding
witnesses, I do love seeing happy children when they come to the dinner
table. I have a big bell, with a wooden ringer, that I clang to summon the
kids downstairs. I know they heard it because I hear the thundering down
the hallway.

But when I’m in Washington, I cannot cook dinner, and in my first year in
Congress there was a lot of complaining—even about pizza! My kids want
their mom’s cooking, and they want it nearly every night, regardless of
where the demands of my job require me to be.

The solution is aggressive meal planning. On the days I fly to D.C. for
votes and hearings, I get up at 5:30 a.m. I quickly get ready for the
plane and then prepare a dinner for the kids to enjoy that night. It’s
always a slow cooker recipe or something that can sit in the fridge until
the kids cook it. Favorites include pot roast, my grandma Doris’s
meatballs, baked potato bar, chili, and a pepperoncini beef.
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As you see from this meal plan, I have learned to be specific. Just like
with government witnesses, I sometimes have to spell out how to do the
job, even if it seems obvious. “Take out bay leaves” comes from a past
experience, where my kids were calling me while I was in Washington
because they thought a tree leaf somehow got in their soup. And “wash the
crockpot”—you guessed it, I’ve come home to it supposedly still soaking,
three days later.

I know there are millions of other busy Americans juggling many
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Happy meal-prepping!

Katie Porter




 


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