[ [link removed] ]Katie Porter for Senate



John,

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 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.
[ [link removed] ](Contribute $5 or more by next Friday and I’ll send you some recipes!).

[ [link removed] ]Katie Porter's handwritten meal planning schedule for her kids, laying
out when they should turn off the crockpot for soup and when the
children's activities are

Last week, it was black bean soup, and as you see from the 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
responsibilities. If you’d like to make some of my favorite recipes,
[ [link removed] ]contribute $5 or more before Friday, March 17th, and we’ll send you
some of my original recipes.



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Happy meal-prepping!

Katie Porter




 


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