What is a Home Cooking Edit?

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So, what exactly is a Home Cooking Edit? You’re here because you’ve decided that the Hamster Wheel of Life isn’t working at the moment. Life is not calm. Peaceful and familial and healthy it also is not. Something has to change. You realise that nutritious food and cooking seem to be a real crunch point for you and the whole family… but how do you start afresh amidst all the busyness?

The Home Cooking Edit is an opportunity to set up your kitchen and mindset for new ways of looking at food.

You need a service and support that provides tailored solutions to your family and circumstances that make cooking less stressful and family meals more enjoyable. This is precisely what a Home Cooking Edit offers – practical help targeted to your unique cooking challenges. But what exactly is a Home Cooking Edit? Here’s a breakdown:

Initial Chat

The process starts with an initial chat of about half an hour on the phone or on Zoom. Now’s your chance to discuss your particular goals, frustrations and requirements around home cooking and meal times. Do you need help meal planning on a budget? Are you overwhelmed trying to cook gluten-free for yourself, a family member or even the whole tribe? Do you need food prepping tips to free up more time for yourself? Whatever it is, I can help!

This consultation pinpoints areas needing attention, including your relationships, shopping habits, the support you have and time management skills you need. Thus your subsequent Home Cooking Edit can target them all. Let’s cut through that overwhelm together!

Personalised Shopping List

Armed with an understanding of your needs, I’ll prepare a personalised shopping list of ingredients & kitchen kit to stock up on. Then you’ll be ready for the meals we’ll cook together and the new skills you’ll learn during the in-home session.

This list will also make it easy to shop for anything specialised you’ll need. You’ll become more familiar with the location of certain ingredients at the shop, which in future will save you time when you do the weekly shop or just need to pop out for a dash-of-a-shop. No more supermarket overwhelm! You’ll be a like a shopping ninja… but with more sensible clothes and a shopping trolley to handle.

My clients have also said how these personalised shopping lists prove life changing and are a constant go-to, long after our time together.

In-Home Cooking Session

So, you’ve got the shopping list. You’ve stocked up in anticipation of… the in-home cooking session and kitchen reset! This is the transformative centrepiece of the service. I’ll visit your home (as long as you live with 15 miles of TN12 in Kent, U.K. Londoners! Get in touch for a special quote) for a 2 ½ -hour session where the culinary magic happens.

First, we’ll prepare a complete meal together to feed the family that day. Then we’ll batch cook 2-3 additional dishes to stock your freezer and fridge as well as prep for future meals. Your future self will be grateful. Throughout our session, we’ll work through areas like nutrition and hone skills like meal planning, budgeting and creatively tackling leftovers. You’ve got this!

Bespoke Action Plan

During our time together, I’ll note your cooking challenges and triumphs first-hand. Afterwards, you’ll receive a comprehensive write-up from me summarising everything covered in the session. There’ll be a customised action plan (who doesn’t love an action plan?). This might include meal planning templates, shopping lists, recipe ideas and weekly cooking schedules that fit to your family’s eating needs.

The Home Cooking Edit Lite

“But wait!” I hear you cry. “I need this service, Zoë, but I live in Timbuktu / Patagonia / Cumbria and not Kent. What can I do?!”

Fear not. For you there’s the Home Cooking Edit Lite. This includes:

• The Initial Chat
• The Personalised Shopping List
• A follow-up Zoom session of up to 1 hour where we will discuss how to implement your new recipes, shopping habits etc
• Your Bespoke Action Plan
• And then…

Ongoing Support

Your Home Cooking Edit doesn’t end when the consultation does! For two weeks after our time together you’ll receive up to 1 hour of phone and email support (1/2 hour for a Home Cooking Edit Lite). This is a crucial period of putting your new cooking strategies into practice. Stuck on a gluten-free substitution? Can’t remember that batch cooking technique? I’m here to help!

Is a Home Cooking Edit worth it?

Yes. It’s an investment in you and your family and is the ultimate in selfcare. After a Home Cooking Edit:

• You’ll have pot loads more money over the course of a year
• You’ll have skills and confidence that will set you and your family up for a lifetime
• You’ll be happier, healthier, more peaceful (stress, begone!)
• You’ll be boss of the kitchen and a smoother-running household
• You’ll be ready to host and be hospitable at the drop of a hat
• You’ll Enjoy so much more family time together

And overall it’s so much cheaper than a home cooking delivery service like Hello Fresh (At time of writing that’s £60 a week for five dinners for four people and no leftovers. Eeek! £3,120 a year!).

All that time, money and energy you save by learning to cook efficiently can be channelled into the moments that really matter most. Reclaim and reset your kitchen and reclaim your time with this life editing service!

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