S18: E13: How I'm Cooking These Days

In this podcast episode, I’m sharing details on how I’m cooking these days. I'll explain why rigid recipes and traditional meal plans just don’t work well for our full, ever-changing family life. We’ll talk about the strategies and principles I lean on instead, including how to make peace with a more flexible approach to food, and why giving yourself permission to experiment can be so freeing. I’m also diving into the art of using leftovers creatively, wasting less, and building meals from what you already have on hand. Let's chat about how to start cooking with more confidence, less stress, and a whole lot more real life in mind. Podcast Episode Highlights: Life changes but I'm still passionate about food (it's just different now) The meal planning problem Strategy : Ingredient baseline Strategy : Not a recipe, but a category Strategy : Flexibility and leftovers Strategy : Figure out what needs to be used ASAP Principle : How to use frameworks Principle : Keep the building blocks on hand Principle : You can repeat things Principle : Make room for imperfect meals Practical example that I recently did Give yourself permission to play and experiment Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Episode: Learn more about Meal Craft here: --> Use the code PODCAST for a $15 off discount on Meal Craft Learn more about Azure Standard here: Helpful blog posts on building up your pantry: and OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR YOUR HOMESTEAD: Sign up for weekly musings from my homestead: Get my free homesteading tutorials & recipes here: Jill on Instagram: @jill.winger Jill on Facebook: Apply to be a guest on the Old-Fashioned on Purpose podcast: Did you enjoy listening to this episode? Please drop a comment below or leave a review to let us know. This can help other folks learn about this podcast and we also really appreciate the feedback!

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S18: E13: How I'm Cooking These Days is an episode from Old Fashioned On Purpose by Jill Winger.

This episode is 28:23 long.

This episode was published on Apr 6, 2026.

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