159. The real reason dinner feels so hard for working moms - Tori Wesszer
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Tori Wesszer is a registered dietitian, a bestselling cookbook author, a mom of two boys and, somewhat by accident, the founder of a software company. Andrea sat down with her in Kelowna right at the end of the tour for her new cookbook, Fraiche and Simple, to talk about the question every busy parent hears around 5:30 PM: what's for dinner? They get into why that question feels so heavy, what a dietitian really thinks about packaged snacks and takeout pizza night, whether AI belongs in your kitchen, and how Tori went from 16 years in a "really good job" to building something of her own.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(04:23) From dietitian to "what am I doing with my life?"
(06:03) A business that folded, and the start of the blog
(10:10) Cookbooks and legacy
(13:59) How 100+ recipes get developed and tested
(16:01) AI recipes and what we shouldn't outsource
(19:05) Taking the friction out of "what's for dinner?"
(28:49) The 15-minute weekly habit, and feeding yourself too
(30:55) Food ruts, variety and "the poison is in the dose"
(32:23) Mom guilt, packaged snacks and pattern over plate
(34:53) Fed is best
(35:52) Extra kids at the table and no short-order cooking
(38:19) Hosting when your house isn't perfect
(41:11) A digital kitchen assistant for holiday hosting
(42:40) Accidentally owning a software company
(45:31) What's next
(49:37) Letting go of all-or-nothing thinking
KEY TAKEAWAY
Simplify everything that comes before the cooking: decide what's for dinner once a week, get the grocery list sorted, and share it. And go easy on yourself, because no single meal makes or breaks your family's nutrition. Pattern over plate.
About Tori Wesszer
Tori Wesszer is a registered dietitian, entrepreneur and the founder of Fraîche, which includes the Fraîche Living lifestyle platform and the Fraîche Table meal-planning service. She co-authored the #1 bestselling cookbooks Fraiche Food, Full Hearts and Fraiche Food, Fuller Hearts with her cousin Jillian Harris, and her new cookbook, Fraiche and Simple: Easy Prep and Make-Ahead Recipes for Real Life, includes over 100 recipes and eight weeks of dietitian-designed meal plans. She is passionate about helping women bring more joy and ease into their kitchens, and lives in Kelowna, BC, with her husband and their two sons.
Connect with Tori
Website | https://fraicheliving.com/
Fraiche and Simple Cookbook | https://link.amazon/B0dzLlLoy
Fraîche Table Subscription | https://fraichetable.com/ | Get 20% OFF Annual Subscription with code: ALLFIGUREDOUT20
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