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Jane Brickner

Jane Brickner

Home cook and cooking instructor who shared practical weeknight-meal strategies as a guest on the This Magic Life podcast (episode 157, "What's for Dinner—When You Hate Cooking?").

Sep 2, 2026

4:43
So then for busy moms who feel overwhelmed by cooking every night, where do you recommend starting to make meals feel simpler and less stressful?
4:53
Well, I think about the barriers to cooking or what is involved in making a meal.
4:58
People always talk about the cooking, but I really think it's the planning, the shopping, then the cooking, then the cleaning.
5:05
So there's four things and everyone focused, right? And everyone says cooking is hard.
5:10
For me, cooking's the easiest.
5:12
Planning is the hardest.
5:14
Shopping's for me, I love to, it's easy when you just need a few things.

23 MINS LATER

28:12
It's because it's relentless.

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