Weeknight Dinners Kid approved
Flank Steak Pinwheels Stuffed With Spinach and Provolone
One butterflied flank steak, a layer of spinach and provolone, roll, tie, slice. Butcher-counter looks, weeknight effort.
La Cucina Panicci
Dinner is not supposed to be
Dinner is not supposed to be
this complicated.
I am Sammy, dad of two girls, and I cook the way you actually cook: on a Tuesday, tired, with whatever survived the week in the fridge. Real recipes, plain English, no 900 word story before the ingredients.
20 tested recipes · every one scales and prints clean · nothing takes longer than your patience
What you will find here
Three things, done properly
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Weeknight dinners
Thirty minutes or less, one pan when possible, ingredients from the regular grocery store. Built for the hour between homework and bedtime.
See the weeknight recipes 02Cook what you already have
The wilting spinach, the heel of bread, the rice from Sunday. Americans throw out about a third of the food they buy. These recipes are how you stop.
Raid the fridge 03How to boil water
The fundamentals nobody taught you. Salt, heat, knife, doneness. Short videos and short answers, starting from truly zero.
Start at the beginning Fresh out of the kitchen
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Weeknight Dinners Kid approved
Greek Chicken Pita Bowls With Homemade Tzatziki
Yogurt-marinated chicken, real tzatziki, warm pita and a chopped salad, laid out as a build-your-own spread. The kids assemble their own and everyone eats.
Batch Cooking Kid approved
Baked Mac and Cheese That Stays Creamy (Feeds a Crowd)
The tragedy of baked mac is a creamy sauce going into the oven and grease coming out. One can of evaporated milk ends that forever.
Weeknight Dinners
Crispy Buffalo Wings Without a Fryer
No fryer, no shame. A baking powder toss and a hot oven get wing skin to shatter, and the two-to-one butter ratio makes the sauce stick instead of slide.
Weeknight Dinners Kid approved
Mongolian Beef That Beats the Takeout Version
Thin-sliced beef, a cornstarch dredge, and a five-ingredient sauce that turns glossy in ninety seconds. Faster than the delivery app and it costs a third as much.
Breakfast Uses it up
Corned Beef Hash With Crispy Potatoes and a Runny Egg
The canned stuff gave hash a bad name. Shredded corned beef fried crisp with diced potatoes and an egg on top is a different food entirely.
The house rule
Shop your fridge before you shop the store
Half of what gets thrown out was perfectly good three days ago. Learn four or five flexible formulas and almost anything in that crisper drawer turns into dinner.
See the cleanout recipes- Corned Beef Hash With Crispy Potatoes and a Runny Egg The canned stuff gave hash a bad name. Shredded corned beef fried crisp with diced potatoes and an egg on top is a different food entirely.
- Anything Goes Fried Rice (Use Whatever's In the Fridge) Cold day-old rice, a screaming hot pan, and whatever vegetables and protein are already in your fridge.
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Whatever Vegetables You Have One pan, 35 minutes, and whatever vegetables are going soft in the crisper drawer.
The series
Watch the series How to boil water
Nobody is born knowing this. Start at one and work down.
- 01 How to Boil Water (Really) The lid, the salt, and the three kinds of boil that decide how your food turns out. 6 min
- 02 How to Dice an Onion Without Fear Grip the knife right, curl your fingers, leave the root on, and the onion falls apart in even pieces. 7 min
- 03 How to Salt Food So It Actually Tastes Like Something Salt in layers as you cook, know your salt by crystal size, and taste at every step. 6 min
- 04 How to Tell When Meat Is Done An instant-read thermometer and six numbers beat every poke, press, and juice-color trick there is. 7 min
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