At some point in the post-Instant Pot recipe landscape, “meal planning” became code for “packing five or six identical lunches and pretending to be psyched to eat them all.” Of course, if you actually are psyched to eat them all, that’s one thing—but seeing as there are nearly as many articles on how to stick […]
If you are making a meal with a lot of ingredients that require washing, peeling, and chopping, chances are you should set up a mise en place. Organizing all of your ingredients in neat little piles (or ramekins) means you can follow the recipe at the pace required, without having to pause to fiddle. The […]
As of Thursday morning, Hurricane Dorian is continuing its path along the southeastern U.S., with Georgia and the Carolinas in its path and mandatory evacuations issued for those living in coastal communities. For real-time alerts, you should download FEMA’s app; the app will provide updates and shelter information.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
For the past few years, the Instant Pot has been the sweetheart of the one-pot cooking world. But before it was the hot item on everyone’s registries, there was the rice cooker. But don’t let the name fool you: rice cookers cook more than just rice.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
“Cooking for one” has an undeserved reputation as the saddest kind of cooking, but have you ever tried cooking for someone that hates tomatoes? No matter your relationship status, you have to eat, and a simple shift in how you view the activity can turn the act of self-preservation into something truly nourishing and…Read more… […]
Soaking dried beans is a somewhat controversial topic. Some people swear by it, insisting that it reduces gas (eh, maybe) and removes toxins (it definitely does not), but the only guaranteed benefit is shorter cooking time. Still, that’s not nothing, especially if you need dinner on the table ASAP. Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
Oh wow, hello yes, it continues to be January! Which means that a lot of you are still working on making your New Year’s resolutions stick. Good! I’m here to help out with this stuff, and since one pretty common resolution has to do with eating a little better, which begets being more diligent about […]
It’s well-worn advice at this point that one of the highest-impact ways to eat more healthily, and also spend less money, is to get it together and prepare your own food. Which is fine, because it’s true! Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
Hello, and welcome back to What’s Cooking?, the open thread where you get to share your brilliant thoughts, advice, recipes, and opinions on all things food-related. This week, I’d like to talk about our bad habits and failures, and see if we can help each other be better (or we could just revel in our […]
January is the month for getting your house in order, and no aspect of one’s life gets quite so revamped as the culinary. Meal planning is often seen as the key to it all, but the plan won’t accomplish anything if it’s not implemented.Read more… Continue Reading at http://lifehacker.com
Peppers, of any variety, are a pain in the ass. Irregularly shaped, filled with bitter ribs and somewhere between 12 and 850,000 tiny seeds that make their way into the darker recesses of your kitchen, hoping to be found one day by anthropologists who proclaim “They were just like us!”Read more… Continue Reading at http://lifehacker.com
Thanksgiving is only a few days away, and I’ve exhausted my supply of Turkey Day puns. Like many of you, I sat down and planned out the whole affair well in advance, even changing the way I roast my turkey this year to cut down time in the kitchen and open the oven up to […]
Whether you stocked up at a sale or bought time on a looming best-by date, you very likely have some ground beef in your freezer. It seems so useful, like such a good starting point for so many recipes, but when have you ever remembered to defrost frozen ground beef in advance? Then you’ve got […]
I try to eat healthy. I really do. But if I haven’t planned ahead and don’t have a healthy meal in the fridge, I could end up eating anything. I won’t go into detail except to say that one time I had cookies for dinner right before rushing off to teach a nutrition class. I’m […]
I try to eat healthy. I really do. But if I haven’t planned ahead and don’t have a healthy meal in the fridge, I could end up eating anything. I won’t go into detail except to say that one time I had cookies for dinner right before rushing off to teach a nutrition class. I’m […]
Welcome back to Prep Cook, where we test out a week’s worth of recipes so you only eat the most delicious ones! Just in time for your weekend grocery run, we have black bean taquitos, walnut apple meatloaf, cauliflower pizza bites, and more on the menu.Read more… Continue Reading at http://lifehacker.com
