Despite the nice name, grain bowls are really just a means to throw together a quick lunch with whatever’s in your fridge. Here’s some basics for putting some together and making yourself delicious lunches without spending $10 a day. If you’re looking for further inspiration, check out Bon Appetit’s 28 Ways to Dress a Grain …
Even if you don’t make a plan for the week, there are a few things that will make your weekday life so much easier: 1. Jammy Eggs Jammy eggs are great for grain bowls – adds a bit of protein and the jammy yolk is an extra little treat How to make these jammy eggs? … Continue reading Basic Meal Prep
Decided to make crab cakes for dinner on Saturday as a nice weekend dinner. Happily, it turned out just as good as I had hoped. Recipe from Cooks Illustrated Cookbook Prep Time: 1.5 total (1 hr active – there’s 30 minutes in the fridge) # of Servings: Recipe serves 4 but crab is ridiculously expensive … Continue reading Crab Cakes
Monday, April 15th I’m thinking of making the soup over the weekend, so it’ll just be re-heating it on Monday. The recipe should only take 40 minutes though – so definitely doable on a weekday. Breakfast: Overnight Oats Lunch: Rice Bowls w/ Grilled Halloumi & Tahini Ranch Dressing Dinner: Moosewood‘s Potato Fennel Soup Tuesday, April … Continue reading Meal Plan: Week of April 14th, 2019
Last weekend, Zak and I and our friends, Nick and Avalon, spent the weekend upstate at Audrey’s Farmhouse in NY’s Hudson Valley. I didn’t really know much about it beforehand, but I love going upstate and I know that Avalon would never lead us astray. It turned out to be the best mix possible between … Continue reading Upstate NY: Audrey’s Farmhouse
Recipe: Dining In Cookbook‘s Decidedly Not Sweet Granola and Slighty Sweet Granola If you don’t have Dining In, have no fear! Here’s a similar Savory Granola recipe from Bon Appetit that looks great, and here’s a substitute for a Slightly Sweet Version from the NYTimes Making granola is always kind of a pain in the … Continue reading Making Granola
Thursdays dinner! Recipe link Prep Time: ~30 minutes # of Servings: ~4 Review: Good flavors, wish it was saucier (I want it as saucy as a minx!), much better with yogurt & some cilantro Continue reading Turmeric-Coconut Curry with Pork
This is an old standby and anyone who works with me knows Zak’s smoothies. There’s been a lot of asks for signing up to receive smoothies that I so far, haven’t delivered on. Maybe providing the ingredients will help? Probably not though. It’s always nice when someone makes it for you. I should also mention … Continue reading Smoothies
With no further ado, here’s the first meal prep schedule for the week of April 7th: Monday, April 8th Breakfast: Yogurt & Dining In’s “Decidedly Not Sweet” Granola Lunch: Smoked Salmon / Kimchi rice bowls Dinner: Dining In’s Roasted Tomato & Anchovy Spaghetti (p153) Tuesday, April 9th Breakfast: Smoothie Lunch: Grain Bowls Dinner: Bon Appetit’s … Continue reading Meal Plan: Week of April 7, 2019
After getting Cook90 for Christmas, I’ve become someone who meal preps. Prior to this, Zak would do all of the grocery shopping and do 99% of the cooking during the week. I would sometimes cook on the weekend, but just never really had the energy to do it during the week. When Zak had to … Continue reading Intro to Meal Prep
Jane & Zak: Meal Prepping from Williamsburg, Brooklyn 