I find that the easiest way to cook from scratch is to prepare simple ingredients that can be enjoyed as an incorporated meal and then used as future ingredients in new meals remixed from the leftovers of the original me
Chili is an important dish at my house. It allows for flexibility and versatility, is always delicious, better as leftovers, AND freezes well for individual heat and eat meals later.
Cooler weather always means soup to me.
Making Ramen noodles with real broth, a few leftovers, and some fresh ingredients is almost as easy as making it with the overly salty, artificial “flavor” packet but this version tastes 100 times better!
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Fried rice is always easy and tasty and practically free if you use your leftovers wisely.
Chicken Pot Pie is one of my favorite meals to cook because my recipe repurposes leftovers into a whole new meal, requiring little effort.
I have to confess, I hardly ever make a proper gravy. I find it to be too big of a stressor to inflict upon myself right at the busiest time in the kitchen that inevitably happens at the moment before serving.
Quick and easy dinners are my go-to recipes during most weeks.
