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By the lovely Grace Farris.
P.S. Breakfast person, and solo meals.
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Another Grace Farris Illustration that just nails it! I love them so much every weekend. The mystery cookbook, haha! So true.
Wow. This post was so much amazing.
Put down the Penne! So brilliant. Love these.
I could write cook books including: ‘Protein was an Afterthought,’ ‘Whatever was Manageable’ and ‘At Least it was Food.’
Put down the penne – LOL, I need that one!
Me too!!
Oh my! The Mystery What To Make for Dinner cookbook is so needed! 😂👍
Reminds of the hilarious Aretha Franklin clip:
I love all the schmanzy cookbooks out there, but recently EVERYTHING I’ve tried in this one slapppps (as the kids used to say) – https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/visual-gt-easy-meal-prep-recipes-and-techniques-to-get-organized-save-time-and-eat-healthier/9780785838524.html found it in the library, gotta buy a copy now.
The cookbook I either need or must write is “Fridge Sweep Feasts” or “sell-by dates are for wimps”.
These are the best!
This actually exists, it’s Tamar Adler’s genius “The Everlasting Meal Cookbook”!
Tamar Adler’s “The Everlasting Meal Cookbook” is my home cook bible. Brilliant.
But the generosity of online recipe files from hundreds and hundreds of reliable sources has made meal inspo so much easier.
I need “How To Like Eating Cold Things When It’s Cold Outside”.
On the subject of cooking: in anticipation of snowbound days ahead, how about giving and getting suggestions for stocking up for those times when leaving the house for meals and food is not possible due to inclement weather, sickness, pandemics, broken down forms of transportation…
I’d love to know what COJ readers stockpile and how they make use of those supplies.
And on the subject of suggestions, have you considered setting up a feature suggestion box?
I’m sure I’m not the only reader who has pined to have certain topics or people featured. You may not like any of our ideas but perhaps there are times when your own wells of inspiration run dry… ?
I live in a rural area in central MN so stocking up for winter is very important. I buy lots of canned and dried beans, a variety of tomatoes, frozen vegetables because the selection of fresh produce here is pretty sad in the winter. I also stock up on olive oil, garlic and onions (they store very well in a cool place), I check my spices and replenish. I also buy flour, sugar, baking stuff, yeast. I too would love to know what other readers stock up on.
ALLL the root vegetables, frozen vegetables, chickpeas (or any bean), canned tomatoes, tahini, peanut butter, almonds/ other nuts, canned fish are my go-tos. I also make sure to have lots of beverage supplies stockpiled, espresso, teas, seltzer, shelf stable almond milk, ingredients for hot chocolate.
I stock up on similar items, but also make sure to have some beef/bone/chicken broth in case someone gets sick so we can easily make soup! Throw in some frozen or canned vegetables or dried seaweed and garlic and can easily make good soup. I buy meat in bulk at Costco and freeze it in smaller portions so I can easily thaw them for a meal. Also always try to have rice, pasta, instant ramen, udon noodles, and juice around. Good topic!
So I did a Groceries Diary on TheKitchn during the pandemic. It started off being more about plant based eating but then the pandemic hit and it ended up referencing having a stockpile. Please note I was NOT clearing shelves during the pandemic, I just always have a fully stocked pantry (I’m not an “end of days” person, but we are a family of six) and did so before the pandemic hit. Here’s some of what I wrote:
“A note on pantry staples: I hate having to constantly buy the same things over and over, so if it’s something we use frequently and is shelf-stable, I will order cases and store them in our pantry. Whole Foods is great for this because they offer case discounts. Last year I bought multiple cases of canned seasoned black beans, refried beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans (sensing a theme here?), pineapple, peaches, pears, lentil and vegetable soups, jarred applesauce, olive oil, jars of coconut oil, and bags of rice. I also purchase crates of produce from farms during the summer and can my own stewed tomatoes, salsa, and pasta sauce. This makes it so that the basics are readily available. Even if I can’t make it to the grocery store, I know I can serve a meal of chili or pasta and sauce or whatever the pantry holds.”
I’m shocked that I didn’t list pasta in my stockpile since I buy cases of organic whole wheat pasta from Costco and Lidl so please ignore that gap.
Here’s the link to my grocery diary. I don’t make commission on this or anything but it does have some of the recipes I frequently use.
https://www.thekitchn.com/100-a-week-vegetarian-meals-grocery-diary-23042629
At my place we’d buy the hell out of
JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT: SAVOR YOUR OLD GROCERIES
QUICK AND EASY MEALS TO EAT STANDING OVER THE SINK
WAR AND PIES
Thankfully we already have an essential : What to cook when you don’t feel like cooking, by Caro Chambers! ;)
Came here to say this!
Only $15!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1454952717/ref=sw_img_1?smid=A2Q1LRYTXHYQ2K&psc=1
https://whattocook.substack.com/ – Her Substack is worth every penny!
Love these! One addition: “I’ve Fed You for 18 Years, Make it Yourself”
Oops, make that 75%. I mis-remembered the “Cookbooks I need” title balloon as another cookbook.
LOL re the cookbook titles which fit my life 80% perfectly. (My “child” is now mid-20s and past the “eat everything if it’s neither moving nor nailed down” stage.)
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