We've all been there. You finish work, you are tired and hungry, and the last thing you want to do is cook an elaborate meal. Or maybe you’ve been chasing a toddler or two around all day and you need to feed your family a nourishing crowd pleasing meal. Whatever your life circumstances may be - save money, improve your health, and avoid takeout by stocking your kitchen with these staples for simple and streamlined nutritious meals. Having these staples on hand makes throwing together a tasty and healthy meal easy and accessible. These are my "go-to" staples and the meals that I create with them - week after week.
Read moreeasy pantry supper: pasta puttanesca
Puttanesca is the perfect pasta sauce to have in your back pocket in order to cook dinner on the fly with pantry staples like anchovies, capers, olives, and canned tomatoes. Great for a crowd or just your pod. Simple, delicious and adaptable to ingredients you probably have on hand. Not in the mood for pasta? Toss the puttanesca with shrimp, tofu, or white beans. Lots of delicious options for this super simple sauce.
Read moreturkey bolognese
Back when the quarantine first started and lengthy cooking projects were fun and a great use of time, a 20 minute recipe may not have been what you had in mind. But as the days and weeks continue to tick on, and cooking has become less and less novel - quick, easy and delicious may be more your forte. In this covid era of cooking, focusing on crowd pleasing easy to cook staples is becoming more and more essential. Enter this simple turkey bolognese - 20 minutes of active cooking time, hours of (optional, but recommended) inactive cooking time.
Read moresuper bowl eats - white bean chili with the works
It is chili season! Whether you are looking for an easy option to enjoy during the super bowl or a quick weeknight main, this white bean chili comes together in under an hour. The recipe is for a standard vegetarian version but, if you lean more toward a turkey or chicken chili, ground meat would fit in well. The spice level is also adaptable, depending on who is in your eating audience. To play it safe, you can always kick up the hotness via your garnishes - which is my favorite part of chili and a great way to engage tiny and normal size diners.
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