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I can cook six reliable dinners, and somehow we've ended up eating the same two every week. Rather than chase entirely new recipes, I'm trying to rotate the base: roast vegetables become grain bowls one night, soup anoth...
I shop once a week and keep throwing away the last few handfuls of spinach because they go slimy before I use them. Frozen spinach, peas and berries solve that problem, but I still buy fresh out of habit. For vegetables...
Most of my weekday meals are built around rice, pasta, vegetables and beans. I am not strictly vegetarian, but meat every day is not really in my budget or preference. I am trying to make the meals more filling, especial...
One person in our household wants lighter, vegetable-heavy meals; another prefers filling meat-and-potato dinners. Cooking two separate meals every evening isn't sustainable. We've had some luck making a common base—rice...
At about four in the afternoon I get hungry enough to buy whatever is nearest the office register. A piece of fruit alone doesn't hold me until dinner; a pastry does, but then I feel sluggish. I'm testing snacks that com...
No microwave at work, and sandwiches do not keep me full. So far my best lunches are grain + beans or chicken + chopped vegetables + a proper dressing. Looking for more cold lunches in that category that still taste like...
I've been cooking at home more and feeling better, but a restaurant dinner with friends still triggers the silly thought that I've ruined a ‘good week.’ One meal obviously doesn't define my habits. I'm trying to choose w...
I want to eat more vegetables, plan fewer impulse snacks and have steadier meals. I don't have a weight target or medical reason to count every calorie, yet food-tracking apps keep presenting themselves as the obvious fi...
When I cut back on takeout, my first homemade dinners were too small and I ended up snacking an hour later. Takeout portions had set my expectations, but a tiny salad isn't a satisfying replacement either. I'm trying sub...
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