Something to cook tonight.
Recipes worth keeping, and guides on getting the week fed without thinking about it twice.
50 min
Sheet-Pan Chicken Thighs with Potatoes and Peppers
Skin that crackles, potatoes that catch at the edges, and one tray to wash. 35 minTurkey Chili with Black Beans
Smoky, thick enough to stand a spoon in, and better on the second day. 15 minBlack Bean Tacos with Avocado
Charred tortillas, warm cumin beans, cold avocado. Fifteen minutes, start to table. 10 minChicken and Roasted Pepper Sandwiches
Cold roast chicken, paprika yogurt, and a roll toasted harder than feels sensible. 20 minGreek Yogurt Bowls with Crisp Potatoes
Potatoes crushed flat and fried until the edges shatter, over cold salted yogurt. 42 minOne-Pan Salmon with Lemon Butter
Potatoes first, salmon last, and the butter poured over as it reaches the table. 10 minOvernight Oats with Yogurt and Berries
Four jars on Sunday, and breakfast on Wednesday is a decision you already made. 45 minShakshuka with Peppers and Soft Eggs
One pan of tomato and pepper sauce, eight eggs cracked into it, and bread to get it out. 95 minRoast Chicken and Potatoes in One Tin
One bird, one tin, and potatoes that cook in what drips out of it. 15 minGreek Salad, and Bread for the Juice
No lettuce and nothing switched on. Tomatoes, a slab of feta, and bread for what they leave in the plate. 75 minBanana Bread, and the Bananas Must Be Black
The one recipe that wants fruit nobody else would eat. Four black bananas, one bowl, melted butter, and no mixer anywhere. 25 minSpaghetti Carbonara, and No Cream Anywhere
Four things and twenty-five minutes. The sauce is egg yolk, pecorino and the fat rendered out of the guanciale, and the only difficult part is keeping the pan off the heat. 35 minChicken Fajitas, and the Chicken Is Sliced After
One hot pan, twice. The chicken goes in whole and is sliced when it comes out, which is the difference between fajitas that are juicy and fajitas that are dry. 50 minMushroom Risotto, and the Mushrooms Cook Separately
The mushrooms are browned hard in their own pan and stirred in at the end. Cooked along with the rice they give up their water into it, and the risotto turns grey, loose and faintly of nothing. 32 minFish Tacos, and the Salmon Comes Out Underdone
Salmon rubbed with chipotle and orange, roasted hard, and taken out of the oven while the middle is still translucent. It finishes on the tray in the time it takes to warm the tortillas. 30 minButtermilk Pancakes, and the Batter Stays Lumpy
The batter is folded about ten times and left visibly lumpy. Beaten smooth it builds gluten, and gluten is what turns a pancake from something that tears under a fork into something that bounces off it. PlanningHow to meal plan a week that survives Wednesday
Most meal plans collapse mid-week, and it is never a discipline problem. A six-step method that expects the week to change. ShoppingHow to write a shopping list that actually works in the shop
A list written at the kitchen table and a list that works in a supermarket are two different documents. Here is what has to change between them. Choosing an appMeal planning apps that don't choose your meals for you
Most meal planners generate your week. A smaller group just remembers what you decided. Here is the difference, and which one you actually want. Choosing an appIs there a meal planner that works without an account?
Almost every planner asks you to sign up before it shows you anything. A few do not. Here is what you gain, and the one thing you give up. Choosing an appWhich parts of a meal planner still work offline?
Supermarkets are famous for having no signal. Here is what an app can and cannot do down there — and how to tell before you are standing in the aisle. PlanningHow to organise recipes that are scattered everywhere
Screenshots, bookmarks, a printout in a drawer, three links in a group chat. Here is how to get them into one place without spending a weekend on it. Batch cookingHow to batch cook without eating the same thing five days running
Batch cooking fails for one reason: cooking five identical portions of something you are bored of by Wednesday. Cook components instead. BudgetHow to meal plan on a budget without eating badly
Most budget food advice is about buying cheaper things. The bigger saving is buying fewer things twice and throwing less away. PlanningHow to stop wasting food at home
Food waste is almost never carelessness. It is a planning failure with a two-week delay, and it has a small number of causes. PlanningHow to meal plan for two people when every recipe serves four
Recipes are written for four. Halving is where most households quietly give up — because half of a recipe is not half of every ingredient. ShoppingHow to shop once a week and not run out on Thursday
One shop a week is the single biggest time saving available in a kitchen. It only works if you know what keeps and what does not. PlanningHow to meal plan for one without eating the same thing all week
Cooking for one has the worst maths in the kitchen: recipes serve four, packets serve six, and the fridge punishes ambition. Choosing an appPaprika alternative: for people who keep recipes, not weeks
Paprika is a recipe box you own, and one of the best-liked apps in the category. Whether it is what you want depends on what you were doing when this got annoying. Choosing an appPlan to Eat alternative: where should your meal plan live?
Plan to Eat keeps your plan on a server, so it opens anywhere. Farro keeps it on the phone, so it opens with no signal. One decision explains every other difference between them. Choosing an appAnyList alternative: do you want a list, or a week?
AnyList is a shared shopping list that grew meal planning around itself. Farro is a plan that produces the list. That is the whole comparison, and it is a real choice.Nothing here yet.
All of it fits in your pocket.
You pick the meals. Farro adds them up, scales them to your table, and hands you the shop in aisle order.
