Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Weekend
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Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
An American classic comfort meal that I never tried, until now. Plus bonus recipes for tuna patties and stir fried cabbage to make it a more nutritionally complete meal.
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Loaded Avocado Toast and Japanese Egg Salad
A classic brunch with some extra hacks – some that work, some that don’t, plus a deceptively simple recipe for an egg salad that is fit for a king.
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Old Bay Roasted Sweet Potatoes for Meal Prep
Sweet potatoes deserve more attention. Let them be the star of the show, by roasting them with some Old Bay. Also included: a sous vide experiment that did not go as planned.
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Bananas Foster Crepe Bites
Home cooking skills allow you to upcycle leftovers, and create delicious meals that also save you money. Here’s an example of how crepes from a night out get a second life as dessert.
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Teriyaki Sous Vide Chicken Breasts (with Minimal Dishes)
Keep your diet prep fresh and interesting! Make chicken breasts taste exciting again with a simple teriyaki sauce and some home-cooking techniques.
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Diet-friendly Date Night: Pork Chop And Roasted Cabbage
Save the carbs for dessert. Serve pork chops with a side of roasted cabbage and carrots for a diet-friendly date night dinner.
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Chicken Thighs Seasoned With Instant Ramen Powder
Here’s a lazy meal prep idea inspired by a fever dream: use instant ramen seasoning packets as a spice rub for chicken thighs.
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Old Bay Chicken Thighs, and Garlic Thyme Skillet Potatoes
Delicious chicken for very little effort, but not quite for the potatoes. A cautionary tale in avoiding efficiency drag when meal prepping.
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Chicken Fajitas with a Mayonnaise Marinade
Chicken fajitas are a fun way to turn a meal into a mix-and-match adventure. Keep things macro friendly with juicy, well-marinated chicken breasts and a tangy ranch yogurt sauce.
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Ranch Roasted Chicken Thighs and Pasta Salad Meal Prep
Easy prep meets minimal cleanup in this recipe for ranch roasted chicken that demonstrates the superiority of boneless thighs for meal prep.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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Beef Blanching Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Cheese Chicken Dashi Date Night Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Fish sauce Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Lettuce Miso Napa cabbage Old Bay Onion Oven Pasta Peppers Pork Potatoes Salmon Sesame oil Shiitake mushrooms Shrimp Soup Sous Vide Spicy Steaming Stewing Stir fry String beans Sweet potatoes Teriyaki Tomatoes Yogurt Zucchini
