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Food and meals
Make a meal plan that accounts for the food you have, the people eating and the time before dinner.
- Batch cook when your freezer is smallPlan around the containers you can fit, not an imaginary empty freezer.
- Put a complicated recipe into a workable orderRecipes often assume you know which jobs can overlap.
- Plan dinner for people who eat different thingsA shared dinner gets easier when you separate the base of the meal from the optional additions.
- Split a grocery list between two storesA cheaper basket can become an expensive errand if it adds a long detour.
- Plan dinners around what is already in your kitchenStart a meal plan with the food that will spoil first.
- Plan packed lunches without a microwaveA lunch that tastes good cold needs different choices from a dinner meant for reheating.
- Organize a potluck without six bags of chipsA potluck list needs serving details as well as dish names.
- Adapt a recipe to the pan you ownChanging a pan can change the depth of a dish and how it cooks.
- Choose a restaurant without a twenty-message debateGet the group's firm constraints before collecting restaurant names.
- Turn leftovers into a different mealAn assistant can suggest combinations, but it cannot inspect food in your fridge.