meals
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Always Label Your Leftovers, And Other Ways to Stop Your Family From Wasting Them
If you’re like me, remembering to eat your leftovers is a losing game. Every week, I diligently scoop uneaten tilapia, sweet potatoes, pasta, meatballs — hell, even a half-eaten avocado — into airtight food storage containers. And every week, I toss those suckers in the disposal then descend into a low-grade shame spiral about my…
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How to Stop Forgetting Your Leftovers All the Damn Time
I’m about 50/50 on remembering to bring leftovers home from a restaurant. The food is so delicious that I’m taking a special effort to bring it home and eat it again, and yet, I forget it exists for the entire time between getting it boxed up and looking for it in my fridge the next…
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How to Turn Your Dining Room Into a Fancy ‘Restaurant’ on Mother’s Day
As tradition dictates, mothers are meant to be served on Mother’s Day. If you do nothing else to celebrate, it is practically a requirement that someone — someone who is not mum — prepare a nice meal. For some families, that has typically meant scoring a brunch reservation at her favourite restaurant. But, COVID, so…
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How to Reboot Family Dinnertime This Year
In many ways, the pandemic has forced families to slow down to a pace that felt impossible a year ago. I can remember, last March, staring at the large wall calendar that hangs in my kitchen. One by one, we’d crossed out basketball practices, soccer games, playdates, and family get-togethers until all that was left…