RECIPE-READY REFRIGERATOR STAPLES
Having a dish in mind before you’re ready to cook a meal provides direction, guidance, assurance, and a place to start. However, recipes don’t always take into account the food we have on hand, our appetite, our available time, or our mood.
Meal planning often lands on the list of things we feel we should do more of, and do better. But it requires too much effort to sustain. It offers tight scripts for putting food on the table without room for changing moods or situations. Even when we stick rigidly to the plan, it can often entail waste and extra work. When one dish calls for a few leaves of parsley, what do you do with the rest of the bunch? If you buy a special spice for a dish, how long will it sit in your spice rack before you use
