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How an OCD cook found peace by turning off the oven

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Here’s a thought: keep meals simple and you, and everyone around you, will be happier. 

True, it’s hardly breaking news, but it’s time to reclaim the word “simple”. Simple is not the so-called “quick and easy” one pot wonders that require 20 different spices, peeling, chopping, frying and . Simple — truly simple — should mean no cooking at

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