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How to Feed a Family of Four for a Week on 100 Dollars

Seven days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks, plus the grocery list, the prep-day plan and where the budget actually goes.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The pork butt is done when the probe slides, not at 203

Eight pounds, a bone that pulls clean, and the three hours of rest almost nobody builds into the plan.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken That Feeds You All Week

One four-pound batch, three finishes, and dinner solved from Sunday to Thursday without eating the same plate twice.

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Meal Plans5 min read

A Week of Meals for Six on About 200 Bucks

Seven dinners, breakfasts, lunches and snacks for a family of six, plus the grocery list, the prep-day plan and the honest cost.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Start the fire an hour before you want to eat

Flames blacken food and coals cook it, and most people light the wood about forty minutes too late to get any.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Oven Wings That Actually Get Crispy, and Three Sauces

Baking powder, a wire rack and two oven temperatures turn four pounds of grocery-store wings into the best thing on the table.

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Guide100 ThingsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

100 Things Every Cook Should Master in the Kitchen

From a proper knife grip to feeding twelve people on a Tuesday, the skills that turn a guy who can follow a recipe into a cook.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Take the meal in a pan you never want back

How to feed a family after a funeral or a new baby without adding one more thing to their list.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Five Overnight Oats Jars That Actually Keep You Full

One base, twelve minutes on Sunday night, and five breakfasts that don't leave you starving by 9:30.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Four Weeks to a Sunday Roast

One knife, one pan, four Sundays. A plain-language cooking course that ends with you carrying a roast to the table.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Keep the fat at 34 degrees or your sausage will smear

Homemade sausage fails at the grinder, not the skillet. Cold meat, a sharp plate and one salt number fix almost all of it.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Chili for Twenty With a Toppings Bar That Doesn't Run Dry

Eight quarts of real beef chili, the browning trick most people skip, and exactly how much cheese twenty hungry people will actually go through.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

The Rib Method That Works in an Oven or on a Grill

Pull the membrane, hold 275, and stop trusting the clock. Ribs are a temperature problem wearing a recipe costume.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Most fish is ruined before the knife ever comes out

Bleed it, chill it hard, and cut with the rib cage instead of through it. The rest of dinner takes twelve minutes.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

Recipes5 min

Make This Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole on Christmas Eve

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Dice an onion right and the rest of the board gets easy

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your pizza dough needs two days and a hotter oven

Home ovens top out at 550 degrees and Neapolitan pizza bakes at 900. Everything you do to the dough is closing that gap.

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Recipes6 min read

Slow Cooker Beef Stew That Tastes Like It Simmered All Day

The trick isn't a longer cook time. It's fifteen minutes with a hot skillet before the lid ever goes on.

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