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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.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Chicken Pot Pie That Ditches the Bottom Crust

All the gravy, all the comfort, none of the soggy pastry underneath - one skillet, six servings, on the table in about an hour.

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StoryHumorSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

The Fifty Best Dad Jokes, Ranked by Groan

A five-tier groan scale, fifty clean jokes worth stealing, and the two seconds of silence that make every one of them land.

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Six meals you should know by heart, and how to get there

Recipes are fine. But a man who can feed four people on a Tuesday without reading anything has something better than a recipe.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How One Pound of Ground Beef Feeds Six Without Anybody Noticing

The trick isn't filler. It's finely chopped mushrooms and brown lentils doing a convincing impression of beef, in one skillet, in about 45 minutes.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Five Family Dinners That Come In Under Ten Dollars

Five from-scratch dinners that feed four to six people on one cheap cut of meat, a pound of starch and whatever's in the crisper drawer.

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Beans and Rice Five Ways Nobody Will Call Cheap

One pot of beans, one pot of rice, five dinners that taste like you spent money. Times, temps, and the mistakes that make beans stay hard.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Slow Cooker Pot Roast With Carrots That Don't Turn to Mush

A 3½-pound chuck roast, eight hours on low, and the one temperature that separates fall-apart beef from a tough gray brick.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Grilled Pork Chops That Stay Juicy Thanks to a One-Hour Brine

Thick chops, a simple saltwater soak and an instant-read thermometer. That's the whole trick, and it works every time.

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Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili for a Cold Sunday

Six hours on low, one skillet of bloomed spices, and a pot of chili that feeds eight without you standing over it.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

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.

GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Cedar Plank Salmon That Doesn't Dry Out on the Grill

Soak the plank, run the grill hot on one side only, and pull the fish early. A two-pound fillet, twenty minutes, and the whole yard smells like cedar smoke.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Foil Packet Dinners That Actually Cook Through

The potatoes are the problem. Solve that and the fire does the rest. One base recipe, two spin-offs, zero pans to scrub.

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Smash Burgers With Crispy Lace Edges Every Single Time

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Skillet Chicken and Rice That Gets Asked For By Name

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Beef and Broccoli That Beats Your Takeout Order

Thirty-five minutes, one skillet, and beef so tender people will ask what you did to it. The answer is three quarters of a teaspoon of baking soda.

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Meatloaf With a Brown Sugar Glaze That Doesn't Slide Off

Free-form on a sheet pan, cooked to 160°F, glazed twice, with mashed potatoes that never turn to glue.

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