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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.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The lasagna is the wrong meal for someone on chemo

Smell is the enemy, food aversions are permanent, and everybody shows up on the wrong day. What to cook instead, and when to carry it over.

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GuideMeal PlansWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Two Hours On Sunday That Covers Every Dinner This Week

One oven, one big pot, one rice cooker and a timer. Five weeknight dinners on the table in 15 minutes, plus the grocery list and the cost.

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Recipes6 min read

Pulled Pork Sliders You Cook the Day Before the Game

An 8-pound shoulder, one oven, zero kickoff panic. Cook Saturday, shred Saturday, and spend Sunday watching the game like a free man.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

A pot of bones on Sunday is worth five dinners

Stock is the cheapest thing in your kitchen and the easiest to ruin. Keep it under a boil, chill it fast, and five soups get better.

GuideMeal PlansWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Pantry And Freezer Plan For The Week Before Payday

Seven days of real meals for two built on rice, beans, eggs and whatever's already frozen, plus a top-up list that runs about fifty bucks.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

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.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Your grilled chicken burns because the whole grill is hot

Build the fire on half the grate, salt it the day before, and stop guessing at the joint with a knife.

GuideMeal PlansNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

One Sunday Cook Feeds Your Family All Week

Two chickens, a pot of pinto beans and about three hours on Sunday buys you six dinners, six lunches and a grocery bill you can plan around.

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GuideRecipesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Christmas Prime Rib and a Timeline That Won't Wreck Your Day

A 7-pound standing rib roast, salted two days ahead and cooked low, with a clock that lets you sit down with everybody else.

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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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GuideMeal PlansNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

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 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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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.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Meal Plans5 min

A Week of Meals for Six on About 200 Bucks

Recipes5 min

Oven Wings That Actually Get Crispy, and Three Sauces

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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.

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100 Things6 min read

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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