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Meal Planning Made Easy: Recipes That Last All Week

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Meal planning is an invaluable skill that saves time and money and also promotes healthier eating habits by reducing impulsive food choices. It simplifies daily life by answering the perpetual question, “What’s for dinner?” before it’s even asked. From a delicious lobster, to curries and pasta dishes, there are so many amazing things you can make and it makes mealtime so much easier knowing it’s all ready.

This article explores how to effectively integrate meal planning into your routine, making the process straightforward and beneficial.
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Cooking With Gail Presents: Easy Quarantine Chili!

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If you are a single person, and you’re like me, you plan most of your meals around what you find in Trader Joe’s freezer section, supplemented with a few weekly meals at restaurants, and lunch procured from the office cafeteria. So, I don’t have to tell you that grocery shopping and meal planning for our new Covid lifestyle is challenging, and, frankly, it sucks. I’ve bought as many groceries in the past five weeks as I have for each preceding week of this year combined. Just being serious.
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Top Ten Things I am Doing Instead of Watching the Super Bowl

Mmmm…Chile!

I know there are many others out there besides me for whom the Super Bowl holds no interest whatsoever. What teams are even playing this year? Who gives a shit? Here’s what I’m doing today!

1. Making a huge vat of my delicious home made chili

2. Cleaning the Chick Tank

3. Vacuuming

4. Editing Interview with Drummer Gene Hoglan

5. Transcribing Interview with Mary J Blige’s drummer, ‘Lil Rex

6. Reading an awesome book, “Love Is a Mix Tape” by Rob Sheffield

7. Napping

8. Watching “Rock of Love” on VH1

9. Blogging

10. Talking on the phone