Setting the table…
The collection
Recipes worth making twice — maintained by Jacob & Lily, supervised by June.
25 min · serves 3
A quick beef and noodle bowl. Everything cooks in one pan, then gets a fast soy and honey sauce (basically the same as the teriyaki sauce), and the udon goes back in to get coated.
30 min · serves 4
Thin-sliced beef in a sweet and savoury soy-garlic-sesame marinade, seared hot and served over rice with a crisp, tangy cucumber salad.
28 min · serves 20
Brown-butter version of almond-oat chocolate chip cookies. Makes 20 small cookies with about 96 calories each.
25 min · serves 2
A low calorie, high protein take on the viral cheeseburger bowl. Air-fried potato cubes, seasoned beef mince, fresh salad, cheese, and burger sauce.
1 hr 25 min · serves 4
Lemony grilled chicken skewers off the BBQ, served in pita with tzatziki and a fresh quinoa tabbouleh on the side.
25 min · serves 4
Pan-seared strip steak topped with a bright, garlicky chimichurri, with the classic Argentine arugula and parmesan salad alongside. The sauce is uncooked, so just chop, mix, and let it rest.
1 hr 10 min · serves 6
One of the most indulgent meal prep recipes, so creamy, rich in flavour and packed with protein. Using a sheet pan is a game changer for batch cooking.
15 min · serves 2
An easy fifteen minute comfort meal: a buttery, well toasted grilled cheese with a bowl of tomato soup. Add caramelized onions or some sliced meat to the sandwich if you want.
36 min · serves 16
Soft, protein-boosted oat cookies sweetened mostly by ripe bananas, with Greek yogurt for tenderness and roasted cashews and dark chocolate for richness. No oil.
1 hr 2 min · serves 4
Boneless skinless chicken thighs marinated in a Korean-inspired blend of soy sauce, sesame oil, mirin, and gochujang, then air fried until charred and cooked through.
2 hr 20 min · serves 16
A big batch of freezer burritos for easy lunches. Makes about 16 at roughly 36g protein and 520 calories each. A creamy chipotle-yogurt sauce goes in each one.
15 min · serves 9
No-cream, all-Greek-yogurt tiramisu. Higher protein, lighter than the classic.
15 min · serves 1
A classic folded omelette cooked low and slow so it stays soft. Keep it plain or load it with bacon, peppers, onion, and spinach.
45 min · serves 2
Seared steak basted in garlic-thyme butter, with potatoes done fast in the air fryer or parboiled and roasted for crispier edges, plus a simple green veg.
25 min · serves 2
A simple fresh tomato pasta. You burst cherry tomatoes into a quick sauce, wilt in spinach, then finish the penne in the pan with a little pasta water and cheese.
1 hr · serves 4
Homemade pork and napa cabbage dumplings. Salting the cabbage first keeps the filling from going watery. They crisp on the bottom, steam through, then crisp again. To freeze, freeze them on a tray first, then move them to bags so they don't stick together.
3 hr 20 min · serves 6
Pork shoulder slow-cooked with orange, garlic, and warm spices, then broiled until the edges crisp up. You can cook it submerged in lard the traditional way, or in beef stock for a lighter version. Pile it into tortillas with a quick lime-onion-cilantro salsa and salsa verde.
45 min · serves 4
A rustic, mostly hands-off sausage and tomato sauce. The sausage browns gently with garlic, rosemary, and fennel, then simmers in canned tomatoes until thick. A splash of milk keeps the meat tender.
30 min · serves 4
Lean ground beef mixed with a blitzed pepper, onion, and garlic base and a warm shawarma spice blend, pressed onto a sheet pan, scored into kebabs, then baked and broiled. No skewers, no grill.
30 min · serves 2
A fast weeknight chicken and rice dish. You sear the chicken whole to build a good fond in the pan, give the broccoli just enough time to stay crunchy, then make a quick soy and honey sauce right in the same pan.
6 hr 25 min · serves 8
A hearty, classic crockpot chili built on browned beef and Italian sausage, two kinds of beans, and a deep, smoky tomato base. Better the next day, perfect for a crowd or game day.
4 hr 10 min · serves 6
Smoky, lightly spicy shredded chicken in a chipotle-tomato sauce. Mostly dump-and-go in the slow cooker. Great for tacos, bowls, tostadas, or burritos.
6 hr 30 min · serves 6
Smoked beef chuck braised in a chipotle consomme until it pulls apart, then stuffed into tortillas with mozzarella and served with a bowl of the consomme for dipping. Chuck is best, but any cheaper medium-tough beef like sirloin tip or a roast works.
45 min · serves 8
Traditional Mexican beef taco filling: lean beef browned until it has crispy edges, then simmered with onion, garlic, warm spices, tomato, and a splash of citrus until thick and juicy.
30 min · serves 2
A creamy zucchini pasta with no cream. You fry the zucchini, blend most of it with parmesan, raw garlic, and pasta water into a silky sauce, then toss in the noodles and the rest of the zucchini.