Easy meals vs. epic meals

Is it an easy meal night, or a night for something epic?

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Kristina Todini, RDN
May 02, 2024

When I plan my weekly meals, I categorize dinners into two types: simple (easy) nights and challenge (epic) nights.

Most nights are easy—quick meals ready in 40 minutes or less. About 1-2 times a week I embrace a challenge meal with a new-to-me recipe, ingredient, or technique (this is how you keep learning!).

This week I challenge you to think this way as well: choose easy meals most nights of the week, but for at least one meal…make it EPIC. ✨

👩‍🍳 + 💪,

Kristina
mealtime maverick

Easy meal options (most days of the week) 😌

Choose easy meals most nights of the week to reduce cooking time.

Epic meals (1-2 meals per week) 💪

Choose 1-2 more challenging meals per week to try new recipes or techniques.

DID YOU KNOW? 🧐

The first recorded cookbook is said to be four clay tablets from 1700 BC in Ancient Mesopotamia, but by the 1300s, cookbooks were a norm for kings and nobles. As mass printing and publishing increased by the 15th century and public literacy increased by the 17th century, cookbooks became less of a luxury, and somewhat standard. (source)

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