Tofu in tomato sauce
A Vietnamese home-style dish: fried tofu braised briefly in a quick tomato and shallot sauce.
Prep10m
Cook20m
Serves4
Mains
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Fajita chicken bowl
Fajita rice bowls are a quick weeknight dinner.
Prep30m
Cook15m
Serves4
Chicken yakisoba
This is a warm, filling Japanese stir-fry.
Prep10m
Cook25m
Serves3–4
Egg roll bowls
All the flavour of egg rolls without the wrapper: ground pork with cabbage, carrot, ginger, and sesame. Low-carb, quick, and highly riff-able.
Prep10m
Cook25m
Serves4
Hawaiian
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Kālua pig & cabbage
Kālua pig and cabbage is Hawaiʻi’s ultimate comfort food: slow-cooked pork shoulder until it’s fall-apart tender, then finished with wilted cabbage and a splash of soy sauce. Traditionally cooked in an imu (underground oven); this slow …
Prep5m
Cook8–10h
Serves6–10
Pork dumpling bowls
All the flavour of pork dumplings, ground pork, shrimp, cabbage, and green onions, tossed with chewy wheat noodles instead of wrapped. Weeknight-friendly.
Prep20m
Cook25m
Serves4–6
Weeknight ginger beef
This is a quick version of ginger beef, great in rice bowls.
Prep10m
Cook15m
Serves4
Weeknight mapo tofu
I make this for lunch more than dinner, and it’s a tasty and quick meal.
Prep10m
Cook20m
Serves3–4
Tuna rice bowl
This is a simple way to use frozen tuna, cooking quickly, served with easy sides.
Prep15m
Cook10m
Serves2
Goulash
This is one of my favourite stews. It’s slightly sweet and savoury, and completely delicious.
Prep20m
Cook2h
Serves6
Cottage pie
A comforting and simple meal, based on the classic 1950s Americanized version. Easy to make from pantry and freezer items.
Prep20m
Cook40m
Serves4
McDouble
A very cravable burger. This is the closest I’ve gotten to perfecting it, along with its little sibling, the single drive-thru hamburger.
Prep10m
Cook5m
Serves1
Sichuan quick noodles
A one-pan work-from-home lunch built on a precooked protein base. Twenty minutes, cleanup included.
Prep5m
Cook15m
Serves1
Chicken patties
I love chicken sandwiches. The ground chicken patties bread nicely, but are also great on their own.
Prep20m
Cook15m
Serves4
Mushroom soup
A great bowl of soup, and our replacement for classic canned mushroom soup.
Prep20m
Cook30m
Serves4
Red Thai curry
This is our classic Thai curry, based on a restaurant that closed many years ago.
Prep20m
Cook30m
Serves4