@beacooks

Home cook, chaotic meal prepper, salsa maximalist

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Collecting since December 2025
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recipe sites that have never let a sunday dinner down

7 items
  • 01Budget Bytes↗
  • 02Half Baked Harvest↗
  • 03NYT Cooking↗
  • ··4 more entries
14400

doubling a recipe without ruining it

10 items
  • 01Match the pan to the new volume before anything else
  • 02Brown meat in batches, don't double it in one pan
  • 03Salt and acid go in at the very end, not doubled upfront
  • ··7 more entries
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freezer stash for whoever just had a baby or surgery

14 items
  • 01Chicken and rice soup, in quart containers
  • 02Turkey chili, family-size split into 2 containers
  • 03Meatballs in sauce, frozen individually before bagging
  • ··11 more entries
111001

pantry substitutes that actually work

16 items
  • 01Buttermilk = 1 cup milk + 1 tbsp white vinegar (or lemon juice), let sit 5 min
  • 02Egg (baking, per egg) = 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water, sit 5 min
  • 03Cake flour = 1 cup AP flour, remove 2 tbsp, add 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • ··13 more entries
112400

sunday batch cook containers that don't end in fridge chaos

11 items
  • 01Pyrex Simply Store glass containers with snap lids for the freezer
  • 02leave an inch of headspace before freezing anything liquid
  • 03masking tape + sharpie for labels, not the fridge marker
  • ··8 more entries
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the pans that actually get used every night

8 items
  • 01Nordic Ware Naturals Half Sheet Pan↗
  • 02Lodge classic 10.25 inch cast iron skillet↗
  • 03USA Pan nonstick half sheet pan
  • ··5 more entries
117302

cookbooks I actually cook from

10 items
  • 01Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat - Samin Nosrat↗
  • 02The Food Lab - J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
  • 03Six Seasons - Joshua McFadden
  • ··7 more entries
110001

how i actually got good with a knife

9 items
  • 01Mastering Knife Skills by Norman Weinstein↗
  • 02Kenji's Knife Skills: The Slice (video)↗
  • 03Kenji's Knife Skills: The Rock Chop (video)↗
  • ··6 more entries
17300

salsas i actually remake, ranked by how often

10 items
  • 01Rick Bayless's rustic roasted tomato salsa
  • 02Tomatillo salsa verde (Bayless method)
  • 03Pico de gallo / salsa mexicana
  • ··7 more entries
17201

meal prep that actually survives the freezer

9 items
  • 01Chicken Enchilada Soup (Budget Bytes)
  • 02Bean and Cheese Burritos
  • 03breakfast burritos
  • ··6 more entries
123201

kitchen gadgets, all under $40

8 items
  • 01Microplane Premium Zester
  • 02OXO Good Grips Swivel Peeler
  • 03Zulay Kitchen Milk Frother
  • ··5 more entries
05000

sunday batch cook, start to finish

9 items
  • 01Fridge and freezer purge first
  • 02Pick max 2 proteins, 1 grain, 2 veg roasts
  • 03Get the grain going on the stovetop before anything else
  • ··6 more entries
07800

salsas that make it a full fridge week without going flat

10 items
  • 01Salsa verde cruda, splash of vinegar added at the end
  • 02Salsa borracha (pasilla, tomato, dark beer)
  • 03Chiltepin salsa de molcajete
  • ··7 more entries
09400

the gear that earned counter space, and the stuff that didn't

12 items
  • 01Lodge 12in cast iron skillet
  • 02Vitamix 5200
  • 03KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer
  • ··9 more entries
112301

sheet pan dinners I actually remake

7 items
  • 01Sheet Pan Greek Garlic Butter Chicken and Potatoes (HBH)↗
  • 02Sheet Pan Hot Honey Garlic Chicken and Zucchini (HBH)↗
  • 03Sheet-Pan Chicken With Potatoes, Arugula and Garlic Yogurt - Melissa Clark
  • ··4 more entries
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