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Arepas with beans and fresh cheese
Uses corn flour, black beans and fresh cheese. Arepas on a dry pan with a pot of beans, ready in forty minutes.
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A new family dinner every Friday, cooked from the same short list of staples.
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Lentil soup with rice and avocado
Uses lentils, rice, avocado and onions. A pot of soup with no soaking, ready in thirty minutes.
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Cold chicken and potatoes for the park
Uses chicken thighs, potatoes and onions. A tray roasted on Saturday night and eaten cold on the grass on Sunday.
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Black beans and rice, the Monday pot
Uses black beans, rice, tinned tomato and onions. The pot I cook on Monday and the children eat from all week.
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Sancocho-style soup on a rainy night
Uses chicken thighs, potatoes, plantain and onions. A thick soup for a wet evening, eaten at the low table.
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Eggs, plantain and avocado for a late night
Uses eggs, plantain and avocado. Dinner in fifteen minutes for the nights we get home late.
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Seven dinners from twenty things
Uses rice, black beans, eggs, potatoes and tinned tomato. How a whole week of dinners comes from one short list.
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Dinners that pack into the lunch box
Uses rice, eggs and fresh cheese. Cook a little extra at dinner and the lunch boxes are half packed.
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Potato and egg hash for a Tuesday
Uses potatoes, eggs, onions and tinned tomato. Tuesday is the egg night on our fridge chart.
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My first week of dinners from the pantry
Uses rice, black beans, eggs, potatoes and onions. The first week I planned only from what was in the cupboard.
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The Week in Dinners
A short letter every Friday with the week's menu and a printable shopping list, and a free starter list of pantry staples when you join.