Cooking

Tips

What I wish I knew when I started cooking (or before I decided to start cooking):

If someone cooks a delicious meal, ask to pair-cook it with them next time to learn
Mix the pasta sauce in with the noodles, don’t keep them separate
Fill pasta pots with just enough water to submerge the noodles to save time
Homemade food takes less time than delivery (if you factor in the uncertainty about delivery times and time to choose, and do some start-of-week prep) and is way better
Chicken thighs can be marinaded with basically anything, convection baked for 15min, broiled for 2min, and they’re delicious
Zucchini and onion go with basically anything (Benihana-style w/soy sauce, in pasta sauce, in rice, etc.) IMO and my kids luckily agree
Many things reheat better in a stove/oven/toaster
95% of the time restaurants will give you the recipe if you love a dish (esp. fancy restaurants if it’s not their signature dish)
Kids can be helpful starting at ~2yo chopping veggies, mixing, fetching ingredients, etc., and they eat better when they help
Best recipe sites: Serious Eats and Caroline Chambers