This pot roast with winter root vegetables (I use rutabaga instead of celery root, but any root veggies are perfect) No sides needed other than bread and/or maybe some noodles. If you want a green vegetable, track down a whole stalk of brussels sprouts and roast them. Recipe is paywalled on epicurious.com and you can no longer paste links from 12 ft ladder, but you can access yourself through it https://12ft.io/. Source: 6 months ago

You were me at 14, 15, 16,17. I always thought, "Why bother?" But it's not like that. You can develop cheap hobbies, such as sketching, exercise, gardening, cooking. If you can access a computer, there are many free programs. I live in a big city so I am always finding ways of getting cheap or free tickets to things, but if you are 16, maybe you can get a part time job for some spending money. I used to do... Source: about 1 year ago

This is what I do... Cook what I shopped, not shop for something to cook. With staples and spices already stocked, I can hop on allrecipes.com or epicurious.com and find 50 -100 recipes matching the main ingredient. Source: about 1 year ago

You're wrong Smug, IDC what labels say. Natural peanut butter is fine at room temperature for up to three months before it needs refrigeration (epicurious.com, healthline.com, nationalpeanutboard.org). Why encourage food fear just so you can sound smart? Not to mention the countless sandwiches you've doomed to ruin by rubbing a solid brick of peanut butter on soft bread. Now me and my friends have to make more... Source: over 1 year ago

These are my top: - recipetineats - the modern proper - pinch of yum - the defined dish - damn delicious - serious eats - cafe hailee - smitten kitchen - barefoot contessa - a cozy kitchen. Source: 11 months ago

Smitten kitchen is a longtime favorite, her recipe index on the website is amazing, she is also a busy mom and has some easy crowd pleasers that aren’t too dumbed down. Source: 11 months ago

New York Times Cooking, Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything, Smitten Kitchen, Souped Up Recipes, and various other cookbooks (especially Fuchsia Dunlop for Chinese). Source: 12 months ago

Https://smittenkitchen.com/ - I've had success with everything that sounded good to me. Source: 12 months ago

Food blogs that really helped me when I started cooking were Simply Recipes (especially the older recipes written by Elise), and Smitten Kitchen (the latter I still swear by today, though some of the recipes are a little more complicated than beginner level -- still really approachable though!) Allrecipes was useful too, especially if you only look at the 4+ star recipes and read the top comments for tips. Source: 12 months ago