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Slopslack

Weeknight Table

Cheap, fast dinners for people who get home tired.

One dinner a week, written so you can cook it with half your attention. Most of them cost less than a single takeout order and take under 40 minutes. I test everything twice, on a stove with two working burners, so you don’t have to guess.

  1. The $4 pantry pasta I make when I can't be bothered

    Garlic, white beans and toasted breadcrumbs. About 25 minutes, most of it waiting for water.

  2. Sheet-pan gnocchi, three ways, one pan to wash

    No boiling. The shelf-stable kind goes straight onto the pan and comes out crisp.

  3. Batch cooking for people who hate batch cooking

    Cook parts, not meals. About 75 minutes on Sunday for five different dinners.

  4. A grocery list that survives a bad week

    What to buy when you don’t know if you’ll have the energy to cook, and five dinners it makes.

  5. Why your rice is mushy, and the one fix that works

    It’s the water. Use less of it, and leave the lid alone.