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Stretching proteins and building flavor through pantry staples

Stretch your proteins. The Recession Chef produces 11 burritos for under $15 by replacing half the ground turkey with rice and black beans. Prissmel Acres suggests doubling the yield of meatloaf or pasta sauce…

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Stretch your proteins. The Recession Chef produces 11 burritos for under $15 by replacing half the ground turkey with rice and black beans (The Recession Chef from The 99% Cooking Club). Prissmel Acres suggests doubling the yield of meatloaf or pasta sauce by mixing in cooked brown lentils, minced mushrooms, or rolled oats (Prissmel Acres).

Infuse your fats. Ernestas Mankovskis creates aromatic oils by steeping ingredients like thyme, rosemary, or fermented onions in fat to carry fat-soluble flavors (Ernestas Mankovskis). Andrew Zimmern maintains a collection of fermented sauces and Baoning black vinegar to add depth to meals before applying heat (Andrew Zimmern's Spilled Milk).

Simplify your prep. Julia Apostolou prepares chicken noodle soup, turkey chili, and chicken caesar pasta salad in 2.5 hours by sharing vegetables and pantry ingredients across all three recipes (Julia Apostolou from The Parsley & Prosecco Pantry). Susan Herrmann Loomis cooks sliced porcini mushrooms in two tablespoons of olive oil for eight minutes until golden and tender to serve with burrata (Susan Herrmann Loomis in Paris).

Try today · 20 min

Replace half the meat in your next ground-meat dish with lentils or mushrooms.

Cook the lentils or finely mince the mushrooms before mixing them into the raw ground meat.

You need

  • 1 pound ground meat
  • 1 cup cooked brown lentils or 8 ounces minced mushrooms

Steps

  1. Prepare your lentils or mushrooms until they reach a texture similar to the meat.
  2. Combine the meat and the prepared plant-based ingredient in a bowl.
  3. Mix thoroughly by hand to distribute the texture evenly.
  4. Cook the mixture according to your standard recipe.
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Sources

  1. Olivia Mack McCool, Olivia's Unlocked ✎ Written by a personOlivia Mack McCool provides a chili recipe that benefits from being prepared a day in advance for better flavor.

  2. Ernestas MankovskisErnestas Mankovskis explains how to use fat-soluble aromatic compounds to finish dishes with infused oils.

  3. Prissmel AcresPrissmel Acres details methods for stretching meat using grains and vegetables to manage grocery costs.

  4. Julia Apostolou, The Parsley & Prosecco Pantry ✎ Written by a personJulia Apostolou shares a meal prep strategy for cooking three different dinners using overlapping pantry ingredients.

  5. The Recession Chef, The 99% Cooking Club ✎ Written by a personThe Recession Chef lists recipes for high-volume meals like burritos and lo mein to combat rising food costs.

  6. Susan Herrmann Loomis in ParisSusan Herrmann Loomis describes a simple preparation of porcini mushrooms in olive oil served with burrata.

  7. The Feedfeed, Feedfeed's Substack ✎ Written by a personThe Feedfeed offers five creative chicken recipes including a skillet pot pie using rotisserie chicken and puff pastry.

  8. Andrew Zimmern's Spilled MilkAndrew Zimmern identifies ten pantry essentials for Chinese cooking that add flavor without requiring long cooking times.

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