In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Stephanie and Kelly talk about maximizing your time in the kitchen. Spend the time one day cooking a base ingredient in order to make the next 3 days of meals a breeze. We share ideas for cooking one base ingredient and turning it into three completely different meals. The secret is to change the flavor profiles, textures and temperatures so each meal feels like a fresh meal.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Batch cooking a specific ingredient like rice, veggies, pork, ground beef/ground turkey, salmon or chicken
• Keeping the base seasoning neutral (only salt and pepper) so you can change the flavor profile for each meal
• Transforming the texture for the second and third meals
• Change the temperature for one of the meals
• Use different spices or sauce for each meal to change the vibe and keep it fresh

Resources & Links

Following are the ideas we reference in the episode:

Pork Chops (make 6)

1. Grilled pork chops, mashed potatoes and salad
2. Dice pork chops to make pork fried rice
3. Slice the last 2 pork chops thinly to make a sandwich

Roasted Chicken (or rotisserie chicken)

1. Chicken Enchiladas
2. Chicken Cobb Salad
3. Chicken Stir Fry

Slow-Cooker Pork Shoulder

1. Pulled Pork Carnitas Tacos
2. BBQ Pulled Pork Baked Potatoes or Sliders
3. Pork & Vegetable Stir Fry

Bulk Ground Beef (or Turkey)

1. Tacos or Burrito Bowls
2. Cheesy Pasta Bake or Spaghetti Bolognese
3. Korean Beef Rice Bowls

Roasted Salmon (or Trout)

1. Warm Salmon Filets with Roasted Veggies and Quinoa
2. Cold Salmon and Avocado Salad Bowls
3. Crispy Salmon Cakes/Patties with a salad

Sheet-Pan Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables

1. Sheet-Pan Veggie and Chickpea Pita Pocket
2. Roasted Vegetable Pesto Pasts
3. Mediterranean Grain Bowl or Frittata

https://www.mealplanvault.com/blog/budget-friendly-batch-cooking-ingredient-reuse

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Disclaimer

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Recipe Testers are Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron

In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Stephanie and Kelly talk about chili - Texas Chili, Chili Beans, Football Chili, however you refer to it, we are ready to talk about it. Chili is an easy and comforting meal, whether you make it on the stove or in the slow cooker. It’s a perfect recipe for fall and football season and it couldn’t be easier to make!

In this episode, we talk about:

• Making chili in the slow cooker instead of on the stove
• Using chili spice mixes versus making your own blend
• Using Nomato Sauce instead of canned tomatoes
• Adding pumpkin to your chili
• Using unsweetened cocoa powder in your chili
• Suggested toppings for your chili bar
• How Kelly is on a roll with making up her own recipes
• The basics to make chili: ground beef, beans, chili seasoning, tomatoes
• If you don’t like beans, then leave them out!
• Vegetarian or Vegan chili ideas
• Don’t forget about making chili dogs with your leftover chili

Resources & Links

Classic Recipes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kohQm8IfE7M

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oUgTYBRML2k?is=0zNR-PqMdO2iSTDV

Chugwater Chili (Seasoning used by Stephanie)

https://www.chugwaterchili.com/blogs/recipes

Vegan Chili:

https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-chili/#wprm-recipe-container-17575

Pumpkin Chili Recipe:

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a36973563/pumpkin-chili-recipe/

Nomato Sauce Recipe:

https://healmedelicious.com/classic-nomato-sauce-aip/

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Disclaimer

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Recipe Testers are Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron

In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Stephanie and Kelly talk about the nostalgic comfort food, tuna noodle casserole. We dust off the recipe for this iconic pantry staple to see if it should be in your rotation. We talk about the classic ways to make the dish as well as some ways to elevate the dish. Plus Kelly brings us a bonus recipe!

In this episode, we talk about:

• How this dish is classic, how it stretches and is affordable
• How most tuna noodle casserole recipes include peas and use a can of cream of mushroom soup
• Some recipes use egg noodles while others use various shaped pasta
• We recommend not using peas and instead use broccoli or edamame or asparagus
• Kelly made the cream sauce from scratch and it wasn’t hard!
• The recipe Kelly followed has secret ingredients: dijon mustard and (smoked) paprika
• Kelly recommends adding fresh chopped jalapeños or sriracha to the dish to finish it
• Stephanie used Amish whole wheat noodles instead of traditional egg noodles that she got at the farm
• Stephanie’s twist on the dish was to add mushrooms, use a can of cream of chicken soup, frozen edamame, asparagus and Italian seasoning
• Kelly brings us a bonus recipe: a cold tuna pasta salad
• She made up her own recipe because she couldn’t find exactly what she wanted and it turned out pretty good

Resources & Links

https://www.thisgalcooks.com/the-best-tuna-casserole-recipe/

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-make-tuna-noodle-casserole/

Kelly’s Tuna Pasta Salad

Ingredients

2 cups bow-tie pasta

½ cup cucumber diced

¼ cup diced red onion

½ cup diced tomatoes

1 Jalapeno pepper

2 cans tuna

Sauce

¾ cup plain greek yogurt

Juice from half a lemon

1-2 tsp garlic powder

1-2 tsp salt

Pepper to taste

Directions

Boil pasta. Chop veggies and put into a bowl. Add tuna. Mix the ingredients to make the sauce. Pour the sauce over the chopped veggies and tuna. Mix well and chill before serving.

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Disclaimer

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Recipe Testers are Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron

In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Kelly and Stephanie walk you through how to buy, prepare and make Colorado Green Chili, a cultural staple. It’s hatch green chili season!

In this episode, we talk about:

• Our connection to Colorado Green Chili
• How to buy green chili
• What to do with all your green chili once you get home
• Great ways to use green chili in your everyday recipes.

If you’ve ever been curious about buying freshly roasted green chili from a roadside vendor, join us for this conversation!

Resources & Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTEP3iL6v_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWVrxTVp4Q

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D0I4pPDhBbc

If there are recipes you want us to try or questions you want to ask, email us at everydaycooksrecipeclub@gmail.com

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If you loved this episode, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with a friend who loves to cook. It helps our little cooking club grow and keeps us inspired to bring you more recipes each month! Thank you for your support!

Disclaimer

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Thank you to our favorite recipe testers: Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron

In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Stephanie and Kelly researched school lunch ideas for all ages as well as tools and products that can save you time or make lunch packing easier. We also outline how planning can set you up for success. So if you find packing a lunch to be challenging, this episode is for you!

In this episode, we talk about:

• How this is a judgment free zone: the lunch you pack can be basic or fancy, both are ok and neither is a reflection on you as a parent
• Our “first day of school” traditions
• Kids packing their own snacks
• How planning might not be fun, but your future self will thank you
• Figuring out what do you want to make, what will your kid eat and what will hold in the lunchbox
• Tools and products that will help you: bento boxes, sandwich press, grape cutter, handheld food slicer
• Lunch ideas for all ages

Resources & Links

Recipe Ideas

https://www.momables.com/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/985231164591608/sent/?invite_code=8243085908c342f9921f2620a9ae9a90&sender=72831856382313263&sfo=1

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/563018699851113/sent/?invite_code=ae34e1c91c8044e99845bfa64d770870&sender=72831856382313263&sfo=1

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/844493676648820/sent/?invite_code=eaedb9af99094b908577d9dbae022efb&sender=72831856382313263&sfo=1

Products

Sandwich Cutter

https://a.co/d/0gclrDBe

Grape Cutter

https://a.co/d/0dSOH4E3

Fruit Slicer Cup

https://a.co/d/00vHUHNI

Variety of Cutting Tools

https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Kitchen+Tools/Specialty+Cutting+Tools/

Previous Episode

Egg Slicer Review at the 1:08 mark

https://everyday-cooks-recipe.captivate.fm/episode/gadget-review-tool-time-tuesday-episode-1

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If you loved this episode, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with a friend who loves to cook. It helps our little cooking club grow and keeps us inspired to bring you more recipes each month! Thank you for your support!

Disclaimer

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Recipe Testers are Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron

In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Stephanie and Kelly talk about cottage cheese and how it can actually make your favorite dishes healthier without sacrificing flavor. We cover how much protein is in cottage cheese, ideas for how to add it into your regular dishes and we test 3 recipes.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How Stephanie made the Zucchini Gratin recipe we just talked about and shared how it went.
• How much protein can be found in specific brands of cottage cheese
• Our honest opinion on cottage cheese pancakes - texture, taste and if we will make them again
• Breakfast ideas: Sourdough Toast with cottage cheese, scrambled eggs and avocado slices or Toast with cottage cheese and avocado slices or adding cottage cheese to your smoothie
• Stephanie shares a recipe for Pear and Apple Nachos (and it includes cottage cheese!)
• About the viral recipe: Sweet Potato, Cottage Cheese Ground Beef and Hot Honey
• A recipe for cottage cheese bagels
• Kelly made cottage cheese brownies and reports on if they good and are worth making

Resources & Links

3 Ingredient Cottage Cheese Pancakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uFc0TpKsT8

Pear Nachos

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bI-d8soHmW4

Apples and Cottage Cheese

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m_AiFGZd9Bs

Sweet Potato, Cottage Cheese, Ground Beef and Hot Honey

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eGQWDpUwWIA

Cottage Cheese Bagels

https://goodculture.com/cottage-cheese-bagels/

Cottage Cheese Brownies

https://thebigmansworld.com/cottage-cheese-brownies/

Bonus recipes that we didn’t talk about!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL47B_ghbJM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBe6Kr_Tz9w

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Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Recipe Testers are Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron

In this episode of Everyday Cooks Recipe Club, Stephanie and Kelly talk about what to do with all of the zucchinis you (or your neighbor!) are harvesting from your garden. We all love zucchini bread, but there is so much more you can do! We have a variety of sweet and savory recipes.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Betty Crocker’s zucchini bread
• Hiding zucchini in brownies
• Roasting zucchini
• Making Calablacitas
• Zucchini Gratin (can’t wait to try this recipe!)
• And 60+ recipe ideas, including Zoodles, Stir-fry, Boats, Fritters, muffins, cakes, cookies, etc.
• Plus a call-back to 2 previous episodes where Stephanie talks about Zucchini "Zuc" Coins and Zucchini Bake

Resources & Links

Pioneer Woman - 30 Zucchini Recipes

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/meals-menus/g65531365/best-zucchini-recipes/

Good Housekeeping - 30 Zucchini Recipes

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/g562/zucchini-recipes/

Zucchini Gratin

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a65400498/zucchini-gratin-recipe/

Calabacitas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=MiQfB4KsK-Jy9zQJ&v=0ecjLjMQ6-Q&feature=youtu.be

youtube.com/shorts/gVCPVUQ4W1s?is=xivLqo_ltvwklTTy

Spanish Poor Man’s Zucchini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQIvnR2W0

Betty Crocker Zucchini Bread

https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/zucchini-bread/5f75d183-d3e9-431a-9a93-22f0c957b56a

NY Times Cooking Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023356-chocolate-zucchini-loaf-cake

Previous episodes

Zucchini bake at the 9:40 mark

https://everyday-cooks-recipe.captivate.fm/episode/viral-recipes-one

Zucchini coins at the 21:43 mark

https://everyday-cooks-recipe.captivate.fm/episode/low-carb-high-protein-chicken-alfredo-fettuccine

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Disclaimer

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club is a podcast for home cooks who love exploring new recipes and sharing the experience. We feature recipes from talented chefs, cookbook authors, and food creators, always giving full credit to the original source. We do not claim ownership of these recipes, and we encourage listeners to support the chefs by purchasing their cookbooks or visiting their websites or social channels. For copyright reasons, we do not share full recipes in our show notes. Instead, we talk about our own cooking experiences, tips, and takeaways.

Credit

Original Music by Matthew J. Smith

Recipe Testers are Matt, Ryan, Matt and Cameron