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The Dinner Plan

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Whether you're a time-strapped professional, an empty nester, feeding a big household, or just making sure that you actually eat something day after day, figuring out what’s for dinner can be exhausting. With The Dinner

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  • 34. Rick Martinez’s New Salsa Cookbook Will Transform Your Cooking

    01:06:55||Ep. 34
    Get the recipes and cookbook links—and enter to win Rick's book—at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this week's episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Rick Martinez, author of Mi Cocina and Salsa Daddy, a new book of over 70 traditional and modern salsa recipes. Rick shares how making salsas can make simple weeknight meals so much more flavorful—and which salsa you can freeze for later. He tells you what to look for when you're buying chiles, how to pair specific salsas with whatever you're eating, and gives us a list of his all-time favorite cookbooks and the recipes he leans on most at home.Thanks to this episode's sponsors:John Bersani's 20 Amici – 40 RicetteKuhn Rikon: Visit kuhnrikon.com, and use coupon code DINNERPLAN for 25% off your purchaseSaladSprinkles: Visit Eatsaladsprinkles.com and use code SPRINKLES4DINNER to get 20% off

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  • 33. Date Molasses, Black Lime, and Fluffy Rice With Noor Murad

    55:55||Ep. 33
    Get the recipes and cookbooks mentioned here our free newsletter: TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this episode, Noor Murad, author of the new cookbook Lugma: Abundant Dishes And Stories From My Middle East, shares memories of her childhood in Bahrain and the meals she loves most, whether she's hosting friends or looking for an easy weeknight dinner. She talks about life at Ottolenghi in London and her pantry essentials at home, plus some cookbook authors she looks up to. Thanks to Maille and Kuhn Rikon for supporting this episode. Visit kuhnrikon.com and use coupon code DINNERPLAN for 25% off.

  • 32. Gena Hamshaw's Meal Prep System for Busy Weeks

    48:38||Ep. 32
    Get the recipes and enter this week's cookbook giveaway at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. (It's free!) If you just aren't feeling inspired to cook right now, you're going to want to listen to this interview. On this week's epsiode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Gena Hamshaw, the author of A Grain, a Green, a Bean: One Simple Formula, Countless Meatless Meals. Gena works long hours at a hospital, so she's figured out a meal prep and freezer system that allows for homemade meals in minutes on the weeknights, even when she just isn't feeling excited about cooking. She shares some favorite store-bought shortcuts, her hands-off method for baking whole grains in the oven, and go-to cookbooks for plant-based dinner inspiration. Thanks to Maille Mustard, the California Prune Board, and Kuhn Rikon for sponsoring this episode. Use code DINNERPLAN at KuhnRikon.com for 25% off.

  • 31. Hailee Catalano on Fresh Spring Dinners and the Rules of Sandwich Construction

    47:41||Ep. 31
    Find recipes and cookbook recommendations from Hailee on the free newsletter at The Dinner Plan.Substack.com. On today's episode, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Hailee Catalano, the author of By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear. Hailee offers tips for keeping cooking low-stress, thoughts on the essential rules of making a great sandwich for the beach or a picnic, and the spring recipes she's excited to cook this year. Thanks to our sponsors: Maille Mustard; the California Prune Board; John Bersani, author of 20 Amici, 40 Ricette; and Kuhn Rikon. For 25% off at KuhnRikon.com, enter code DINNERPLAN—all one word!

  • 30. Meera Sodha on Breaking Through Burnout in the Kitchen

    51:59||Ep. 30
    Subscribe to get recipes and cookbook links at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. On this long-awaited episodes, host Maggie Hoffman chats with Guardian columnist and cookbook author Meera Sodha about how she came back to cooking after a period of intense burnout. Meera, whose new book Dinner just came out in the U.S., shares some of the mental health tools that helped her through, as well as the cookbooks and pantry ingredients that inspire her now.

  • 29. What Zaynab Issa Always Has in Her Pantry

    41:48||Ep. 29
    Get recipes from Zaynab and her cookbook recommendations free at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this week's episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to cookbook author and NY Times Cooking contributor Zaynab Issa about the recipes she's most excited about, her tips for stress-free dinner party hosting, and the flavorful staples she cannot live without. Hear her thoughts on how to do fusion food right, and hear why she doesn't like to get too far ahead with meal planning.

  • 28. Kiano Moju Thinks Kale Is Boring

    40:32||Ep. 28
    Get Kiano's coriander chicken katsu recipe and links to her cookbook recommendations free on TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, host Maggie Hoffman talks to Los Angeles-based recipe developer Kiano Moju. Kiano’s cookbook, Africali, draws on her Kenyan and Nigerian heritage and her upbringing in California, as well as travels abroad. Today she shares her tips for a cookout—including what you should always do first—and the all-stars of her pantry and fridge, plus favorite vegetable recipes from the book.