Save Time in the Kitchen

Take back an extra hour each night with these efficient cooking tips and techniques.

Time-Saving Prep Tips

All that stands between you and enjoying healthy dinners each night are a few good meal prep tips.

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Guide to Quick-Prep Vegetables

Save time in the kitchen and enjoy healthy, veggie-filled meals even during your busiest weeks.

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Time-Saving Meal Prep Tips

Spend less time in the kitchen and more time on fun with these quick meal prep tips.

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Save Time in the Kitchen with these 4 Tools

Ensure that your time in the kitchen is time well spent with these efficient tools.

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Mix-and-Match Dinner Template

Take the decision-making stress out of weeknight dinners with our simple 5-step meal template.

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Review: Which Meal Prep Containers to Use and Why

Make meal prepping a breeze by learning the ins and outs of some of the best food prep containers.

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Time-Saving Cooking Tips

Say farewell to microwave meals and take-out, even in the busiest of times!

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Top 10 Make Ahead Freezer Meals

Make-ahead freezer meals will help you never be a few minutes away from a home-cooked dinner.

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Guide to Quick-Cooking Ingredients

Prepare healthy homemade meals in 15 minutes or less with our list of quick-cooking ingredients.

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Cook Once, Eat Twice Recipes

Save time and money while enjoying leftovers with our “cook once, eat twice” method.

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Tip to Save Time in the Kitchen

Get ready to start cooking faster with our favorite time-saving secrets in the kitchen.

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How to Repurpose Your Leftovers

Utilizing leftovers is one of the best ways to save money and stick to your food budget, but it doesn't have to be boring.

Air-Fryer Cheat Sheet [Download]

Grab our Cheat Sheet with cooking times for all the ingredients you didn't know you could cook in your air fryer.

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Air Fryer Basics: What, Why, and How

Start air frying these 13 foods and watch your cooking time drop!

Instant Pot Cooking Time Chart for Meat, Veggies, Beans, & Grains!

Get Instant Pot settings and cooking times for meats, legumes, and vegetables.

How to Convert Recipes to Instant Pot + Chart!

Use our download to convert oven, pasta, and slow cooker recipes for the Instant Pot.

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How to Use Frozen Vegetables

Cooking frozen vegetables is simple. Here we’ll share the veggies that freeze best and offer a few uses for frozen vegetables.

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10 Easy Sheet Pan Dinners

For a quick and easy dinner, try one of our top 10 favorite sheet pan meals. Bonus: Easy clean-up!

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10 Best Shortcut Ingredients to Make Cooking Faster

Keep these 10 shortcut ingredients on hand, so you can get dinner on the table with less hassle.

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Insurance Meals: The Easiest Dinner Ever

Be prepared with easy dinner ideas for those nights when you’re busy or just don’t feel like cooking.

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How to Meal Plan for a Week

Learn how to create a meal plan that takes your life into account and that you’ll actually be able to stick to.

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How to Meal Prep for the Week

Make your weekly meal prep easier and faster with these meal prep ideas and tips.

More Time-Saving Lists

Optimize your kitchen processes and never let time prevent a homemade meal again.

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Make Cooking Cleanup Faster

Optimize your workflow in the kitchen so you can cook faster and cut down on cooking cleanup!

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4 Tips to Save Time in the Kitchen

Stay motivated and make those cooking excuses a thing of the past

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How CS Founder, Jess Dang, Saves Time in the Kitchen

Make cooking easy with these 8 tips to save time in the kitchen.

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How to Buy Two Weeks of Food When You Don’t Want to Meal Plan

Learn what to buy at the store to stretch your food further and shop less often.

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