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I Don’t Know How to Cook

The first five things to learn. If you can turn on a stove or an oven, you can do these. We explain the obvious on purpose.

The first thing you should know how to cook. Soft, not rubber. We go slow on purpose.

$1.50 · 18g protein · 220 cal

Chicken and vegetables on one pan. This is the 'cook once' base. You mostly wait.

$11 · 36g protein · 360 cal

Four ingredients, one skillet. You do not need a grill, a bun recipe, or a dad in an apron.

$7 · 28g protein · 420 cal

Boil water. Salt it. Add noodles. That is the whole skill. Cheese and oil do the rest.

$2.50 · 14g protein · 430 cal

Frozen vegetables, oil, salt, hot oven. This is how vegetables stop tasting like steamed punishment.

$3 · 6g protein · 160 cal