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Thanksgiving is a holiday that is all about the food. It’s a time to go full steam ahead and pull out all the stops to fill the table with a sea of the most impressively delicious and indulgent dishes.
And when delicious and indulgent are the name of the game, Ree Drummond, aka the Pioneer Woman, is the lady to turn to. These are the hallmarks of her most popular recipes that folks flock to on a daily basis. So we’re turning to her, and gathering Ree’s best tips — from her impressively juicy turkey to the ultra-creamy mashed potatoes to ranch-worthy table settings — to help you have your most deliciously indulgent Thanksgiving yet.
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While it would be great if we could all exclusively buy wine from cute independent wine shops, it’s not always possible. Not everyone lives near a great independent wine shop. Not everyone feels comfortable in one. And sometimes you have to buy toilet bowl cleaner, socks, and a gift for a housewarming party — all in one shopping trip because you’re busy and that’s just how life works sometimes.
I get it. No matter how you feel about big-box stores and behemoth grocery chains, they’re a part of modern life for most of us, so if you’re going to buy wine at one, you might as well do it right.
Here are my tips for buying wine at Target, Costco, and Trader Joe’s without ending up with any terrible choices.
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I’m lazy.
Given the choice between doing something and doing nothing, I’d probably choose nothing.
And yet, every day I have to find a way to feed myself. At the end of a busy day, that usually comes down to the simplest, fastest, laziest option.
Unfortunately, more often than not, that simple/fast/lazy option is also SUPER unhealthy and/or expensive: fast food, take-out, or delivery.
How can “home cooked healthy food” even compete with this convenience?
Great question.
If you’re somebody that’s more familiar with fast food than your oven, and like the IDEA of cooking for yourself but have no clue what you’re doing, fear not!
I’ve created this stupidly simple “Batch Cooked Chicken” video and resource for you.
This article and video assumes you know literally nothing about cooking.
Like, “never opened my oven” level of kitchen knowledge.
I considered calling this article “Batch Cooking for Idiots” but that’s not very nice. And I think you’re pretty smart.
So by the end of today’s article, you’re going to know EXACTLY how to prepare your food for an entire week’s worth of lunch and dinner!
Note: this is a simple chicken option with the laziest ingredients possible. If you know your way around the kitchen, consider checking out some of our more advanced recipes!
Preparing dinner for a single meal takes 20 minutes. Preparing dinner for the week takes 30 minutes and provides you with food allllll week long.
Here’s why batch cooking RULES.
Right now, for each lunch and dinner, we have two choices:
The unhealthy option is the lazier option, and after a long day of work or with screaming kids, it seems like the ONLY option.
However, if we can make ONE single decision at the start of the week to prepare food in a big batch, it eliminates every food decision we need to make the rest of the week. Not only that, but it makes the fast option the healthy option.
After batch cooking, we instead contemplate our meals like this:
When you can make the lazier option the healthier one, you’re going to win 9 times out of 10.
So, perfect! Batch cooking is the best.
Of course, it’s much easier said than done.
You’re scared. You’ve never opened your oven. You once managed to set water on fire. And you have no clue what you’re doing.
I got you covered. As a batch-cooking convert, I’m gonna walk you through this step by step. I’m going to tell you exactly what to buy. What to set the oven at.
And give you permission to start.
It doesn’t matter if you screw this up. You can always order food if it doesn’t pan out (zing).
Cool? Cool.
Today, we’ll be preparing a week’s worth of chicken, Brussels sprouts (or broccoli) and sweet potatoes.
If you don’t like Brussels sprouts or sweet potatoes, I’ll give you an alternative.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY:
Depending on how much of a cooking noob you are, you might have some of this stuff already.
If you don’t, make the investment – everything listed above you can use for the next 12.37 years (approximately). You will never regret having these things in your kitchen.
Where I bought my stuff: Trader Joe’s.
Where you can buy your stuff: ANY grocery store.
Note that I didn’t even include things like knives and cutting boards, because you don’t need them to prepare the chicken above.
If you want to build out your kitchen arsenal, check out our Cooking 101 resource for exact things to buy!
Watch the stupidly simple video I decided to film last night as I was batch cooking a few trays of chicken.
Here are the steps to remind you:
#1) Pre-heat your oven to 350.
#2) Line your cookie sheets with tinfoil and parchment paper.
#3) Grab your bag of chicken, put the chicken on the trays. Wash your hands with soap and water before handling your spices.
#4) Take your olive oil spray, and spray the topside of each chicken.
#5) Sprinkle each side with salt, pepper, and garlic powder (OR “Everything but the Bagel” seasoning).
#6) Flip them over (with tongs or your hands).
#7) Repeat with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
#8) Put them in the oven for 25 minutes.
#9) At 13 minutes, check your chicken to make sure things are going well!
#10) At 25 minutes, take your chicken out of the oven. Cut a piece in half, make sure it is uniformly white throughout. No pink gooey chicken!
Put some on a plate to eat, put the rest in a container for the rest of the week!
A serving size is 4 oz (if you have a cheap scale, it can REALLY help with portion sizes). If you want a visual, make a fist. That’s the size of a portion of chicken (it’s probably 2 – 2.5 tenderloin pieces).
Great question. This is just part one of our Batch Cooking series. And having a solid protein source for each meal is the most important part of a healthy nutrition strategy.
So what else goes on the plate?
Let’s chat about some side dish options.
UBER NOOB (ONLY MICROWAVE):
LEVEL 2 (OVEN): Check out our in-depth article on how to roast vegetables right here:
Don’t like veggies? We can change that.
What about some healthy carb options? Carbs aren’t evil. Just make sure they meet your goals. And your goal should be to eat under your caloric balance for the day if you’re focused on weight loss.
If you have the room in your calorie budget for the day, here are my favorite carbs to put on the plate next to my chicken and veggies:
That will cover your protein, a vegetable, and a carb. Simple.
This is not rocket science. Don’t make this into a bigger deal than it needs to be. You’re cooking some chicken, a potato, and some veggies. It’s easy.
Also, screwing up isn’t the end of the world. You can always order pizza or Chinese food if you totally botch it. Just live life in beta mode: ready, fire, aim. Try it out, and work on getting better.
Portion out your food into separate containers for grab-n-go lunches. This is how Staci, our head female coach, does batch cooking like this each week. Portion your food out into Tupperware to bring with you to work.
When in doubt, more chicken, more veggies, less sweet potato.
Try different spices. We have a whole big resource on how to do spices and flavors to dress up any healthy meal to also taste delicious.
I’d love to help more people become NOT afraid of cooking.
If you don’t know your way around your kitchen, has never turned on your oven, and are afraid of screwing up your meals, you’re not alone!
That was me too, for a LONG time.
These days however, I can cook 6-10 different great meals. It allows me to reach my health and fitness goals without making me miserable.
YOUR MISSION: Cook this chicken, and post a picture of it in the comments below. Do it in the next week.
Good luck!
-Steve
PS: Just in case:
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The queen of entertainment, Martha Stewart, knows how to throw a good dinner party. And what’s Thanksgiving really, than a dinner party with a purpose? Follow the queen and make one of her most popular Thanksgiving recipes this year. From apple pie to perfect roast turkey, you’ll find something here to surprise and delight your guests.
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If there ever was a time that a casserole might come in handy (other than all the time), Friendsgiving is it. They’re typically hearty, usually cheesy, and, most importantly, great for feeding a crowd — three pretty major marks on any Friendsgiving checklist.
And if there ever was a master of the casserole, Ree Drummond holds the coveted title. This is pretty indisputable, considering the fact that most of Ree’s recipes are hearty, cheesy, and great for feeding a crowd.
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It’s hard to pick up a one-size-fits-all host gift (although we have ideas for some of the VIPs), but this just might be the one thing that can be your go-to for all those upcoming holiday parties: paper coasters. Not too expensive, generally useful, and in that space between disposable and reusable where the recipient can enjoy them for a while, then toss them without guilt when they’re worn out. And especially when hosting a crowd, one can never have too many coasters — people put drinks just about everywhere, and the more visible and available coasters are, the better chance your host has of avoiding water spots and wine droplets on, say, the fireplace mantel.
As we head into holiday season, I plan to stock up on some of these for in-a-pinch hostess gifts. They’re all around $15 each (or less!).
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Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and folks all around the U.S. are planning their holiday menus. Of course, for most families this all revolves around the pièce de résistance: the turkey. While I’m sure no one wants to add more stress to this festive season, the CDC has announced that salmonella has been found in raw turkey, just in time for the holiday.
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Ina Garten has given us so many cooking and entertaining tips throughout the years that we could fill an entire book with them (well, if she hadn’t beat us to it!). But I would argue that an entire chapter deserves to be dedicated to Queen Ina’s favorite holiday: Thanksgiving.
On what for many of us is the busiest day of the year in our kitchens, Ina always manages to pull off the festive feast with ease. So we gathered her best Thanksgiving tips — from the turkey to the table settings — to help us do just that.
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You don’t want to see a loved one at Easter and find out that the [insert gift here] you got her for the holidays has since broken. That would be terrible, right? To keep that from happening, we’ve compiled this list of 15 classic gifts that will stand the test of time.
Every single of one of these items consistently rank among the best in reviews. They’re also pretty essential for a well-rounded kitchen. And they’re from top name brands. Buy something on this list and you can rest easy, knowing that almost nothing can go wrong with it. When the holiday season of 2045 rolls around, you’ll still be hearing how great that gift from 2018 is holding up.
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