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The Kitchen and I Are Not Always Friends

Zero-meat, zero-fuss meals for the most manic time of the year.

Published November 29, 2022

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Red Lentils and Fennel Over Toasted Flatbread Triangles, Photo: Jim Henkens

Wow. After cooking a…successful—I should say, I was really pleased with it!—Thanksgiving meal and consuming so much rich food, I feel sort of like I did when lockdown ended, i.e., pretty freaking uninspired by the kitchen and everything that lives in there (which is not my norm).

In these moments of cooking despair, I tend to go easy on myself (self-care, baby)—I don’t want to plan much, I don’t want anything complicated, and I want to make as few trips to the grocery store as possible.

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