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The dump-and-walk chicken and rice
Five minutes of hands-on, then the cooker does the rest — about 35g of protein a serving, one pot to wash.
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Cooking is the most leveraged hour of your day.
Here's what we make: meals that hit the protein number, fit a plate, and don't require a degree. Real ingredients, repeatable techniques. Save the dinner-party showmanship for the dinner party.
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Salmon over rice, greens wilted in
The fish steams on top of the rice while it cooks. One button, one pot, ~30g of protein.
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Lentils and rice, the workhorse
The cheapest real dinner we know: lentils, rice, and whatever frozen vegetables are in the drawer.
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The gear · nice to have
One button, one pot: the rice cooker.
Every recipe here runs on a basic ~$30 rice cooker. It earns the nice-to-have tier, not higher: a lidded pot on the stove cooks the same dinner — what the cooker buys is zero attention. We haven't picked the unit we'd put our name on yet; when we have, it will be in the shop.