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It goes without saying that recipes are our bread and butter. But sometimes you just need to make dinner with what you have on hand\u2014and you don’t always need a recipe to do it. Culinary producer Nicole McLaughlin, who cooks daily without a recipe, shared her favorite “dinner formulas” for busy weeknights in a recent video. Read on to find her tried-and-true methods.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“If you have followed me for any length of time, you know that this is my absolute favorite way to cook,” Nicole says of one-pot cooking. “This is how you get dinner on the table in a short amount of time.”\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
All you need to make a “cream of anything” soup is fat, flavorings, flour, and liquid\u2014no cans required. Once you have your soup, you’ll have endless casserole options.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sheet pan dinners are easy to throw together on a dime and make cleanup a breeze. What’s not to love? This foolproof method is almost impossible to mess up.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“I learned this method when I worked in a restaurant and it is the best way to get maximum flavor using the most basic of ingredients,” according to Nicole. Caramelizing and deglazing a piece of meat results in a built-in sauce with tons of flavor.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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One-pot pasta dinners are as easy as it gets. Just throw everything in a pot and cook\u2014there’s no need to get out a separate pot for boiling.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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