Spatula Diaries by Maggie Heyn Richardson – No time? Plan the pantry.

No one I know sits around talking about how bored they are, or how they’re dripping with extra time. The overstuffed schedule seems to be a chronic—and unfortunate—condition, and all of us, regardless of skill level in the kitchen, feel the pinch at meal time. I can’t tell you the number of evenings I look up and realize I’ve planned nothing for dinner and have no raw materials with which to work in the fridge. The thought of heading back out to the grocery is a huge drag, so my solution has been to keep an arsenal of pantry staples that can be transformed into specific, simple suppers. Read more…