Waterless Cookware Blog

When last we saw Leslie Cole (staff writer for The Oregonian FoodDay section), she was on her way home with a stack of new cookbooks under her arm and a story to write.  Her hunch was that good taste & nutrition shouldn’t take hours at the stove.

Her aim was to banish the tired, the empty and bland from weeknight meals, and do so in less than 20 minutes (revisit Cooks on the GO).  What she discovered were some novel, time-saving and nutritious cooking strategies that quickly and easily relieved the rush and fret of weeknight family dining.

Three common principles in the ‘quick & easy’ cookbooks Leslie reviewed are these:

• Cook from scratch
• Cook what you have
• Revitalize your pantry

The backside of these principles, Leslie now reports, is common to many of us on any given weeknight as we look to our pantry for inspiration:  “In their first six years of marriage, Dan and Leah Bader’s idea of a home-cooked meal was opening a jar of pasta sauce to pour over spaghetti.” But that’s not a pantry.

The Weeknight Menu: we all get stuck now & then on ‘What to cook tonight?’  Not to worry.  Enjoy Leslie’s latest FoodDay article, “The Pantry Principle—thanks to staples on hand, dinners from scratch are a snap.”

The Pantry Principles: Leslie finds the three principles alive & well in Katherine Deumling’s lusciously informative website Cook With What You Have.  Katherine’s practical approach to Good Taste will have you rethinking what you buy and put in your pantry (for all the right reasons).

Katherine’s latest March 8 blog (Winter Squash x 4) reminds us that at least four nutritious and easy meals have been resting in the potato bin since November—not the potatoes, but that Squash.   Try Katherine’s simple and timely Onion and Squash Panade for example.

…or our Butternut Squash Soup in “Harvest the Nutrition of Fall Squash.”

Katherine’s Advice:  revisit your pantry & review your buying habits—healthy foods don’t come in cans, and fresh foods don’t bulge your budget either.   Fresh whole food is the best source of natural balance & nutritive complexity.  Remember to use cookware designed to retain the wholesome goodness of nature’s honest efforts—Stainless Steel Waterless Cookware.

Cook healthy, eat honestly, and thrive.