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Everyone can benefit from knowing a few dishes that dont require a recipe.
These options fromFood 52are simple enough to remember by heart.
Heres how to master each of them (without a recipe, because who has a recipe memorized?
How to Roast a Chicken Without a RecipebyKenzi Wilbur
Whatcanta roast chicken be?
It can go into baked pasta, eggs, burritos, tacos, salad, eaten on its own.
Its bones are the start of stock (see below).
And since youre making roast chicken already, stock completes the loop.
How to Make Any Grain Salad in 4 StepsbyEmily Horton
Never know another sad desk lunch.
They like to hang out with fried eggs and polenta, and even lentil soup (see below).
Read up to learn more.
Its one more ingredient than toast, but much more satisfying.
How to Make Muesli Without a RecipebyPosie Harwood
This is the workhorse of life.