The Dinner Plan

Figuring out what to make for dinner can be exhausting. The Dinner Plan helps you start every week with fresh cooking inspiration, thanks to Maggie Hoffman and a roster of top cookbook authors. You'll get dinner ideas for every season, advice on how to make weeknight meal planning easier, smart budget cooking and grocery shopping tips, and easy dinners to make when you're short on time and energy. Guests on The Dinner Plan include experts like Molly Baz, Melissa Clark, Justine Doiron, Hetty Lui McKinnon, J. Kenji López-Alt, Hailee Catalano, and more. Guests answer questions like: What store-bought shortcuts make your weeknight dinners more flavorful? How do you meal prep or ingredient prep without getting bored? What weeknight dinner recipes would you text to a friend? Where do you find dinner ideas when you don't feel like cooking? To get each guest's cookbook recommendations, plus a free recipe of the week from that guest's latest book, subscribe to The Dinner Plan newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com —that's also where you'll find our list of 99 dinner ideas you didn't have to think of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dinner Plan is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 125 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Dinner Plan, a arts show with 125 episodes published.

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  Episode #125

  Pati Jinich Cooks the Bold Flavors of the Mexican Border

  Sep 10, 202651 min

  You may know Pati Jinich from her long-running series, Pati’s Mexican Table, or her previous cookbooks, but this fall you’ll be seeing a lot more of her, including her new docuseries, Panamericana, and her new cookbook, Foods of La Frontera . In this episode of The Dinner Plan, Pati chats with host Maggie Hoffman about the surprising dishes she tried while traveling along the Mexican-American border, and the way her time on the road has changed how she cooks at home. Pati shares favorite Mexican recipes from a wide range of border regions: lobster burritos, vegetarian pozole, surprising salsas, and easy tacos recipes you’ll want to cook this week. ️ ENTER THE GIVEAWAY and Get Pati Jinich's chipotle chicken taco recipe on TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com ️ ____ Check out this week's sponsors: Made In Cookware:  Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. Listen to Food Friends on Apple podcasts or any podcast listening app. More Mexican cooking episodes you might like: Rick Martinez’s new salsa book will transform your weeknight cooking Claudette Zepeda’s Secret Ingredients for Bigger, Bolder Flavor Crispy Zucchini Tacos With Andrea Aliseda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #124

  Carla Lalli Makes Dinner the Best Part of a Bad Day

  Sep 7, 20261h 1m

  When Carla Lalli separated from her ex and moved part-time into a sublet after decades of marriage, the first thing she did was make dinner. “I cooked because it gives me a sense of comfort,” Carla says in this week’s episode of The Dinner Plan. “It makes me feel like I’m in power, and it’s soothing, and it is a way to shut off other noise.” Carla shares the meals she made as she got in touch with her own cravings again and what freedom and flexibility she found cooking for one or cooking for two instead of four, and also gets into what she thinks a cookbook written by a human can offer in the age of AI. Carla’s new cookbook, Food Is a Feeling , is the rare cookbook that doesn’t start from the assumption that “every day is happy and perfect.” Instead, she says, “actually sometimes it's a really bad day, and that the best thing in your day might be this great thing that you make for dinner.” Get Carla's cookbook recommendations + the recipe for Carla's Chovy-Forward Fazool on our newsletter: TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com __________ Check out this week's sponsors: Straus Family Creamery: Find Straus organic ice cream at Whole Foods nationwide or at strausfamilycreamery.com . Michele's Granola : Use code DINNERPLAN15 for 15% off your order at MichelesGranola.com Row 7: Get 10% off Row 7’s chef-prepared tinned vegetables using code DINNERPLAN10 at Row7Seeds.com Made In Cookware: Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan to unlock your discount offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #123

  The High-Protein Vegetarian Dinners Grace Elkus Makes on Repeat

  Aug 31, 202650 min

  The high-protein vegetarian recipes in Grace Elkus's new cookbook, Protein-Packed Vegetarian , are exactly the kind of dinners I crave, packed with flavor and easy to make, even on a busy weeknight. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, I talk to Grace about her must-have kitchen gear, how to cook tofu so it actually gets crispy, and what to do if you just haven't come around to the idea of cottage cheese. I've been making the easy dinners from Grace's book over and over already, and I think you'll love them too. Get Grace's recipes for sheet-pan veggie parm and unstuffed eggplant parmesan shells on our newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com _____ Check out today's sponsors: MaraBela: Find Marabela Alcohol-Free Sparkling Tea at MaraBelaTea.com Trimona Yogurt: Find Trimona's A2A2 Bulgarian-style yogurt at TrimonaFoods.com and stores near you. Michele's Granola : Use code DINNERPLAN15 for 15% off your order at MichelesGranola.com Dirty Labs : Use code THEDINNERPLAN to get 15% off your first order at DirtyLabs.com . Made In Cookware:  Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #122

  Fresh Thai Cooking With Pim Techamuanvivit

  Aug 24, 202653 min

  I've been looking forward to chef Pim Techamuanvivit's Thai cookbook for years. It's an essential guide to cooking Thai food, including fresh curry pastes, grilled dishes, curries, soups, and laab. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, I talk to Pim about how she learned all the Thai recipes she'd missed from home, why it matters that you seek out Thai ingredients to cook these recipes, and everything she'd put on a September dinner party menu, whether the guests eat meat or are vegetarian. You'll hear about Pim's favorite cookbooks and her advice for dealing with cooking burnout, too. Get Pim's recipe for Kin Khao's chicken wings on TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com . ___ Check out this week's sponsors: Thaan Charcoal: Get a free starter kit including Thai-style charcoal, fan, and fire starters with the Thaan Grill when you use code DINNERPLAN at thaancharcoal.com/dinnerplan Listen to Food Friends on Apple podcasts or any podcast listening app. Made In Cookware:  Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #121

  Grocery Prices Are Wild. The 99% Cooking Club Can Help.

  Aug 20, 202654 min

  Steel Russell started The 99% Cooking Club after walking out of the grocery store with a single bag of food that cost $150. He focuses on tips for making easy, cheap meals taste complex and flavorful, and shares recipes for family dinners that stretch your grocery budget. In this episode of The Dinner Plan, we talk through the best budget-friendly ingredients to buy right now, and how to think about meal planning when you're trying to save money. We’re all in this together, Steel reminds us. "I wanted to be able to show people how to make good food for cheap, but I also wanted to find a way to give people a place that they can come to and not feel isolated," he says. "I think we need to be reminded that, you know, my neighbor is going through the same thing I'm going through right now. On the other side of my house, they're going through the same thing I’m going through right now, but we don’t talk about it." Steel gets into the backstory that inspires this work. Trigger warning: addiction. ___ Check out this week’s sponsors: Find Ajinomoto at your local grocery store, and stocked in bulk at your nearest Costco. Made In Cookware:  Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. MaraBela: Find Marabela Alcohol-Free Sparkling Tea at MaraBelaTea.com Straus Family Creamery: Find Straus organic ice cream at Whole Foods nationwide or at strausfamilycreamery.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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