The Dinner Plan

Maggie Hoffman

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.

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#140
Today · 53 min
Postpartum Meals and Feeding New Parents With Clarissa Wei
Soups and other gentle dishes for new moms and anyone who needs a warming dinner.
#139
Thursday · 42 min
Adrianna Adarme’s Sweater-Weather Dinners
Get cooking inspiration for cozy Saturdays and busy weeknights.
#138
October 26 · 1 hr
How One-Pot Pasta Found Its Way to Your Table
Nora Singley tells the story behind the now-popular pasta method—and more wild tales of cooking and food styling.
#137
October 22 · 51 min
Fuchsia Dunlop’s Flavor Templates for Easy Weeknight Dinners
The author of many Chinese cookbooks gets loose in her latest recipe collection.
#136
October 19 · 46 min
How Jeanine Donofrio Got Her Love of Cooking Back
The Love and Lemons founder hated rushing through dinner prep. Her new cookbook celebrates the fix.
#135
October 15 · 48 min
John Kanell: Preppy Kitchen’s Tips for Joyful Baking Every Day
Freezer-friendly baking projects, plus John’s advice for baking with kids without losing your mind.
#134
October 12 · 45 min
What Mark Bittman Actually Makes for Dinner
The author of How to Cook Everything shares his recent cooking experiments.
#133
October 8 · 44 min
How Kay Chun Plans a Week of Easy Dinners
Plus, tips for freezing dumplings, and the secret ingredients in her spaghetti and meatballs.
#132
October 5 · 54 min
Leah Victoria’s Meal Prep for Real Life
Get ahead without feeling obligated to eat dinners you don’t want.
#131
October 1 · 1 hr 4 min
Even Yotam Ottolenghi Gets Nervous Before a Dinner Party
Hear Ottolenghi’s advice for low-stress hosting, plus the dinner recipes that make his favorite leftovers.
#130
September 28 · 52 min
Sara Bradley’s Soup Season Tips
Plus: Cornbread salad and more Kentucky flavor.
#129
September 24 · 1 hr
Meherwan Irani’s No. 1 Best Indian Cooking Tips in the World
Your kitchen counter is working against you, the chef explains.
#128
September 21 · 36 min
Nik Sharma Breaks Down the Science Behind His Best Cooking Tricks
Cook tastier onion dip, juicier pork tenderloin, and fluffier baked potatoes with these tips from the America’s Test Kitchen host.
#127
September 17 · 48 min
Swanky, Low-Stress Entertaining With Cortney LaCorte
Cheese Gal offers hosting tips, fancy couch snacks, and easy weeknight dinner ideas, too.
#126
September 14 · 44 min
For Olivia Tiedemann, Rich People Food Comes Down to the Right Moves
Why cooking technique is more important than fancy ingredients.
#125
September 10 · 51 min
Pati Jinich Cooks the Bold Flavors of the Mexican Border
Tasting the greatest tacos, beans, and grilled tamales the PBS star found in her travels.
#124
September 7 · 1 hr
Carla Lalli Makes Dinner the Best Part of a Bad Day
Her new book goes beyond recipes and gets into the emotional side of cooking.
#123
August 31 · 49 min
The High-Protein Vegetarian Dinners Grace Elkus Makes on Repeat
Plus tips for the best crispy tofu and how to fall in love with cottage cheese.
#122
August 24 · 53 min
Fresh Thai Cooking With Pim Techamuanvivit
This Thai cookbook is a new essential.
#121
August 20 · 54 min
Grocery Prices Are Wild. The 99% Cooking Club Can Help.
Steel Russell wants to help you save money on food—and he wants you to know you’re not alone if you’re struggling right now.

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