Shortcut Recipes

There are nights I don’t feel like cooking. On nights like this, I look for “shortcut” meals which are dinners put together with one or more ingredients already prepared, and you build the meal around it.

Ravioli with Carrot Fennel Sauce is a good example. The ravioli is store-bought, but the sauce is my own. The trick is to have a well-stocked pantry and freezer with products that are quick and easy to prepare, good quality, taste good and affordable.

Over time I will show you some of my favorites and ones that saved me numerous times when I needed to get a meal together in a hurry.