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What I cook on the weeks when I cannot face the kitchen

A six-recipe rotation that lives in my notes app, requires no shopping list and still feels like dinner rather than dinner-shaped fuel. Most of them rely on a tin of beans, half an onion and the will to keep going.

EEliza Park·Jun 13, 2026·6 min read

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