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New Podcast Episodes
The Plan to Eat Podcast is serving up new episodes every other Wednesday!
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#101: The Power of Salt: A Deep Dive into Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
We’re kicking off our breakdown of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat, and this week, it’s all about Salt! In this episode, we explore how salt impacts cooking, why it’s essential, and how to use it effectively in your home kitchen. Plus, we’re wrapping up with Dinner Dilemmas – we’re tackling your real-life meal planning questions to help make home cooking easier.
#102: The Secret to Rich, Flavorful Cooking – Fat!
We’re continuing our “book club breakdown” of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat, and this week is all about Fat! Fat does much more than add richness – it carries flavor, creates texture, and is essential for balanced, delicious meals. Plus, we’re wrapping up with more answers to your Dinner Dilemmas!
Fresh Articles from the Blog
We’re starting to see the first signs of Spring here in Colorado! We have peas in the ground and summer seeds started safely indoors. March is a beautiful month of new beginnings and fresh produce. See Riley’s cute watercolor and find out what’s coming in season!
Blooming Baked Onion with Herb Butter
By cutting the onion into wedges while keeping the root intact, you create the perfect vehicle for the herb-infused butter and simple spice blend to penetrate every layer.
15 Last-Minute Ways to Get Your Veggies
It goes without saying, but vegetables are so good for us. They’re loaded with vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting antioxidants in the compounds that give them their different hues.
Sourdough Pancake Recipe
Picture beautifully golden brown pancakes that are light and fluffy and packed with flavor. Add in the fact that this is a simple recipe with little cleanup, and there really isn’t a downside.
New on YouTube
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Extras
March most popular recipe imports:
- Chicken Lo Mein from Skinnytaste
- Peanut Butter Easter Eggs from Crowded Kitchen
- Chicken Gyros from Skinnytaste
- Corned Beef and Cabbage from Spend with Pennies
- Grandma’s Irish Soda Bread from Sally’s Baking Addiction
Program Updates
The development team is working hard to make updates, squash bugs, and add new features to both the desktop and mobile app versions of Plan to Eat!
App:
This month, we released version 3.4.8:
- We improved the header styling in the Ingredients table.
- We improved the line-item ingredient editing experience with drag/drop reordering, a convenient editing dialog, and the ability to create header rows!
- We added a feature to “Add to Shopping List” directly from the cooking view.
- We added support for using emojis in your recipes, planned events, and grocery stores and categories!
- We added the ability to integrate planned recipes with your favorite calendar app!
Desktop:
- We updated our search engine, making viewing, searching, and filtering recipes approximately 10x faster on the desktop site!
- We added support for using emojis in your recipes, planned events, and grocery stores and categories!
“My family needed an app to help manage our meal planning, cooking and grocery shopping tasks. Plan to Eat is the ideal balance between technology and the practical processes of meal planning, cooking and grocery shopping. ”
“I’ve tried a few recipe storage apps but this takes the cake. I love that I can easily store, alter, and access all my recipes. I can easily plan our meals and create a rolling menu that works for my family.”
