Your 10 Favorite Recipes to Turn into a Week's Worth of Meals

The make-ahead meals you loved this past year

ByRiddley Gemperlein-Schirm

Published OnJanuary 16, 2017

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Cooking every day seems as daunting as, uh, cooking every day. Especially after work. Especially when there are other things to do. Especially since, what the heck, there's only a couple hours until bedtime (assuming you go to bed at 9:30 PM—just me?).

This is where meal planning comes in. Our advice: Make a giant batch of something (tomato sauce! braised cabbage! soy sauce eggs!) at the beginning of the week, and use throughout the week for easier, faster, and, dare we say it, better dinners.

Here are your 10 favorite recipes from this past year to cook in a batch and eat all week long:

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Or any haze, really. You can use canned chickpeas if you're pinched for time (or just don't want to cook dried chickpeas).

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A week's worth of buttery tomato sauce? We don't need to be told twice.

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We call this "letting your slow-cooker do the work for you."

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Bake a ton of quinoa and chickpea flour falafel, then expand your falafel horizons by throwing them into tacos, sliders, and fried egg-topped toast.

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We have a healthy obsession with Joan's on Third's Curried Chickpeas: the caramelized onions, the cozy spices, the bright pop of lemon and cilantro.

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Cabbage isn't called King of the Crisper for nothin'.

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And by "very adult" we mean enchiladas filled with whatever you like (plus chicken fingers), sandwiches as far as the eye can see, and ramen(ish).

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You like soy sauce eggs. We understand this.

And the winner is...

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The good news: This corn salad is fast, simple, and with a punch from Sriracha and lime. The bad news: You'll have to wait until summer to make it.

Do you have a favorite make once, eat all week meal? Tell us about it in the comments.