"I'm not a meal planner because I never know what I'm going to want to eat," says cookbook author Ali Slagle. "I think it's more important to have ingredients that you know how to use in lots of ways so that you can cook what you want really quickly....
"I'm not a meal planner because I never know what I'm going to want to eat," says cookbook author Ali Slagle. "I think it's more important to have ingredients that you know how to use in lots of ways so that you can cook what you want really quickly." Slagle's book "I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To)" gives tons of inspiration for low effort, high reward meals. From lemons, to microplanes, on "Salon Talks," the recipe developer provided tips for getting it done in a budget-friendly way, especially when you don't consider yourself a chef. Watch the full episode with Ali Slagle here:
https://www.salon.com/tv/video/bi1jio
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