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one-pan orecchiette puttanesca
 We’re kicking off Caro’s maternity leave guest recipe series with a culinary trip to Italy by way of London, where , our guest chef for this week (!!), calls home and runs a handful of delicious restaurants (NOPI, ROVI, and a number of namesake delis). When Yotam suggested sharing this one-pan iteration of pasta puttanesca — a punchy Italian classic filled with briny olives and capers, savory garlic, sweet tomatoes, and more — we knew you all would love it. The ingredients are simple and easy to find, yet, together, they deliver an explosion of flavor and texture. The one-pot pasta cooking method is one we’ve had practice with here before (like here and here!). And in just over half an hour, you’ll have a delightful meal that delivers the veg-forward casual elegance — and insane flavor — that Ottolenghi’s highly acclaimed restaurants and award-winning cookbooks are famous for. While many puttanesca recipes call for canned tomatoes, Ottolenghi capitalizes on the season here, pulling in fresh cherry tomatoes. If (when!) you’re making this again in the dead of winter, you can swap those out for a 14.5 ounce can of tomatoes — crushed, diced, chopped, or whole plum tomatoes would work. Yotam says that in the UK, canned cherry tomatoes (like these) are easy to find — they’d be an ideal sub if you have access to them! Or just grab those less-than-ideal cherry tomatoes from the store and add an extra pinch of sugar to sweeten things up. FROM YOTAM: A common thought for me is, “What do I feel like cooking when I don't feel like washing up?” Which is to say, most nights. This is what I make on those evenings when the idea of multiple pans feels overwhelming. One pan, one spoon to stir, everything goes in at roughly the right time. The pasta cooks directly in the sauce, the chickpeas get nice and crispy, and by the time you're done eating, there's barely anything to wash up. It's my take on puttanesca — the chaotic Neapolitan sauce — but I've added chickpeas for protein and substance, a touch of sugar to round out the tomatoes, and caraway seeds because they make everything taste a little more comforting and warm.” YUM. Thank you to for sharing this amazing recipe with us!! Leave a comment Sorta pasta alla norma (another one-pot wonder) is a must-make this time of year, when perfectly ripe eggplants, AKA aubergines, are abundant. If you’re a vodka sauce lover, pasta alla vodka with the best Caesar is calling your name. And for a summery pasta with meat sauce, this one-pot sausage and corn pasta really can’t be beat. Explore the archives By , recipe formatting modified for What To Cook Serves 4 Cook time: 40 minutes Tools: A large sauté pan or braiser with a lid A cooking spoonSmall bowlChef’s knifeCutting boardRolling pin, wine bottle, or mortar and pestle A large sauté pan or braiser with a lid A large sauté pan or braiser with a lid A cooking spoon A cooking spoon Small bowl Small bowl Chef’s knife Chef’s knife Cutting board Cutting board Rolling pin, wine bottle, or mortar and pestle Rolling pin, wine bottle, or mortar and pestle Ingredients:
What To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking | Caroline Chambers | Substack
one-pan orecchiette puttanesca an ottolenghi-style Italian feast! Jul 19 • Caroline Chambers Yotam Ottolenghi Molly from What To Cook 187 40 creamy chicken, leek, and sun-dried tomato orzotto in under 30 minutes! in one pot! Mar 22 • Caroline Chambers 336 60 farro fattoush a good-all-week no-greens salad!! Mar 15 • Caroline Chambers 392 91 boudreaux gumbo mardi gras in your mouth Mar 1 • Caroline Chambers 162 70 30-minute broccoli shrimp alfredo-ish cozy easy comfort food Feb 15 • Caroline Chambers 289 105 jammy tomato feta rice with herby pork tenderloin wait, are you a professional chef?! Jan 25 • Caroline Chambers 362 105 saucy chicken and cabbage satay bowls ok, this one is REALLY good Jan 18 • Caroline Chambers 406 80 winter stew creamy turkey, farro, and kale stew 🥣 Dec 21, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 231 68 chicken, mushroom, and farro soup creamy or not here we come Oct 5, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 244 97 shrimp, sausage, and veggie paella completely inauthentic, entirely delicious Apr 6, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 110 47 beef enchilada casserole comfort food with hidden superfoods :) Mar 30, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 344 75 one-pot thai-style rice, pork & green beans with or without a fried egg! Jan 28, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 185 42
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What To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking | Caroline Chambers | Substack
spicy cherry tomato and garlic pasta what to cook with all your tiny tomatoes!!! Aug 23 • Caroline Chambers Molly from What To Cook 138 10 one-pan orecchiette puttanesca an ottolenghi-style Italian feast! Jul 19 • Caroline Chambers Yotam Ottolenghi Molly from What To Cook 187 40 creamy corn pasta using fresh or frozen corn!! Jun 7 • Caroline Chambers 483 63 lemon basil pasta with optional lemon-parm crunchies! May 17 • Caroline Chambers 492 105 creamy chicken, leek, and sun-dried tomato orzotto in under 30 minutes! in one pot! Mar 22 • Caroline Chambers 336 60 30-minute broccoli shrimp alfredo-ish cozy easy comfort food Feb 15 • Caroline Chambers 289 105 fried egg pasta with garlicky crunchies i need you to trust me on this one. Sep 21, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 207 53 30-minute cheesy broccoli pesto pasta with lemon pepper chicken! Apr 13, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 368 63 springy sheet-pan gnocchi with pancetta, asparagus, and shallots!!! Mar 23, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 390 127 chicken meatballs with lemon orzo the one-pot meal of our dreams Jan 14, 2024 • Caroline Chambers 447 112 sheet-pan gnocchi with sausage, brussels, mushrooms, and burrata cozy fall vibes!!! Oct 22, 2023 • Caroline Chambers 468 120 one-pot cheesy pumpkin pasta fall in a pot Oct 8, 2023 • Caroline Chambers 301 58
a VERY BIG pre-order giveaway!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon, because the book will BE IN YOUR HANDS IN LESS THAN A MONTH! But until pub day on August 13th, it’s pre-order city, baby. And to show you just how SERIOUSLY, UNENDINGLY GRATEFUL I am to all of you for pre-ordering, I’ve been working really hard on a truly massive giveaway… **TWO NIGHT STAY AT CARMEL VALLEY RANCH** **$100 GIFT CARD TO STATIONAERY** **A PICNIC BOX + CRACKERS FROM LADY & LARDER** **A WINE TASTING FOR TWO AT PELIO ESTATE WINES** **A WINE TASTING FOR TWO AT HOLMAN RANCH** **$100 GIFT CARD TO WINE HOUSE** **A WINE TASTING FOR TWO AT JOYCE WINE CO.** **$100 GIFT CARD TO CELLA RESTAURANT** **PLUS… A SIGN SLAP HIKE OR GLASS OF WINE WITH LITTLE OLE ME!!!! (if you want to lol)** If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know and recognize all of these spots as places I frequent with my fam, friends, and on dates with George. Bring your whole fam (all of these tasting rooms are kid-friendly, trust me, I’d know), bring a friend, come with just your significant other, or bring your grandma…! No matter who you bring, I’m just so excited for one of you to get to get to experience the beautiful part of the world where we live. If you already entered to join the cooking class, you’re already entered!Otherwise, preorder the book, then head to this link to enter! FYI it says nothing about the giveaway right now, but don’t worry, this is how you enter!! If you can’t remember if you already entered to join the cooking class, just do it again!Winner will be announced on August 14th, 2024. If you already entered to join the cooking class, you’re already entered! If you already entered to join the cooking class, you’re already entered! Otherwise, preorder the book, then head to this link to enter! FYI it says nothing about the giveaway right now, but don’t worry, this is how you enter!! Otherwise, preorder the book, then head to this link to enter! FYI it says nothing about the giveaway right now, but don’t worry, this is how you enter!! If you can’t remember if you already entered to join the cooking class, just do it again! If you can’t remember if you already entered to join the cooking class, just do it again! Winner will be announced on August 14th, 2024. Winner will be announced on August 14th, 2024. **Carmel Valley Ranch disclaimer: Accommodations based on availability. During holidays and special events, blackout dates apply. Valid Sunday - Thursday. **Flights not included.
a VERY BIG pre-order giveaway!!!!
 When I click the link to enter it just takes me to the page to order, which I have already done. Nowhere to put in my info. Is that right? Don’t want to miss this chance lol Expand full comment Whaaat shit let me fix!! Expand full comment Me too! I pre-ordered when you had Mattis signed some copies for Barnes & Noble! Nothing on the site to enter my screen shot & I can’t remember if I did it previously. 🤪 Expand full comment Ok it doesn’t work from email link but worked from Substack link. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Expand full comment Me too! I am very confused on how to show I’ve pre-ordered. I ordered through my local indie bookshop. Expand full comment Honestly just upload a screenshot of an iPhone note saying "I preordered from XYZ store" Expand full comment Rats it's fixed now!! Expand full comment Still doesn’t work for me? Expand full comment Now?? Expand full comment Got it! Thank you Expand full comment Worked! Thanks! 🙏 Expand full comment W H A T ???!!!! This giveaway I want badly but I’ve never win anything in my life🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 Signing up NOW!! Expand full comment Omg pick me pick me!! We have a 3 mo old and an almost 2 year old and I don’t think we’d know what to do with 48 hrs away!! 🍷🍷 Expand full comment I’m mostly excited for the opportunity to slap that sign with you! 🤞 Expand full comment PS Hope to come to your NYC event. Expand full comment Just pre- ordered! Big fan- just prepped your Adobo Pork & Roasted Cauliflower Rice Bowls for tomorrow night’s dinner. Third time I’ve made it this summer! Expand full comment Omg I would cry if I won this 😭😂 and happily fly from Houston for this trip! I have 2 books pre-ordered, plus 2 tickets to the book tour, and I'm sooo excited! Expand full comment Omg this is amazing!!! Expand full comment Hi! I preordered but link to enter doesn't work. Can you share the link? Expand full comment Thank you for sharing this! The link wasn't working for me either. This one worked. Expand full comment I would be happy with just the “Slap a Sign” as a prize!!! 🚶‍♀️ 🤚 Expand full comment Just purchased. Cant wait to cook my way through it! Expand full comment I entered but did not receive the link to my email yesterday! My name is Kathleen Schaidle. How do I get the link and ensure I am entered? Thanks! Also - got the book yesterday - it's amazing! Congrats! Expand full comment You're in! The platform doesn't send a confirmation email; which is kinda dumb. But you're on the list!! Expand full comment Great! Hi! When will the link to the cooking party come? I could have sworn it said the link was coming yesterday, but that may be my pregnancy brain talking! Expand full comment When I click on the link to enter, it says the campaign has ended! Expand full comment It's back up and running! xo Expand full comment For the record (ya know, for your future pre-order book research), this giveaway is what got my procrastinating, chasing-one-year-old, tired self to finally get my pre-order in! Expand full comment Where do we enter the cooking class? Thank you. Expand full comment This sounds amazing!!! Expand full comment
"the idea of you" author robinne lee on love, female friendship, and getting hate mail about that ending
 I’m gonna throw it all the way back and say we need to all reread Prep from middle school!!! Expand full comment The covenant of water by Abraham Verghese - it’s longer than my normal beach reads but so good! Expand full comment Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo! Expand full comment Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler Expand full comment Summer sisters by Judy Blume! It’s a classic! Expand full comment Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid!!! Expand full comment Tom Lake by Ann Patchett was such a delightful read! Expand full comment I just finished Emily Henry’s new book, Funny Story, and I loved it so much and am sad it’s over. Great beach read vibes but still smart, and a great mix of romance and friendship stories-would highly recommend! Expand full comment The covenant of water by Abraham Verghese - it’s longer than my normal beach reads but so good! Expand full comment The women by Kristen Hannah is the perfect book! Can’t put it down! Expand full comment Book Lovers by the GOAT Emily Henry Expand full comment Bad summer people! Love to hate the characters and can’t stop reading to find out what happens next! Expand full comment I just started reading Beach Read by Emily Henry after finding it in a little free library. A bit on the nose for a summer rec, but delightfully breezy all the same. For something a *little* toothier, I always return to The Prince of Tides, which I loved so much after the first read many years ago that I couldn’t read anything else for a week or two. Expand full comment Anything by Emma Straub, especially The Vacationers. Expand full comment I love so many of Elin Hilderbrands books! The winter in paradise series was my gateway drug to reading all of them. I also LOVED Every Summer After by Carley Fortune and can’t wait to read her new one. Expand full comment South of broad by Pat Conroy Expand full comment Was here to comment the same!!! I love that book! Expand full comment The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller! Expand full comment
carly duguid on building the brand of naomi osaka
Hello, Caroline! I am loving your substack, so fun to find you on the other side of motherhood and work after all these years. Thank you for making food fun for all of us out here. I find food very overwhelming as a mom and keep it very simple. Reading your recipes has given me some new energy and lots of laughs. Thank you. Also, what a beautiful poem. I feel the same way -- motherhood has been a transformation, but the woman within me still longs to live and have her life. It's what the poet Marie Howe calls the "dream of integration," and the search for one's subjectivity as we circle our little ones and care for the collective. <Buys Mejuri ear cuff>. To respond to your query! I think motherhood has given me a lot of honor for what it takes to have a human/animal body. I have to lotion one of my daughters twice a day for her skin condition, and the lotioning gets on my hands and also prevents them from cracking. I see that caring for her can also care for me, in a way, even if sometimes it is just showing me how much I can neglect myself. I started treating myself (when I can remember) with the honor I would treat my daughter, putting on the lotion, brushing the hair. I want to create an ethos of care inside my home that spills over into the world... and that includes me. No one gets to be separated from care... especially not the caregiver... Expand full comment
30-minute summer steak tostadas
 Click here to see the full (and newly updated!!) WTC recipe index. For a printer-friendly PDF of this week’s recipe, scroll to the bottom of this post. I have something to admit: I had never made tostadas until this week. Have you?! In Wednesday’s “three perfect summer dinner party menus” newsletter, I asked you guys to let me know what your favorite dinner party to throw or attend has been lately. Kitty came in HOT with a tostada dinner party idea. This week’s recipe was going to be steak tacos with peach salsa, but I quickly pivoted, swapping my tortillas out for tostadas (which are basically just fried tortillas — like a giant tortilla chip!). We’re spreading mashed avocado over the tostadas, topping them with perfectly grilled steak (or chicken or shrimp!), then capping things off with a pickled jalapeño and peach salsa and a nice sprinkle of salty cotija (or feta) cheese. Crunchy, savory, sweet, spicy, salty — these tostadas are the perfect summertime meal! While we grill our steak, we’re also grilling up squash, zucchini, and scallions to make a gorgeous summer side dish. Other than corn (corn is life), grilled zucchini is my all-time favorite grilled vegetable, and topped with this charred scallion and cotija salsa, it’s over the top. Need an easier side tonight? Make things easy on yourself and grab a Southwestern salad kit. That’s what I did one night last week and it was excellent. This side dish is excellent with any grilled meat — so try it another night if not with your tostadas! Follow Kitty’s lead and host a build-your-own tostada party! Each of these recipes can easily be doubled if you’re serving a crowd. You could add some different protein options to the spread — shrimp, chicken, refried beans, etc. — and ask friends to bring other topping options too. For example, you could skip the avo mash and have a guest bring guacamole! Or maybe someone has a slaw recipe they love! Or other salsas or sour cream! Serve soft and/or hard taco shells in addition to the tostadas so people have options. Make some margs (might I suggest this one or this one) and have a fiesta! Serves 4-6
easy-but-fancy summer grilling menu
 My friend has written the most approachable, beautiful, easy-breezy grilling cookbook on the market. Seriously — all of the other grilling books are male-centric, meat-heavy, and don’t highlight the best part of grilling: how EASY IT IS! Gaby’s new book Grilling All The Things (which comes out this Tuesday — order it now and you’ll receive it on pub day!) demystifies grilling and shares recipes that will empower you to see your grill as the ultimate tool for easy, fuss-free cooking. I know grilling seems intimidating, but as we have discussed many times here at What To Cook, it is truly the easiest way to cook. Gaby’s book (and this grilling guide + perfect summer grilling menu) is going to revolutionize your grilling game. buy gaby's book!!! An easy-buy-fancy summer grilling menu that will feed 6 to 8 people, complete with a grocery list, plan of attack, and ideas for what to tell your guests when they say “what can I bring?!”Tips on how to master the grill, including: The grilling tools you need to succeed How to clean your grillHow to never have food stick to the grill again An easy-buy-fancy summer grilling menu that will feed 6 to 8 people, complete with a grocery list, plan of attack, and ideas for what to tell your guests when they say “what can I bring?!” An easy-buy-fancy summer grilling menu that will feed 6 to 8 people, complete with a grocery list, plan of attack, and ideas for what to tell your guests when they say “what can I bring?!” Tips on how to master the grill, including: The grilling tools you need to succeed How to clean your grillHow to never have food stick to the grill again Tips on how to master the grill, including: The grilling tools you need to succeed How to clean your grillHow to never have food stick to the grill again The grilling tools you need to succeed The grilling tools you need to succeed How to clean your grill How to clean your grill How to never have food stick to the grill again How to never have food stick to the grill again Cook the Grilled Caesar Salad and the Juicy Lucys, or the Grilled Caesar and Chicken Caesar Sliders! You can skip grilling it and just cook the patties on a sheet-pan in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes! We hope that this summer entertaining menu and grilling guide bring you so much joy with the people you love this summer! Tag us when you cook the recipes (@carochambers and @whatsgabycookin) — we can’t wait to see!
one-pot pantry pasta
Click here for the WTC recipe index, and scroll to the bottom of this post for a printer-friendly version of today’s recipe. Happy holidays! Was your Thanksgiving as weird as ours? We had a 2020-themed Thanksgiving — thanks to snot becoming our sixth family member over the past week, we spent the holiday alone. I love cooking big holiday meals with a kitchen full of people, but cooking a Thanksgiving meal this year would have meant me in the kitchen solo all day while George wrangled three sick boys solo all day, and that just didn’t sound like something to be thankful for at all. Instead, we went for a long hike (long in hours, not in miles, have you ever tried to hike with two toddlers…?) and had Thanksgiving lunch at a local restaurant. The adults guzzled Prosecco, the toddlers ate chicken fingers and chocolate chip cookies, and it was a perfect day in the end. I hope you were able to find the joy and gratitude, wherever you were! I don’t know about y’all, but dinnertime has snuck up on me almost every single night since Daylight Savings. Enter: this quickie one-pot pasta that I think almost all of you will be able to cook without taking a trip to the grocery store. Seriously. Read the substitutions. The entire point of this pasta is to help you clear out your fridge/freezer/pantry. Especially if you just hosted Thanksgiving and have tons of random bits and bobs leftover. Yes, this pasta has ketchup in it. Yes, I know that sounds bizarre. But stay with me here — ketchup is an ingredient found in most refrigerators, and it has a really concentrated and balanced tomato flavor (aka the perfect combination of sweet, salty, and acidic — there’s a reason we all love it). And we’re only using a tiny amount! If you aren’t a ketchup household, I have a million other ideas for how to add flavor in the subs section, don’t you worry. It also has 1 1/2 cups of cauliflower in it, which blends right in with the ground meat. I love it for adults because it’s an easy way to add a veggie serving into a pasta meal, and I love that my kids had no clue they were eating vegetables. It’s delicious. It has hamburger helper vibes in all the best ways. You will love it. Serves 4 Cook time: ~35 minutes