Tonight
Coverage, what should be used first, and whether the on-hand flavors belong together. The ranking waits until the shelf on this device is read.
Artistically plated roasted vegetables on a white plate
Reading the shelf.
I don’t cook with
Can make now
The shelf gets partway into 69 dishes and all the way into none. Nothing here is padded to look fuller than it is. The gaps are listed below, and most of them are a single item.
One or two short
Green Chartreuse over one large cube and nothing else. A hundred and thirty herbs, and the ice is what opens them up.
0 of 1 on the shelf · 1 to buy
needs chartreuse · quick
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Next: Lillet rocks (needs lillet) — Chartreuse rocks edges Lillet rocks on composite (0.04 vs 0.04)
Lillet over ice with a thick slice of orange. Low, floral and the correct thing to drink before dinner rather than after.
0 of 1 on the shelf · 1 to buy
needs lillet · quick
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Next: Chartreuse rocks (needs chartreuse) — Lillet rocks edges Chartreuse rocks on composite (0.04 vs 0.04)
Oil instead of butter. Lemon zest, a tender crumb. Yogurt if you want it moister. It should taste like oil and citrus, not a box mix.
3 of 5 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs eggs + lemon
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Next: Chartreuse rocks (needs chartreuse) — Olive oil skillet cake ranks above Chartreuse rocks because of higher coverage
The internet was late. It still works.
2 of 4 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs cottage cheese + tomato · quick
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Next: Chartreuse rocks (needs chartreuse) — Cottage cheese tomato bowl ranks above Chartreuse rocks because of higher coverage
Salt, pepper, olive oil. Breakfast that is not sweet.
2 of 4 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs cottage cheese + cucumber · quick
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Next: Chartreuse rocks (needs chartreuse) — Savory cottage cheese bowl ranks above Chartreuse rocks because of higher coverage
Render the sausage, cook the flour in the fat, loosen with milk. Pepper is not a garnish.
2 of 4 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs sausage + milk · quick
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Next: Chartreuse rocks (needs chartreuse) — Sausage gravy ranks above Chartreuse rocks because of higher coverage
Not a recommendation
These share no required ingredient with what you have. They are listed so a search can still find them. They are not close, and they are not a strong match.
Two-ingredient truth. Skill is the only hard part. Stop stirring when curds form, roll, slide. Cheese in the last ten seconds.
0 of 2 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs eggs + butter · quick
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Breakfast that costs nothing extra. A pinch of salt makes the honey taste louder. Fruit if it is there, not required.
0 of 2 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs yogurt + honey · quick
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The shortest honest breakfast. Render the bacon, eggs in the fat. Don't rush the eggs. Toast if the pan still has room.
0 of 2 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs bacon + eggs · quick
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Macerate the berries in honey first so they release syrup, then pour at an angle. It is a dessert and a drink and it takes four minutes.
0 of 2 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs prosecco + berries · quick
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Hot coffee, cold cream. That's the whole trick.
0 of 2 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs ice cream + coffee · quick
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Coconut milk is the water. A pinch of salt. Don't stir it into porridge. Fluff when the liquid is gone.
0 of 2 on the shelf · 2 to buy
needs rice + coconut milk · quick
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Smart Buy
Nothing here is genuinely clever. Chartreuse is the best of them and it still only finishes one dish — worth buying if you want that dish, not because it changes the week.
Chartreuse
Completes one dish. Nothing wrong with that — it just is not clever.
Lillet
Completes one dish. Nothing wrong with that — it just is not clever.
The smallest one sold is more than these dishes need.
Two, or nothing
Each of these is useless on its own, which is exactly why a one-ingredient-at-a-time list never finds them.
Lime + Rum
Together they open 3 dishes. Separately, neither does much.
Dry vermouth + Gin
Together they open 2 dishes. Separately, neither does much.
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