Home cooking
United States
296 dishes, kept by 11 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The United States shelf
What the United States cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Chicken and Dumplings
Loretta
60 min
Buttered Toast with Jam
Ashley
5 min
Classic Pot Roast
Ashley
220 min
Cold Cereal with Milk
Carol
3 min
Bacon and Egg Breakfast Quesadilla
Yesenia
20 min
Tofu Scramble
Dan
20 min
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Ashley
45 min
Hash Brown and Egg Skillet
Dee
25 min
Sausage and Hash Browns
Loretta
30 min
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Hash
Dan
30 min
Black Bean Soup
Bob
40 min
Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples
Ashley
50 min
Two kids, one Instant Pot, and a lot of Tuesday nights that almost went sideways!
Home cooking from the American South
Chicken and Dumplings
Loretta
60 min
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Arlene
40 min
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Loretta
285 min
Blackened Catfish
Loretta
25 min
Brunswick Stew
Tamika
60 min
Buttermilk Biscuits
Arlene
30 min
Cajun Jambalaya
Loretta
60 min
Catfish Po-Boy
Loretta
35 min
Cheese Grits
Tamika
35 min
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Loretta
120 min
Chicken Fried Steak
Loretta
45 min
Chicken Perloo
Arlene
50 min
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
Ashley
45 min
Bacon and Egg Breakfast Quesadilla
Yesenia
20 min
Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding
Carol
15 min
Avocado Toast with Egg
Carol
15 min
Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites
Dan
30 min
Bagel with Cream Cheese
Ashley
5 min
Banana Peanut Butter Toast
Ashley
5 min
Banana Protein Pancakes
Bob
25 min
Belgian Waffles
Dan
30 min
Blueberry Muffins
Dan
40 min
Buttered Toast with Jam
Ashley
5 min
Buttermilk Biscuits
Arlene
30 min
the United States, dish of the day
Country Fried Apples
Southern home cooking, and on the plate it is the fresh side.
Lunch, without deciding twice
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Ashley
45 min
American Goulash
Dan
45 min
Applesauce
Bob
3 min
Bagged Side Salad
Bob
5 min
Baked Haddock with Buttery Crumbs
Nora
30 min
Baked Potato
Bob
60 min
Baked Sweet Potato
Dan
55 min
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Yesenia
20 min
Beef and Bean Tostadas
Marisol
25 min
Beef and Noodles
Paul
150 min
Black Bean Quesadilla
Yesenia
15 min
Black Bean Soup
Bob
40 min
Tonight's dinners
Chicken and Dumplings
Loretta
60 min
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Ashley
45 min
American Goulash
Dan
45 min
Applesauce
Bob
3 min
Bagged Side Salad
Bob
5 min
Baked Chicken Breast
Paul
30 min
Baked Haddock with Buttery Crumbs
Nora
30 min
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Carol
40 min
Baked Lemon Herb Chicken
Dan
45 min
Baked Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs
Ashley
35 min
Baked Potato
Bob
60 min
Baked Spaghetti
Nora
60 min
Under thirty minutes
Bacon and Egg Breakfast Quesadilla
Yesenia
20 min
Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding
Carol
15 min
Applesauce
Bob
3 min
Avocado Toast with Egg
Carol
15 min
Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites
Dan
30 min
Bagel with Cream Cheese
Ashley
5 min
Bagged Side Salad
Bob
5 min
Baked Chicken Breast
Paul
30 min
Baked Haddock with Buttery Crumbs
Nora
30 min
Banana Peanut Butter Toast
Ashley
5 min
Banana Protein Pancakes
Bob
25 min
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Yesenia
20 min
Plan a week from the United States
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.