{"id":10708,"date":"2011-02-22T13:12:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T18:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=10708"},"modified":"2017-02-08T19:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:14:53","slug":"fast-dinner-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/fast-dinner-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Dinner Ideas From Your Kitchen Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fast dinner ideas <\/strong>come from the combination of quick cooking methods and the ingredients you have on hand. Planning and cooking meals for your family can be frustrating when you depend on written recipes that command specific ingredients. Sometimes you have the items, sometimes you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N85QATIBYZw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/quick-dinner-recipe\/cooking-made-easy \">A quick dinner recipe frees you from the kitchen faster<\/a><\/strong>, but a mastery of just a few basic cooking methods will give you endless dinner ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In today\u2019s video, I\u2019m going to let you look over my shoulder<\/strong> as I make dinner in my own home. Why do I do this? Because I want to transform as many frustrated recipe followers into home kitchen masters as possible!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every night, I hurt my arm patting myself on the back,<\/strong> saying \u201cif everyone could cook like this, they\u2019d look forward to planning dinner and they\u2019d never run out of dinner ideas.\u201d If you agonize over what to make for dinner every night, just watch what I do and substitute the ingredients you desire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Shrimp and Cannellini Bean Florentine<\/strong> is a dish I just made up 10 minutes ago. I looked into my pantry, peered into the refrigerator, and created a fast dinner idea from the ingredients I already had.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what I found in my cabinet to create the dish:<\/strong><br \/>\nOlive oil<br \/>\nOnions, sliced<br \/>\nSpinach leaves<br \/>\nGarlic, minced<br \/>\nShrimp, Peeled and Deveined<br \/>\nCannellini beans<br \/>\nDiced Tomatoes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stove top saut\u00e9 is the quickest method for getting dinner done quickly,<\/strong> but the most important part is assuring that the pan is hot first. A few drops of water from your fingers that evaporate immediately on the pan shows it\u2019s hot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you add just a tablespoon of olive oil to the pan,<\/strong> swirl the pan to cover the entire bottom with oil. The fat in saut\u00e9 is used to transfer the heat from the source to your food. Remember, you\u2019re not deep frying. Just a small amount is necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sliced onions are saut\u00e9ed in the hot pan, adding their flavor to the olive oil.<\/strong> When they are translucent and sweating, add the fresh spinach leaves to the hot pan. Spinach will break down, releasing its moisture and quickly wilting in the pan. Minced garlic is also saut\u00e9ed with the spinach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, you can add any protein product you\u2019d like.<\/strong> I use shrimp, but you could certainly choose chicken, beef, or tofu. None of those will slow down our process, it\u2019s still a fast dinner idea regardless of what ingredients you choose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After adding a can of Cannellini beans and diced tomatoes,<\/strong> I want to change the cooking process from the direct source heat underneath the pan to an indirect moist heat caused by placing the lid on top. The lid traps moisture and begins to steam all the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changing from direct dry heat to indirect moist heat<\/strong> is the most important step in this process. This helps retain moisture and combine flavors in a single pan. Change the ingredients if you\u2019d like, but follow the method and you\u2019ll create your own fast dinner ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/\">16 weeks of online cooking classes and you\u2019ll have countless fast dinner ideas<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast dinner ideas come from quick methods and the ingredients you have on hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":23825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[41],"tags":[178],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10708"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}