Technique
Five knife habits that actually save time on a weeknight
We timed ourselves prepping the same dinner before and after changing five habits. The two that saved the most time had nothing to do with fancy cuts.
Recipes editor
Mara Ojukwu
Mara writes the weeknight mains: one-pan dinners, sheet-pan roasts and sauces built from whatever is stuck to the bottom of the pan. She cooks for a family of four and refuses any recipe that needs more than one cutting board.
Stories by Mara
Weeknight
Sheet-pan chicken thighs with a pan sauce from the drippings
Crisp-skinned chicken thighs, onions and lemons roasted on one tray, plus a five-minute pan sauce made from what's left behind. Dinner in 50 minutes.