In Episode #46, co-hosts Bita and Beata provide strategies and tips to help with meal planning and prepping in anticipation of cooking during busy weeknights. Fall means back to school for many, back to work for some, and back to routines and getting more organized for most. Traditionally, cooking Persian food is a time and labor-intensive process taking hours and sometimes days. With today's modern life-styles, we need to be able to put a well-balanced, healthy meal on the table in an hour or less.
Planning tools
Batch cooking - cooking a larger portion of a food category with the intent to use it in multiples ways and meals, spanning across a few days and up to a week
Batch cooking around a well-balanced meal
Batch cooking with Persian recipes in mind
Ask the Beats!
The Beats ask each other, what is your biggest challenge around cooking Persian food on a busy week night?
Beats Cheats!
What are some additional shortcuts for putting together a Persian meal on a busy night?
Resources and recipes from this episode:
All Modern Persian Food episodes can be found at: https://modernpersianfood.com/episodes/
Co-host Beata Nazem Kelley blog: https://beatseats.com
Co-host Bita Arabian blog: https://ovenhug.com
Link to episode with "Ask the Beats" about meal planning. Episode 33: Persian Cucumbers
Link to Episode 30: Tahchin
Persian Meal Planning Tips blog post
How to Make Boiled Eggs in an Instant Pot
Video for Roasting Whole Eggplant
Bita's recipe for Koo Koo Sabzi
Beata's recipe for Persian Frittata Koo Koo Sabzi
Bita's recipe for Salad Olivier
Bita's recipe for Tah Cheen
Bita's recipe for Tahchin Bites
Beata's recipe for Persian Jeweled Tahchin
Podcast Production by Alvarez Audio
