NoTakeOut:A complete menu, a shopping list and a game plan

A quick tweet from codenamemax : 5 dishes perfected out of 10 for the year! …what will the next 5 be! …. Sun Jan 31 03:47:59 +0000 2010

Yes, I am taking time out to perfect cooking some dishes this year. I know that this might shock some of you, the ones that think that I can’t do anything domestic! Well watch out kids… The new chef is in the house!  So I watched Jamie Oliver on TED and was totally inspired by getting out the old fry pan or wok and here I am.

I have been on the food bit yesterday about nutritional info at takeaway outlets and then looked at the Green Trash’s Daily Blog about NoTakeOut

I decided to look into the susbcribe to NoTakeOut and was thrilled that, for free, they email you daily, a recipe complete with ingredients mainly fresh. It’s so super cool! I just love it!  I am just going to start tomorrow….

NoTakeOut provides the recipes, the step-by-step instructions (like, how do you make it so that every dish is ready to serve at the same time?) and an ingredient list that’s organized the same way your grocery store is, so you don’t have to waste time muttering to yourself in the meat aisle.

THE SKINNY:No more mediocre meals cobbled together last minute. No more trolling recipe websites to figure out what side dish might work with steamed halibut. No more shopping fiascos — like when you arrived home without eggplant for the ratatouille. NoTakeOut.com helps you plan, prep and cook an entire meal, not just one dish. They provide a complete menu, a shopping list and a game plan – basically, we help you organize to go from kitchen to table with ease.

Their menus call for seasonal, fresh ingredients, are uncomplicated and designed to be cooked in under an hour. So whether it’s mango, cilantro or pecorino, we’ll bring new tastes to your table and even get you to make nice with some spice.

WHO’S IN THE KITCHEN at NoTakeOut.com – David and Kurt, two dads with day jobs and serious cooking hobbies, and Susan, an award-winning food journalist and author who lives – too good to be true — in France, where she founded and runs On Rue Tatin, a cooking school.

HOW THEY GOT COOKING: It started with a craving, of sorts. David and Kurt, long-time friends, loved to cook but longed to expand their repertoire. And they wanted to help some of their food-loving, cook-shy friends produce a significant meal worthy of serious table-time with friends and family. They envisioned a website to give really busy people the ideas and the tools to get organized and get cooking. So they enlisted Susan, a food expert, to help plan and structure menus to be delicious, seasonal, sophisticated and easy.

‘Making mealtime manageable’ is kind of a mantra for THEM. When you say you’re busy, They get it: you’re taking care of kids, working, shopping, maybe grabbing a workout – oh yeah, and the laundry… You don’t need another hassle!  Their goal is to make food, meals and dining-at-home an easy family ritual and a daily pleasure.

Subscribe, and you get a daily email with everything, from the grocery list to the garnish.

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Example of NoTakeOut recipe