{"podcast":{"title":"The Dinner Plan","slug":"the-dinner-plan-7020485","podcast_index_feed_id":7020485,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-dinner-plan","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26/1776383643773-dcf9a9c3-685e-4373-8b60-3ccc828b120b.jpeg","author":"Maggie Hoffman","episode_count":113,"summary":"Figuring out what to make for dinner can be exhausting. The Dinner Plan helps you start every week with fresh cooking inspiration, thanks to Maggie Hoffman and a roster of top cookbook authors. You'll get dinner ideas for every season, advice on how to make weeknight meal planning easier, smart budget cooking and grocery shopping tips, and easy dinners to make when you're short on time and energy. Guests on The Dinner Plan include experts like Molly Baz, Melissa Clark, Justine Doiron, Hetty Lui McKinnon, J. Kenji López-Alt, Hailee Catalano, and more. Guests answer questions like: What store-bought shortcuts make your weeknight dinners more flavorful? How do you meal prep or ingredient prep without getting bored? What weeknight dinner recipes would you text to a friend? Where do you find dinner ideas when you don't feel like cooking? To get each guest's cookbook recommendations, plus a free recipe of the week from that guest's latest book, subscribe to The Dinner Plan newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com —that's also where you'll find our list of 99 dinner ideas you didn't have to think of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T22:18:41.601674+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485"},"episode":{"title":"Learn to Love Leftovers With Christine Flynn","slug":"learn-to-love-leftovers-with-christine-flynn","published_at":"2026-03-23T10:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485/learn-to-love-leftovers-with-christine-flynn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485","url":"https://thedinnerplan.substack.com/p/christine-flynn","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66c89a9da45b7b5037ed3a26/e/69b0674cc36fc2d58b1d9265/media.mp3","summary":"Chef Christine Flynn has cooked in restaurants in Nantucket, Toronto, and Beaune, but these days, she's trying to feed a family great food on a budget. Her new book, Easy Does It , offers chef-inflected weeknight dinners, impressive sides, salads, and sauces. It's also particularly smart about leftovers. \"I think when people get leftover fatigue,\" Christine says, that's because they're simply reheating last night's dinner. \"And, you know, nobody wants to eat the same thing like five times in a row. No, thank you. But I think the cool thing about leftovers,\" she notes, \"is if you sort of reimagine them, sometimes the leftovers are better than the original dish.\" Learn how Christine thinks about meal planning and avoiding waste in this week's interview, and head over to The Dinner Plan's newsletter at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com for a peek at one of Christine's new recipes that's really great in a taco the next day. ____ Thanks to this week's sponsors: Tastemade Cooking : Go to   tastemade.com/dinnerplan  and use promo code DINNERPLAN   for 40% off an annual membership. Be sure to redeem promo code online before downloading the app. Made In Cookware: Head to madein.cc/dinnerplan to unlock your discount offer. Nice Cans: Get 20% off Nice Cans sardines by using code DINNERPLAN20 at JustNiceCans.com Find The Joy of Cooking podcast wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Chef Christine Flynn has cooked in restaurants in Nantucket, Toronto, and Beaune, but these days, she's trying to feed a family great food on a budget. He…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2792,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dinner-plan-7020485/episodes/learn-to-love-leftovers-with-christine-flynn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dinner-plan-7020485/learn-to-love-leftovers-with-christine-flynn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}