As I’ve mentioned before, even for someone who loves to cook, it’s not easy to actually get in the habit of cooking for yourself every day. Planning, shopping, prepping, and cooking all take plenty of time, but I swear it’s a habit that’s worth developing. The reasons for this are threefold:

1. You’ll save so much money by not buying mediocre food for lunch at work.
2. You’ll automatically be eating much healthier food by cooking it yourself.
3. The food will be SO DELICIOUS.

Now, if you’re like me and you’re already kind of in the habit of cooking for lunch and dinner most days, a new challenge presents itself: you have to avoid falling into a food rut. Once you’ve perfected a couple of dishes, things can get a little boring and repetitive, and that glowing fast-food sign will start beckoning again. This is where I swoop in to save you!

I’ve had this running list of recipe links going for almost a year now, and it’s full of a super-wide variety of dishes that are all reasonably healthy, reasonably cheap, and easy to make. I’ve made most of them, and some are still on my to-make list. They’re from all over the food-obsessed internet: Bon Appetit, The Kitchn, Smitten Kitchen, Budget Bytes, and lots of other blogs mostly found through the Pinterest void.

Let me know which recipes you make, and how they turn out. HAPPY COOKING!

1. Kimchi and Vegetable Soup
2. Brown Sugar Balsamic Pork
3. Chicken Tinga Tacos  
4. Tomato and Cannellini Bean Soup
5. Charred Broccoli
6. Shrimp and Noodle Medicine Soup
7. Greek Quinoa Bowls
8. Kimchi Fried Rice
9. Szechuan Mapo Tofu
10. White Chili with Chicken
11. Salmon Rillettes
12. Baked Broccoli Tots
13. Roasted Radishes
14. BLT Lettuce Wraps
15. Thai Green Mango Salad
16. Lucky Peach’s 72 Veggie Ideas
17. Meatballs in Chipotle Squash Sauce
18. Avocado Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing
19. Egg Salad with Pickled Celery and Coarse Dijon
20. Gazpacho Salad
21. Lentil Chorizo Salad
22. Eggs in Purgatory Puttanesca-Style
23. Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka
24. Kale and Quinoa Salad with Ricotta Salata
25. Pickled Cabbage Salad
26. Skirt Steak and Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
27. Broiled Balsamic Veggies with Lemon Parsley Rice
28. Mujadara
29. Falafel Salad
30. Banh Mi Bowls
31. No-Noodle Pad Thai
32. Buffalo Cauliflower Quinoa “Meatballs”
33. Teriyaki Shrimp Sushi Bowl
34. Kale Pesto Farro
35. Sweet Chili Shrimp Stir Fry
36. Hawaiian Marinated Flank Steak
37. Thai Pumpkin Lentil Soup
38. Quick Fish with Salsa Brava
39. Ginger Lime Ground Pork Salad
40. Pasta and Fried Zucchini Salad
41. Roasted Broccoli and Cheese Sandwich