Monday
Jul192010
What's Cookin'
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 07:31PM
I've been bacheloretting it for the past week, so putting together a meal that doesn't use the terms "french fried" or "Kentucky fried" has been a challenge. I 
do OK in the kitchen, but when there's just one of me, all my home-cookin' plans get tossed out as quickly as a fast-food bag.
Lately, I've had some success pulling recipes off a fun new site called Kitchen Monki. First of all, it has a monkey on it, so it's got to be great. Secondly, it's got some good site features, like weekly meal planning and grocery list management – which you can have delivered to your mobile phone (the only way to grocery shop, in my book).
Lastly, I like that this site isn't about "How to Slap Dinner on the Table in 10 Minutes" or "Quick & Easy," although it's not going to tie you up in the kitchen for hours on end, either. It's about the enjoyment of food and appreciating the flavor and fun of making a meal (a great thing to teach our kids). Members (the site is free) upload a lot of the recipes, which are rated (in bananas, of course) by other users. The recipes are easy to follow, too. I tried the grilled corn salad recipe, which was perfect for me as a solo diner but would've worked as a tasty side for my corn-loving son, Jack.
Kitchen Monki was founded by Sam Kinny, a Seattle-based Web entrepreneur and single father of three who loves to cook and eat but wanted to break out of his recipe rut. He structured the site to help families streamline the meal-planning process, which the site does by building grocery lists and storing your recipes.
Which means I might just go ape in the kitchen this week.
do OK in the kitchen, but when there's just one of me, all my home-cookin' plans get tossed out as quickly as a fast-food bag.Lately, I've had some success pulling recipes off a fun new site called Kitchen Monki. First of all, it has a monkey on it, so it's got to be great. Secondly, it's got some good site features, like weekly meal planning and grocery list management – which you can have delivered to your mobile phone (the only way to grocery shop, in my book).
Lastly, I like that this site isn't about "How to Slap Dinner on the Table in 10 Minutes" or "Quick & Easy," although it's not going to tie you up in the kitchen for hours on end, either. It's about the enjoyment of food and appreciating the flavor and fun of making a meal (a great thing to teach our kids). Members (the site is free) upload a lot of the recipes, which are rated (in bananas, of course) by other users. The recipes are easy to follow, too. I tried the grilled corn salad recipe, which was perfect for me as a solo diner but would've worked as a tasty side for my corn-loving son, Jack.
Kitchen Monki was founded by Sam Kinny, a Seattle-based Web entrepreneur and single father of three who loves to cook and eat but wanted to break out of his recipe rut. He structured the site to help families streamline the meal-planning process, which the site does by building grocery lists and storing your recipes.
Which means I might just go ape in the kitchen this week.
Reader Comments (1)
I love this site and enjoy the tools as well. It is nice to have a place to plan your meals and create a shopping list. The recipes are quality and are rated so it is easy to find the most popular ones. You can never have too many recipe sites in your arsenal when looking to cook for one or your whole family.