Shit! What’s for Dinner?

Don’t Have Much Time to Cook? Here Are 3 Suggestions

Soy-marinated flank steak with cherry tomatoes, fast chicken parm, and unstuffed cabbage for the win

Mark Bittman
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5 min readOct 13, 2020

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Flank steak sliced on a board.
Photo: 4kodiak via iStock/Getty Images Plus

Paying more attention to how we feed ourselves is one of the good things that can come out of the pandemic. But it’s inevitable that some days you haven’t planned and the day sneaks up on you, which leads to the “Shit! What’s for dinner?” response. So we’ve decided to name our suggestions accordingly, where we’ll offer a few selections of what to cook every week, whether it’s a spin on one of my favorites, something seasonal, something super fast and delicious, or a weeknight project worth the time.

This week’s come from How to Cook Everything Fast and hit a couple of notes: the end-of-season cherry tomatoes at the farmers market; the nostalgia of an Italian American classic (but fast); and an Eastern European favorite without meat and all the work that cabbage rolls can entail. Read on for more. And if you have requests for future columns, let me know in the comments.

Soy Marinated Flank Steak and Cherry Tomatoes

Soy sauce is a classic marinade for steak; its savoriness also pairs wonderfully with sweet cherry…

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Mark Bittman
Heated

Has published 30 books, including How to Cook Everything and VB6: The Case for Part-Time Veganism. Newsletter at markbittman.com.