About My Cooking Pot

My Cooking Pot is a small recipe site with one goal: dinners you can make on an ordinary weeknight. Every recipe has a short ingredient list, clear times, step-by-step instructions and a recipe card you can print.

The editors

Each group of categories has its own editor. Our editors write under pen names; see the Editorial Policy.

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  Maya EllisonWeeknight dinners & chicken

  Maya writes our dinner and chicken recipes. She likes one pan, a short shopping list and a thermometer within reach, and she will always choose thighs over breasts.

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  Tessa RowePasta & soups

  Tessa edits our pasta and soup recipes. She salts the pasta water properly, saves a cup of it every time, and thinks most soups are better the next day.

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  Hannah BrooksBaking & desserts

  Hannah edits our baking and dessert recipes. She weighs flour when she can, keeps overripe bananas in the freezer, and prefers recipes that need one bowl.

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  Luke BarrettBeef & side dishes

  Luke writes our beef and side dish recipes. He cooks most things in a cast iron pan, salts early, and thinks a good side dish can save an ordinary dinner.

How our recipes are written

• The recipe comes first. A short introduction, then the method, then a recipe card with quantities, times and notes. A "Jump to Recipe" button is at the top of every page.
• Standard, plain ingredients. Quantities are given in US measures with metric equivalents where it helps.
• Safe temperatures. Recipes with meat, poultry or eggs state the safe internal temperature. Use a food thermometer; color is not a reliable guide.
• Honest about how we work. Recipes are developed with the help of software tools and reviewed by an editor before they are published. We do not show star ratings or review counts we do not have.

What you will find here

• Dinner: Weeknight dinner recipes with short ingredient lists, from sheet-pan meals to one-pot suppers.
• Chicken: Chicken recipes for thighs, breasts and whole birds, each with the safe internal temperature to cook to.
• Pasta: Pasta recipes from quick pantry sauces to creamy one-pot dinners, ready in about half an hour.
• Soups: Soup recipes for cold evenings and sick days, built on simple broths, vegetables and noodles.
• Beef: Beef recipes for quick stir-fries, skillet dinners and slow weekend braises.
• Side Dishes: Side dish recipes for potatoes, vegetables and salads that go with almost any main course.
• Baking: Baking recipes for quick breads, muffins and loaves that need one bowl and no special equipment.
• Desserts: Dessert recipes for cookies, bars and simple sweets you can make with pantry staples.
• Drinks: Drink recipes for mocktails, cocktails and seasonal sips, with plain ingredients and simple steps.

Using our content

Pin anything you like; every photo has a Save button. Please do not republish our text or photos elsewhere; link to the page instead.

How the site is funded

My Cooking Pot is free to read and is supported by display advertising and, on some pages, affiliate links. Advertisers have no say in what we write. More in our Editorial Policy and Disclaimer.

Spotted a mistake?

If a quantity, time or temperature looks wrong, tell us at hello@mycookingpot.com and we will check it and fix the page.