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Since we still haven't yet had the Lantern Festival, I've been craving the tastes of China and Taiwan which my partner cooks always (it is his food culture) but tonight is my night to cook and I know this is a totally Americanized dish, but I've been listening to Code Switch and they claim that it is completely authentic to adapt to new flavors from a Chinese lens, so I'm going with it.

Craving a lasagna but don't have access to an oven? This soup'll do ya! This recipe can be cooked in a crock pot/slow cooker instead of an Instant Pot if you cook the included lentils a different way. This recipe can be made vegan if you substitute vegan cheese for cow cheese.

IN SEASON ALERT! It is winter and that means citrus is in season so that means they are cheap and plentiful!

As a person with executive dysfunction, I loathe grating citrus zest. One of the substitutes I like to make is a powdered citrus peel. I make this from the peel of citrus fruits I was otherwise eating anyway, and simply reserve the peel for this extra process. This is a /r/NoScrapLeftBehind kind of #frugal winner.

It is very simple to make: raw (as in not boiled to otherwise cooked) citrus peel (including pith) dehydrated and then ground up in a spice grinder.

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Let there be /r/NoScrapLeftBehind with this way to render apple cores and peels into usable jam. Cook it in the Instant Pot for easy cleanup and a generally hands-off experience. And to make it even more NoScrapLeftBehind, try cleaning your Instant Pot's inner pot with just water as a first rinse to get some jam-juice to drink.

Why would you cook an egg in a microwave? Because children sense when you are involved in a time-sensitive task that requires your concentration and attention and seize the opportunity. But with a microwave, you're not (involved in a time-sensitive task that requires your concentration and attention) and all you sacrifice is that small bit of flavor from the Maillard reaction you're also not engaging in. Your move, children!