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📍 Introduction

Cooking continuously (first mentioned in lesson 6) refers to preparing a series of items one after the next, whilst using the same pot of water. This method can produce a tremendous amount of food in a short period of time, and is therefore one of the highest leverage activities you can use in meal prep. 

🧂 Ingredients & Equipment:

• Tupperware

✅ Instructions:

• Boil water

• Season to taste (sea-water flavor recommended)

• Clean and prep vegetables while waiting 

• Prepare ice bath

• Cook vegetables one after the next & shock in ice bath when done

• Remove, drain, store. 

📝 Notes, Tips, Tricks

• If two items have similar cooking times you can boil them together/simultaneously (handy chart here) 

• Work from least starchy (e.g., vegetables) to most starchy (e.g., pasta, potatoes). End with the eggs to prevent whatever is on the shells from infusing your veggies. 

• Properly wash items (e.g., soak in a big bowl of water) to ensure dirt & sand is removed from nooks & crannies. This keeps cooking water clean. 

• Consider saving an hour to do this after returning home from the grocery store or farmer’s market. By knocking it out in one big push you’ll save hours of prep & cleaning time later in the week.  

📓 Boiling Times Reference Guide:

• Short (1-5 min): Asparagus, Broccoli, Carrots, Corn, Green Beans, Peas

• Medium (10-15 min): Cauliflower, Squash, Brussel Sprouts

• Long (15+ min): Artichokes, Beets, Potatoes

🎓 Further Studies:

• An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy & Grace, by Tamara Adler

• Seasonal Vegetables You Can Boil 📓

• Pasta Al Dente

• Boiled & Mashed Sweet Potato

• Perfect, Peelable, Medium-Boiled Eggs

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