7 Easy Dinner Cheats People Swear By For Busy Weeknights

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d51bc51800001aea5d0247.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Prepped food in fridge" data-caption="Prepped food in fridge" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Abdullah Ahmad via Unsplash" />Prepped food in fridge</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>I have something to confess – I’ve recently gone from cooking a different meal every night to making a big bunch of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/best-spanish-potato-salad-recipe_uk_689c79aae4b0196f49c5ab68">something like patatas aliñadas</a> and eating it for dinner every weekday.</p><p>I don’t care that it’s boring. My newfound freedom from frantically researching recipes and the dread of an expectant chopping board after work. </p><p>It seems I’m not alone. In a post shared to Reddit’s <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/foodhacks/" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false">r/foodhacks</a>, site user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BothSwim2800/" aria-label="Author: BothSwim2800" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false">u/BothSwim2800</a> said they’ve “Just realised I’ve been overcomplicating dinner for years.</p><p>“For the longest time, I thought cooking had to be this big ordeal every night. New recipes, tons of ingredients, timing everything perfectly… and then spending just as much time cleaning up.” </p><p>Now, they swear by “cheats” like pre-chopped onions and parboiling rice. “It’s like my brain finally clicked”. </p><p>Here are some of the other tips commenters under the post swear by:</p></div><div class="iframely-embed"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="height: 316px; padding-bottom: 0;"><