Shelf to Table: Weeknight Dinners: a Four-week Dinner Plan Built From Pantry Staples

Dinner doesn’t usually fall apart because of cooking skill.It falls apart because deciding what to make every night is exhausting.Shelf to Table: Weeknight Dinners is a structured dinner planning guide designed to remove that daily decision.This book provides four weeks of monday–friday dinner plans built around pantry staples, overlapping ingredients, and intentional leftovers — so weeknights feel steadier, simpler, and easier to manage.Please note: this is not a traditional standalone cookbook.Rather than introducing new recipes, this guide organises existing meals into a clear, repeatable weeknight system, supported by shopping lists, realistic budgets, and flexible swaps.featured meals include:– tomato and cannellini bean soup– pantry spinach and ricotta lasagne– chana masala and dal tarka– tuna and white bean gratin– green olive and breadcrumb pasta(meals are adapted from the Shelf to Table collection and arranged here as part of a weekly plan.)inside you’ll find:✔ four weeks of monday–friday dinner plans✔ ingredient overlap to reduce waste and extra shopping✔ intentional leftovers that save time later in the week✔ supermarket-aisle shopping lists✔ realistic weekly budget ranges✔ vegetarian-forward meals with optional seafood swapsThis title is designed to complement Shelf to Table: Pantry-Powered Cooking by turning those recipes into a practical, weeknight-ready structure.There are no rigid rules, no specialty shopping, and no pressure to cook perfectly. The plan is designed to bend with your kitchen — not replace it.If you already know how to cook but want weeknights to require less thought, this book gives you the structure to keep moving forward.Dinner, decided — Monday to Friday.