The Two-Course Meal

First decide if the smaller course surrounding the main one is to be an appetizer or dessert. Obviously on weeks you are cooking every night of the week, one of the ways to vary your meals is to serve an appetizer one night and a dessert on another.

Now why bother with courses at all? Because it’s an easy way to add variety to your weekly meals. It’s a way of stretching out the relaxing time dinner ought to be. It’s a way of adding texture and contrast to your dinners because Monday-to-Friday meals should be pleasurable and nourishing as well as easy and uncomplicated.