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Shell Recipes

Real recipes, written as shell scripts. Every page also has the ingredients and method in plain English, so you can cook from it with flour on your hands. The size column is total time.

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Total time 1h5m Sep 29 sheet-pan-chicken.sh Sheet-pan chicken thighs with lemon potatoes
One pan, one oven, one thing to wash. Crisp-skinned thighs roast on top of potatoes, which cook in the drippings. The weeknight default for the oven season.
Total time 10m Sep 26 vinaigrette.sh Everyday jar vinaigrette
Three parts oil, one part vinegar, a little mustard to hold it together. Shake it in a jar and you never need bottled dressing again.
Total time 25m Sep 22 pantry-pasta.sh Spaghetti with garlic, chili, and lemon crumbs
A dinner made entirely from things you already own. Garlic and chili warmed in olive oil, pasta tossed until glossy, toasted crumbs on top for crunch.
Total time 15m Sep 15 fried-rice.sh Leftover fried rice
The handler for yesterday's rice. Cold rice, a very hot pan, eggs, frozen peas and carrots, and soy sauce poured around the edge so it sizzles. Ready in about ten minutes once the pan is hot.
Total time 6h5m Sep 08 overnight-oats.sh Overnight oats, scheduled
Breakfast as a cron job. Stir oats, milk, and yogurt in a jar at night, and the fridge does the cooking while you sleep. Make three at once and you are covered until Thursday.
Total time 1h15m Sep 01 chocolate-chip-cookies.sh Chocolate chip cookies, built in parallel
Crisp edges, soft middles, two sheets in the oven at once. A dependable everyday cookie, with an optional 30-minute chill that makes it taste like caramel.
Total time 45m Aug 25 red-lentil-soup.sh Red lentil soup with cumin and lemon
Cheap, fast, and better the next day. Red lentils collapse into a thick, golden soup in about 25 minutes, and a squeeze of lemon at the end wakes the whole pot up.
Total time 35m Aug 18 stovetop-rice.sh Stovetop white rice, no cooker required
Long-grain rice by the absorption method: rinse, measure, boil, cover, and then the hard part, leaving the lid alone for 25 minutes.
Total time 20m Aug 11 jammy-eggs.sh Jammy eggs, set to your preferred yolk
Cold eggs into boiling water, a timer, and an ice bath. Six and a half minutes gives a set white and a yolk like thick jam. Takes an argument if you like yours runnier or firmer.