Five dinners from one grocery trip

The trick is overlapping ingredients. Buy once, cook five times, and let each dinner donate something to the next.

Monday: roast chicken thighs with potatoes. Make extra — the leftovers become Tuesday's chicken and grain bowls with tahini dressing.

Wednesday: pasta with San Marzano tomatoes, basil and parmesan. Double the sauce; Thursday's shakshuka uses the remainder with eggs.

Friday: salmon with greens and rice. Any leftover rice fries up beautifully on Saturday with peas and soy.

Shop the overlap: chicken thighs, potatoes, grains, tinned tomatoes, eggs, salmon, greens, rice, tahini, basil, parmesan. That is the whole list.