The Lifehacker Cookbook [Eat To Live]

Our favorite recipes, like our favorite software, save you time, offer tons of customization, pull off professional-level performance at home, and produce brag-worthy results. Here’s a convenient compilation of the best recipes and food guides we’ve posted.

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Breakfast

• Creamy, French-style Scrambled Eggs
• Cheap & freeze-able breakfast burritos
• The “Greatest Waffle Recipe Ever”
• Homemade granola

Lunch

• Chicken/matzoh soup, a.k.a. “Grandma’s Penicillin”
• The secret to better grilled cheese (and fully melting it)
• Lunches for longer-term energy
• Better sandwich ideas

Dinner

• Perfect Mashed Potatoes
• Perfectly cooked rice
• Healthier Pizzas
• Have Crockpot Chicken Tacos Waiting When You Come Home
• Simple Crock Pot Recipes Save Time and Money
• Five-Ingredient Crock Pot Meals
• The “Flexible Casserole Recipe”
• Three-Course Meals from Four Cans
• Better, stir-fried sweet potatoes

Dessert

• 5-minute Ice Cream
• Microwave chocolate cake in a coffee mug
• Homemade Choco-Taco
• Heart-shaped cupcakes (no special pan neded!)
• Gingerbread House made from Graham Crackers
• Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Snacks

• Custom-shaped gummy candies
• DIY energy bars

Drinks

• Homemade Ginger Ale
• Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee
• The Perfect Sunday Morning Bloody Mary
• Starbucks-style coffee drinks
• 30 frozen drink recipes
• Lemonade Boosters
• Brew-it-yourself Coca-Cola
• Beginners’ Eggnog
• How to Make Delicious Coffee Liqueur
• Gummi Shot Glasses

Baking

• No-Knead Bread
• Faster No-Knead (White) Bread
• Fast Whole-Wheat No-Knead Bread
• Jim Lahey reveals his recipe for no-knead pizza dough
• Five-minute baked bread

Pantry Items

• Quick Infused Olive Oil
• Homemade Butter
• Basic BBQ Sauces
• 20-minute Homemade Yogurt
• Homemade stock [Video]
• Homemade Vanilla Extract
• D.I.Y. Hot Sauce
• The Basics of Marinades