Put time into dinner now, and you can make it last forever -- or at least the whole week. Welcome to Halfway to Dinner, where we show you how to stretch your staples every which way. 

Today: fiveandspice -- you may remember her from this -- challenges yogurt to a six-dinner duel. 

An exotic take on meat and potatoes that we're convinced will please every last person at the table.

Fight those post-holiday blues with some celebratory fare.  

Nicholas gives us not one, but six, dinner ideas out of an egg. Starting with shakshuka.

Put time into dinner now, and you can make it last forever -- or at least the whole week. Welcome to Halfway to Dinner, where we show you how to stretch your staples every which way. 

Today: Kathryne of Cookie and Kate encourages good luck in the New Year with an everlasting pot of black-eyed peas. 

A marvelous -- and marvelously delicious -- celebration that, as always, comes together in just about an hour.

No bread basket? No problem.

Put time into dinner now, and you can make it last forever -- or at least the whole week. Welcome to Halfway to Dinner, where we show you how to stretch your staples every which way. 

Today: Kelsey of Happyolks merges eating well with eating on a budget, and she does it all with a sack of potatoes. 

After cooking potato after potato, I knew this post must be dedicated to my 21-year-old brother and his housemates. If there is anyone on this planet who would find a column dedicated to a week's worth of potatoes useful, it be would him. For Austin, who loves to cook and play and celebrate life, here is a week of meals for you and your friends so you can eat well, cheaply.