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: Beth from Local Milk shows us a blank canvas of a loaf that will feed you and yours all week.

A smoky quesadilla that's hearty, without being heavy -- made for under $20, in less than 20 minutes. 

Nicholas gives carrots some love, even the uncool ones. (Plus, six ways to let them save dinner.)

Fennel, mint, and burrata welcome us to spring -- for under $20, in under 20 minutes.

Today: The 7 reasons you should make these cookies, right now.

Nicholas brings us the best French onion soup to take on winter (with a secret ingredient you'll never want to miss again).

Nicholas has a strategy for easing his kids into the spicy stuff. Or not.

We're sitting down with our favorite writers and cooks to talk about their upcoming cookbooks, their best food memories, and just about anything else.

Today: We sit down with Sara Moulton, chef, cookbook author, and host of the show Sara's Weeknight Meals on PBS.

Tonight, a rustic, minimalistic dinner.

Virtuous and colorful: two words that should always be associated with a weeknight dinner at home, but too rarely are.