Your Monday Lunch Break Reading List

Life moves pretty fast, as Ferris Bueller says. Here's a selection of our favorite stories from the site this weekend.

Saturday:

• We rounded up some happy breakfast inspiration from across the web.
• We also cuddled up with a few great books.

Sunday:

• Close the cookbooks and get off Google—we found a bunch of great recipes right in your kitchen.
• More lunch break reading? We found some of that for you too.

Monday:

• We shared the best ways to refresh your living space without going broke.
• Catherine Lamb told us how to get smarter about salads in 2016.
• Alice showed us how to make any leftover beer from New Year's Eve into even better toffee sauce.
• Similarly, we shared a few ways to repurpose any random bread scraps you may have hanging around.

Tuesday:

• We learned how to eat like a kid while still carrying on the facade of adulthood.
• Sarah Jampel questioned whether quinoa is still relevant in 2016.
• We gave our bellies a break and decided to make some crispy coated chicken for dinner instead.
• One of our contributors, Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm, told us about conquering her pot-sticker fears.

Wednesday:

• Sophie helped clear up all our alterna-milk questions.
• Chef Ivan Orkin told us about his favorite tools of the trade.
• Amanda S. shared some tips for making a tiny apartment feel a bit bigger.
• And then she promised to keep this New Year's resolution thing going by tackling her clutter Marie Kondo style.

Thursday:

• It turned out that roasting a chicken (in 35 minutes!!) on a weekday is possible, and we couldn't be happier.
• Craft beer got decoded.
• Kenzi got sentimental about creamy pasta.
• And then we tidied up and shared the best ways to save space in every room.

Friday:

• Just in case you weren't planning on leaving bed this weekend, we shared the best crumb-free meals.
• Caroline recruited Ali, Amanda S., and Leslie to help crunch the numbers on some California citrus.
• We gave you some ideas for satisfying your winter burger cravings.
• Oh, and we tallied up the results and announced the finalists and Community Picks for The Best Thing You Ate All Year.