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Chef Amina

Chef Amina is the recipe developer and culinary problem-solver behind CookingSubstitutes. With over a decade of hands-on cooking experience navigating dietary restrictions, tiny kitchens, and last-minute pantry crises, she's mastered the art of making delicious food accessible to everyone. From hotel room hot plates to camping stoves, Amina has cooked in unconventional spaces around the world—and she's here to prove you don't need a fully-stocked pantry or endless time to create amazing meals. When she's not testing ingredient swaps in her home kitchen, you'll find her experimenting with gluten-free baking or hunting down the best travel-friendly cooking gear.

Recipes

No-Chop Dinner Solutions: 7 Meals That Skip the Cutting Board

No-chop dinner recipe featuring rotisserie chicken quesadillas with ingredients, zero cutting board required, easy meal

It’s been the longest day. You’re standing in your kitchen staring at a cutting board and a pile of vegetables, and honestly? The thought of chopping even one onion makes you want to cry and order pizza instead. Maybe your…

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15-Minute Skillet Dinners: The Only 4 Recipes You Need After Work

15-minute garlic butter chicken skillet dinner with vegetables on wooden table, ready by 6:15 PM, easy after work meal

It’s 5:45 PM. You just walked through the door after a brutal workday, and your family is asking “What’s for dinner?” You’re too exhausted to think, let alone chop 15 ingredients for some “quick” recipe that secretly takes 45 minutes.…

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Recipes

The Best Cheesy Mashed Potatoes Recipe You’ll Ever Make

Let me tell you something – I never knew what true comfort food was until I made my first batch of cheesy mashed potatoes recipe. It was a cold November evening, and I wanted something warm and cozy for dinner.…

Chef Amina

No-Chop Dinner Solutions: 7 Meals That Skip the Cutting Board

15-Minute Skillet Dinners: The Only 4 Recipes You Need After Work

The Best Cheesy Mashed Potatoes Recipe You’ll Ever Make

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