This Meal Plan Puts Your Pantry Staples to Use

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If your pantry is chock full of ingredients and foods, then it's a total goldmine. So, why not streamline your grocery list this week, crack open your pantry and put all of the products waiting inside to use? Reaching for pantry staples can help you slim down your weekly spending and help you prep your meals faster with items you already have on hand. And that's exactly how our Eat Clean for 7 Days with Just 20 Ingredients meal plan works.

On this one-week meal plan, you'll need just 20 ingredients all week long. Each recipe was created to make use out of common pantry staples, turning them into healthy (and dairy-free!) meals. Plus, there's another secret perk to this plan: You'll learn how to make a few of your own pantry staples along the way. With recipes for homemade almond butter, almond milk and muffins, you can easily master the art of making your own weekly must-haves.

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The Key to Becoming a Better Cook? It's These Tips

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You've mastered most of the basics of cooking and baking, and you're a pro at meal prepping and planning. But one of the great things about cooking is that there's always something new to learn – even if you're no longer a novice in the kitchen. That's why devoted our 100th issue to helping you master it all!

Our Be a Better Cook collection, which is an exclusive just for subscribers, covers 100-plus tips, tricks, hacks and suggestions from experts in food and nutrition. It's all the cooking advice you could ever need in one place. Cookbook authors, professional chefs, baking pros and longtime home cooks – they all shared their insights and expertise with Clean Eating, just for you.

And you won't want to miss our Be a Better Cook recipe series. As part of this growing collection, we're walking you through recipes that'll teach you new skills in the kitchen, help you master unfamiliar ingredients and give you recipes you can build on and customize as you become a total pro. 

Grab your cutting boards and chef's knives, and let's get cooking! Here's everything you need to start honing your kitchen skills »

If You're Revamping Your Fitness Routine, Read This:

These 9 Foods Will Help You Get More Out of Workouts

Fuel up the right way before you exercise and make sure you're choosing the right foods. With these key picks, you'll get must-have nutrients to build muscles, maximize your output and help you recover faster.

Make Your Morning Yogurt More Protein-Rich

If you're eating dairy-free, you might be lacking key nutrients – and protein may be one of them. This must-have is essential for exercise, but fortunately, it's easy to load up on. Try these easy tips to give dairy-free yogurts more protein.

The More You Workout, the More You Fight Inflammation

Great news for anyone who's starting a new fitness routine for the new year: Regular exercise has the potential to combat inflammation and it can even encourage the production of your body's own CBD-like substances.

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What we've been reading this week:

Sure, winter has its drawbacks – but this year, follow Outside's advice and try these tips to learn how to love the cold season (and have fun!).

Speaking of loving winter, we love the seasonal winter produce picks recommended by Oxygen. Grab these on your next grocery store run.

Cozy up to a mug of Mexican Hot Chocolate from Vegetarian Times, an easy recipe that makes the perfect nightcap on chilly evenings.

Don't want to get out of bed in the morning? Try this 5-minute morning yoga practice from Yoga Journal – you can do it in bed!

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If you can't get enough chocolate, this extra-chocolatey pancake recipe is for you

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This veggie-rich recipe just might be the perfect one-pot pasta

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Make this quick, easy and extra nutritious Mediterranean meal on a single sheet pan