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The Weeknight Dinner System
Five dinners a week without the 6pm panic: one method, one grocery list, 20 minutes.
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Marco Rivas
August 11, 2026
4 lessons · 2 min
What you'll learn
- The 15-minute pasta formula and when to reach for it
- The five-minute sauce base that carries half the menu
- One grocery list that feeds five dinners
- The sear: restaurant crust on a home stove
- Certificate when you finish the system
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Week 1: The system
- Welcome: how the system worksPreview1 min
- The five-minute sauce base1 min
- The sear: crust without the smoke alarm1 min
Week 2: Your rotation
- Week 1 kitchen check
About this course
This is the system behind every menu I publish. Three short video lessons and a check-in quiz: how the weekly menu works, the five-minute sauce base, and the sear that makes cheap cuts taste expensive. Watch the free preview to see how it fits your week.
Instructor
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Marco Rivas
Line cook to head chef across 12 years of restaurant kitchens. Now I teach normal people to get dinner done fast.