The phrase “what’s for dinner” is one off the biggest road blocks to getting dinner on the table in time. On most days, the average cook still doesn’t know what is for dinner by 4 p.m. After a long frustrating day, dinner usually comes from one of three ideas:

Woks are for stir-frying over a very hot fire for a very short period of time, stir-frys are usually made with fresh vegetables that remain crisp and some type of meat. They were originally created with a very round bottom, and were balanced on the coals of a fire.

If you are looking for a real challenge, go from cooking for a family of six, to cooking for two. The kids are off to college or have their own families, but you still find yourself with enough leftovers for an army! What do you do? Well, you reduce your portions and make smaller amounts of food.