This Fall Comfort Food Actually Tastes Better the Next Day—Here’s What Should Be in Your Leftover Stash
With daylight saving now in the rearview mirror, it’s tough to drum up the energy to make dinner every night when it’s fully dark out before 5 p.m. At this time of year, I often lean on recipes that will feed my family for two or three nights as opposed to just one, and as it turns out, one of my favorite fall comfort foods actually tastes better on Day 2 and beyond. I swear, it’s not just my imagination—or my brain doing overtime to make me feel better about my lack of motivation. In fact, I got corroboration from Helen Rennie, the owner of Helen’s Kitchen Cooking School and the author of the forthcoming cookbook The Science of Dinner , who said there’s a definite culinary benefit to letting that soup sit. Translation: Make a big batch, eat it for days and don’t feel one bit guilty about it. Read on to find out why she says this dinnertime staple is best eaten after it spends some time in the fridge. Get Reader’s Digest ’s...