If your household includes a picky eater, a gluten-free teen, a vegetarian partner, and a toddler who only wants pasta with butter, you know the drill: four different dinners, four times the effort, and you end up eating cereal standing at the counter. This book is your permission to stop. Orla Kildonan Ogilvie shows you how to cook smart once and serve everyone from the same pot. You will learn a simple three-question planning method that takes five minutes, a pantry system that works across common dietary lines, and flexible cooking techniques that let you customise a single base into safe, satisfying plates for each person. There are chapters on handling allergies without extra fuss, feeding picky eaters without becoming a short-order cook, and making the freezer work for a mixed household. No precious ingredients. No extra pots. No guilt about using shortcuts. Just honest, practical strategies for real tired people who want to feed their family without losing their mind. Part of The Tired Cook's Library.