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Simple dishes are oriented to quickly prepare a meal by relatively reducing ingredient count, cooking steps, and dishwashing burden. However, “simplicity” does not only mean short cooking time. Menus that use minimally processed ingredients, cooked in one pan or pot, or utilize already prepared rice, noodles, or sauce with few decisions also fit this category well. When choosing a menu, it is convenient to look at the current kitchen state before the recipe. If the fridge has proteins and vegetables that are easy to cook and there is rice, fried rice or rice bowls become natural; if ingredients are few, egg dishes, noodles, or simple soups where the basic ingredients’ roles are clear are practical. On the other hand, menus that require separate grilling of multiple ingredients and making new sauces may not fit the simple choice for busy days, even if the cooking time seems short. The core of simple cooking is to focus on one central flavor and group ingredients whose cook times are similar, rather than trying to achieve high perfection. Don’t over-season from the start; adjust at the end, and if the flavor is lacking, enhance with a familiar seasoning like soy sauce, salt, pepper, sesame oil, or vinegar to keep choices simple.