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10 Classic 10-Minute Dishes That Have Faded From Popularity By Jay Wilson Sept. 8, 2025 12:19 pm EST

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We've all been there: It's been a long week, you're just getting home after a relentless day of work, and the idea of spending an hour cooking something feels like torture. These days, it's easy enough to grab one of the literal hundreds of frozen pre-made meals from a store around the corner, or fire up a delivery app and order takeout. Back in the day, though, people didn't have the same luxury. Instead, they had to get good at rustling up their own 10-minute meals to satisfy those hunger pangs without spending all night in the kitchen.

A lot of the classic quick dishes that people would make in previous years are rarely seen now

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