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title: Perfect Timing for Glorious One-Pot Meals
date: 2013-04-09T20:07:15Z
modified: 2013-04-09T20:07:15Z
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  - Glorious One-Pot Meals
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  - Glorious One-Pot Meals
  - gluten-free shrimp recipe
  - one pot recipe
  - smell and cooking
author: Elizabeth
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_Reader question: You say that your one pot meals are ready, when you smell the aroma then you have a 3 minute warning. I lost my sense of smell about 4 years ago. So how can I tell when it is ready? ~ Kathy M., Chesterton, IN_

Great question, Kathy. There are many like you who’ve lost their sense of smell through head injury, seizures, poisoning, etc., but you can still make perfect [Glorious One-Pot Meals](http://www.gloriousonepotmeals.com "Glorious One Pot Meal recipe feta shrimp").

You’re right that I emphasize the wafting aroma as the best way to tell when your Glorious One-Pot Meal is fully cooked and ready, but there is another way, too. In the 2009 version of the GOPM cookbook, on page 12, there is a Recipe Adustment Chart that tells you exactly how much cooking time you need for various size Glorious One-Pot Meals. For instance, the standard amount of time needed to cook a GOPM in a 2-quart cast iron Dutch oven is 45 minutes. A 3 1/2-quart pot will typically be ready after 53 minutes in a 450 F oven.

Have you tried this [Glorious One-Pot Meals recipe for Feta Shrimp](http://www.effortlesseating.com/2009/12/glorious-one-pot-meal-recipe-feta-shrimp/ "Glorious One Pot Meal recipe feta shrimp")? Delicious and so easy! Make it gluten-free by substituting quinoa for the couscous.