Ina Garten’s Mashed Potatoes with Lemon
If Ina believes mashed potatoes need a little acidity to smooth out the richness, so be it. Here’s our new go-to approach to this oh-so-comforting side dish.
Meatless Mondays
Cheddar Cheese Sauce
So satiatingly superlative, this cheese sauce is going to whisper seductively to you to ladle it onto everything. And we do mean everything.
Egg Salad Without Mayo
Don’t let those leftover Easter eggs go to waste. This easy egg salad with caramelized onions is so lovely, you won’t even notice that there’s no mayo.
Roasted Potatoes with Dill
A handful of cheap ingredients. The exact perfect temperature and timing. And a little patience, please, while spuds are elevated from simple to stellar.
Pasta with Butter and Parmesan
Whether you’re five or fifty-five, sometimes nothing is more satiating than a plate of spaghetti with butter and cheese.
Gnocchi with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Yes. Soft, pillowy gnocchi bathed in a luxurious blue cheese sauce can be on your table in under 30 minutes. Wonders never cease.
Potatoes Dauphinoise
Potatoes. Cream. Cheese. And a French lineage. We really don’t think comfort food gets any more comfort-y than this.
Crispy Hash Brown Waffles
Looking for a healthy breakfast idea that the whole family will love? These hash brown waffles, which can be made with potatoes or cauliflower, or a mixture of both check all of those boxes.
Grilled Avocado and Peach Salad with Goat Cheese
This stunning combination of grilled peaches, avocado, goat cheese, fresh figs, almonds, herbs, and vinaigrette is proof that salads don’t need to be boring.
Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
This creamy vegetarian pasta dish, made with rigatoni, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and lemony ricotta, is on the table in just 30 minutes. Sounds like a weeknight winner to us.
Easy Grilled Vegetable Salad
Give your favorite veggies some smoky char on the grill, then toss them with plenty of fresh herbs and a tangy vinaigrette for an easy, healthy side.
San Francisco-Style Vietnamese Garlic Noodles
If you’ve got 30 minutes and a handful of pantry staples, come discover the magic that happens when spaghetti, garlic, butter, and an umami-rich Asian sauce are stir-fried together.
Air Fryer Hasselback Potatoes
These Hasselback potatoes are crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside, and conveniently made in the air fryer. Sounds like a perfect potato to us.
Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
For this easy weeknight meal, angel hair pasta is tossed in a no-cook sauce of sun-dried tomatoes, fresh mint, oil, vinegar, and garlic.
Marinated Lentil Salad
Love lentils? Us, too. Even if you don’t, give this recipe a whirl. The combination of lentils with a spiced nut vinaigrette, fresh basil, and slabs of feta cheese may change your mind.
Mediterranean Nachos
We bet you never thought you’d hear the words healthy and nachos in the same sentence. But these Greek-style nachos, topped with yogurt, hummus, and veggies are exactly that.
Best Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
Got buttermilk? Then you’re halfway to a pile of tender and fluffy pancakes. Breakfast-for-dinner never sounded so good.
Julia Child’s Easy Scrambled Eggs for Kids
If you’ve never tried soft, custardy French-style scrambled eggs, grab your bowl, whisk, and pan and prepare to be amazed.
Sweet Potato Patties
Prepare to be wowed by these crispy panko-crusted mashed sweet potato cakes. We certainly were.
Friulian Polenta
If you think polenta is supremely comforting on its own, wait until you try it smothered in cheese sauce and topped with browned cornmeal butter.
Cherry Tomato, Asparagus, and Herbed Ricotta Tart
This easy cheese and vegetable tart is reason #713 why we love frozen puff pastry.
Umami Rice Stacks with Vegan Caviar
It hasn’t happened in so long; when an idea hits like a bolt of lightening, and a recipe is downloaded perfectly into my brain, complete and fully-baked: Umami Rice Stacks with Vegan Caviar. I was talking to a dear friend a couple weeks ago, about…
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Cranberry Beans with Warm Spices
Move over boring beans. The addition of cinnamon, white wine, mint, and lemon elevates plain cooked beans to a crave-worthy bowl of comfort food.
Low-Carb Fish Tacos with Cucumber Salsa
Tender pieces of cod are coated in a garlicky almond flour and pan-fried. The cucumber salsa adds a cooling note. Pssst. You’ll never miss the tortillas.
Black-Eyed Pea Salad
A sublime and tasty crossover between vegan and soul food—who would have thought it was possible? It is and it’s fabulous. Healthy and filled with flavor, it’s everything a salad should be.