Tarka Dal ~ Lentils with Tomatoes and Cilantro
Easy, healthy, and perfectly spiced, these creamy lentils are simple to whip up at a moment’s notice. Lucky you.
Vegetarian
Sautéed Escarole
A classic Italian treatment for an everyday green that tastes anything but ordinary thanks to the perfect technique.
Instant Pot Beans
Get ready for a simple way to serve up a tasty helping of tender pinto beans with some subtle heat from jalapeno. Did we mention they’ll be ready in minutes?
Fromage Fort by Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pepin’s family recipe for cheese is a frugal approach to using scraps of cheese that’s a very traditional French thing. A delicious, boozy, cheesy, French thing.
Mashed Kabocha Squash
Wait until you give Bryant Terry’s squash a try. Creamy and packed with flavor, this vegan recipe is also healthy as heck without tasting like it.
How to Make Maple Sugar
Making maple sugar at home isn’t difficult or tricky or fearsome. It’s actually crazy simple. And ridiculously tasty. And paleo-friendly.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
You shouldn’t have to choose between your two competing cravings. The only disappointing thing about these? That we didn’t discover them sooner.
Roasted Delicata Squash and Kale Salad
Satiating and healthy-ish, this salad is a vibrant and quick dinner. No peeling required. Just a little chopping and cooking.
Sweet Potato Tamales
Slightly sweet from a corn masa filling, Nopalito’s tamales are a can’t-say-no recipe. And that mole sauce? You’re gonna want to slather it on everything. #tamales
Tahini Truffles
Tahini truffles are nutty, rich, sexy, little bites. A pleasure to share…though we wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to keep them all to yourself.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas on a Sheet Pan
A sweet and savory, good-for-you sheet-pan dinner that is full of unexpected spice and even a little sweetness. It’s the latest and greatest from Melissa Clark.
Chunky Ranch-Style Home Fries
Just like what you’d find at your local diner. Swear. Just simple ingredients cooked slow and patiently until they’re crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, and tempting through and through.
3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese
Mac and cheese honestly doesn’t get any quicker or easier or pantry-friendlier than this 3-ingredient savior that can be tossed together with stuff you already have on hand. Certain to please.
Potato Galette
Just potatoes, butter, and salt. That’s all you need to create this crisp-on-the-outside, meltingly-lush-on-the-inside French classic that’s loveliness defined.
Edna Lewis’s Apple Cake with Caramel Glaze
Warmly spiced with a pudding-like texture, this apple cake from Edna Lewis is truly easy—just stir together by hand. And it’s unforgettable for reasons that have nothing to do with its ease.
Roasted Vegetable Stock
An umami-rich roasted vegetable stock that’s also vegan from British phenom Nigel Slater. And it’s just begging to be used any way you please.
Broa ~ Portuguese Corn Bread
A traditional Portuguese cornbread that’s unlike its American counterpart. There’s nothing crumbly about it although there is a heck of a lot to love about it.
Roasted Broccoli With Walnuts, Raisins, and Ricotta Salata
This unsuspecting side of caramelized broccoli and its tangy, spicy, sweetly enticing vibe is exactly what you need when you crave something unexpectedly and unobtrusively healthy.
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Subtly sweet and slightly crumbly, these chocolate cookies are indulgent through and through yet in a sorta sophisticated way. Tasting is understanding.
Jessie James Decker’s Lemon Basil Pasta
This bright and creamy lemon basil pasta from Jessie James Decker is a delight for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Lemon lovers unite!
Banana Bread Granola
“Not too sweet.” “Simple and terrific.” “Everything a granola should be.” That’s what folks are saying about this granola.
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs. They may seem so simple as to defy a recipe. And yet sometimes a precise technique makes all the difference. Here’s how to make the best ones ever.
White Chocolate Cupcakes
Fine-crumbed and sparely sweet, these sophisticated little cakes do wonders for white chocolate’s tarnished reputation. Confection perfection.
Bourbon Syrup
Nothing says, “I love you” as sweetly as bringing your amour breakfast in bed with bourbon syrup on the side.
Coconut Candy Bars
These taste like an indulgent mash-up of Mounds candy bars, peanut butter, and graham cracker crumb crust. And chances are you already have everything you need.