Recipes
Tuna Mayo Rice Bowl
This homey dish takes comforting canned tuna to richer, silkier heights. Mayonnaise helps to hold the tuna together and ...
Sheet-Pan Italian Sub Dinner
The Italian sub, a deli sandwich that piles some combination of cheese, cured meats and preserved vegetables onto a soft...
Hummus Wrap
Hummus is a great filling for a vegetarian wrap. You can buy hummus in many grocery stores, but nothing can beat hummus ...
Slow Cooker Spinach-Artichoke Chicken Stew
This creamy braised chicken stew is inspired by spinach-artichoke dip. It is comfort food to be sure, but white wine, ma...
Slow Cooker Shortcut Chicken Pozole
Part of the joy of pozole is topping it generously and exactly as you like, and this take on the original dish is no exc...
Egg Salad and Greens Wrap
I make these delicious wraps with the whole-wheat lavash that I buy in Middle Eastern markets. Beet greens and Swiss cha...
Dumpling and Smashed Cucumber Salad with Peanut Sauce
Serving as a luscious, umami sauce for pan-fried potstickers, peanut sauce yet again proves itself to be the hero of wee...
Scallion Egg Wrap
This is a common Chinese-American adaptation of a breakfast dish served throughout northern China and Taiwan. Street ven...
Antipasto Salad
In this recipe the classic Italian antipasti platter takes the form of a single cold salad. All of the traditional eleme...
One-Pot Cabbage Roll Soup
Instead of tightly rolling and simmering dozens of cabbage rolls for hours, this recipe takes all the ingredients of a c...
Pressure Cooker White Bean-Parmesan Soup
A pressure cooker renders dried beans buttery soft in a fraction of the time the stovetop would take. For this recipe, s...
Chickpea Salad Sandwich
This quick recipe makes simple canned chickpeas into a bold and hearty vegetarian meal. Chickpeas are mashed in a creamy...
Coconut Curry Chickpeas with Pumpkin and Lime
Canned pumpkin purée and coconut milk, heavily seasoned with curry spices and lots of fresh lime juice, make a sweet-sha...
Sheet-Pan Chicken and Cheesy Broccoli
This weeknight sheet-pan meal takes just a handful of ingredients and turns basic chicken and broccoli into a zesty fami...
Vegan Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice
This vegan version of New Orleans-style red beans and rice omits the sausage and ham hock, and instead adds smoked papri...
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
This tangy, mildly spicy white-bean chili is as warming and comforting as a traditional chili, but in a lighter, brighte...
Crispy Gnocchi with Tomato and Red Onion
Inspired by panzanella, the beloved Tuscan bread salad, this dish swaps out stale bread for pan-fried gnocchi. The plump...
Chicken Fajitas
You might think fajitas are too fussy for a weeknight, but this easy, foolproof version roasts on a sheet pan and can be...
Monte Cristo
This American diner classic — a battered and grilled ham, turkey and cheese sandwich dusted with confectioners’ sugar — ...
Italian Hero Sandwich
Italian hero, sub, hoagie, grinder — this classic sandwich has many names, and every deli makes it differently. Its deli...
Cold Noodles with Tomatoes
Halved cherry tomatoes provide a strong flavor foundation for this cold noodle dish that’s at once savory like gazpacho ...
Cold Sesame Noodles with Crunchy Vegetables
The ingredients for this cold noodle dish can be prepared ahead of time, leaving nothing more to do in the morning befor...
Tomato Cheddar Toasts
Tomato and Cheddar toasts don’t need fussing — just crusty bread, swoops of mayonnaise, perfect summer tomatoes and the ...
Seafood Pasta with Shrimp and Scallops (And Garlic!)
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