The Kitchn Archive: Feb 2019

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. If you’ve ever had a late-winter head cold so bad that your teeth hurt, you know chicken soup doesn’t cut it. Go for soup when you want something brothy and light, but when you have sinus pressure and a ravenous appetite, consider chili instead.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. One great thing about cooking chicken is that it’s basically a blank canvas for all your experimentation with new flavor combinations. This recipe for cheesy baked BBQ chicken exemplifies that idea: At first, you might be skeptical that cheese and barbecue sauce go together, but against all odds it works.

Ree Drummond knows how to feed a crowd. She’s always got cowboys, ranch hands, kids, friends, and surprise guests rolling through the lodge, not to mention the lines of people who snake around the block just for a bite to eat at The Mercantile. It’s old (cowboy) hat to her! And what better way to fill all those hungry bellies in the middle of a Pawhuska winter than a giant pot of steaming-hot soup? Ree is definitely on to something.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I always get excited whenever I see a slow cooker full of miniature meatballs at a party. Next to deviled eggs, they’re some of the most versatile party hors d’oeuvres you can serve.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Pub food like cheesy fries, chicken wings, and mozzarella sticks are a constant temptation, but as delicious as these snacks might be, they’re not exactly the healthiest option.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. A pack of tortellini or ravioli from the grocery store is one of my favorite things to keep in the refrigerator. I love to cook them in chicken broth, or just toss them in butter and eat them plain.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I grew up hearing that breakfast was the most important meal of the day, but from recent observation I’m pretty sure the most important meal of the day is lunch.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Sausage and peppers have been on the menu at virtually every major family event I have ever attended. They’re at graduations, birthday parties, rehearsal dinners, barbecues, holidays, and sometimes they’re just around because they’re delicious. Some people have funeral potatoes — we have sausage and peppers.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. One part of trying to eat healthfully that never gets easier: integrating more green vegetables into your diet. Sure, you could always eat salads every day for lunch, but how boring is that? Don’t worry — there are way more exciting ways to introduce greens into your meals.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. There are two types of people in the world: those who love calling zucchini noodles “zoodles,” and those who would be much more likely to eat them if we could all just agree to call them “zucchini noodles” or “zucchini strings” or “just a big pile of shredded zucchini in sauce.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Over the past few weeks I’ve seen a redux of interest in Instant Pots among my friends, family, and friends of people my cousins went to high school with. And without fail, any time one of them posts on Facebook to ask “What do people think of these Instant Pot things?

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along as we post our favorites. Skip takeout tonight and pull out your Instant Pot, because these spicy honey-garlic noodles are about to blow your mind. The short-but-sweet prep time for this sweet-and-spicy dish is only about 30 minutes total, and you’ll have leftovers for days after.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I house-sit for a lovely cosmopolitan pair who sometimes leave interesting and delicious treats for me (and the Great Dane mix I also dog-sit). For the sweet lil’ pup? Dog treats, of course. And for me? A couple of bottles of wine, half-gone, cork-in, on the kitchen counter. (I do this too and, yes, I consider it a treat.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. General Tso’s chicken is a Chinese-American restaurant classic. It’s so iconic it’s even been the subject of a whole documentary, The Search for General Tso, which you should definitely watch if you like history, food, or thought-provoking documentaries that dive deep into familiar dishes we eat every day.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along as we post our favorites. If you ask me, the answer to, “What should we have for dinner tonight?” should always involve heavy cream or cheese. I enjoy a rich, flavorful dinner. That’s why I was very excited to stumble upon this recipe for queso baked chicken from the blogger behind Julia’s Album. There’s heavy cream! There’s cheese!

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Savory dips are my jam, which means I stopped in my tracks when I saw this gorgeous, easy Philly cheesesteak dip from A Little Spice Jar. There’s cheese! And cream cheese! And steak! And even more cheese! And I can’t wait to make this and buy a huge bag of chips and go to town.

Chicken is the king of weeknight dinners. It’s basically a blank canvas! Chicken pairs well with pasta, cheese, vegetables, and you can add it to chili or enchiladas depending on your mood. And since it’s so versatile and easy to cook, it should always be on your list of go-to dinner recipes. If there’s one person who knows how to make a hearty, satisfying dinner for her family, it’s Ree Drummond, otherwise known as the Pioneer Woman.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I love cooking with lemongrass because of its wonderfully lemony, citrus-ginger flavor, and also because it makes my kitchen smell amazing. It’s a zesty flavor that really stands out in a simple chicken dish like this one topped with toasted rice powder.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Butternut squash is one of the more intimidating vegetables, but let me tell you it’s 100 perfect worth peeling and cubing the squash for this hearty chili recipe. The base of this recipe is caramelized onions. Caramelized onions give everything an amazing sweet/savory roasted flavor, but there are no shortcuts to making them.

I regularly dream about the French onion soup I had with my mom while she was visiting me in Paris. I was a relatively broke college student studying abroad, and I mostly lived off of cheap wine and baguettes (as one does). When she came to visit, she took me out to this small, cheapish spot in my neighborhood and ordered a seemingly ordinary bowl of French onion soup. Reader: It was pure cooking magic. It was broth-y velvet with a blanket of salty cheese. It was a perfect meal.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. This tomato lentil soup from Flourist stopped me in my tracks this week. You see, I’ve recently been struggling with meal planning. I know, I know, I work at Kitchn! I’m surrounded by inspiring recipes every single day, so why would I struggle to figure out… dinner?

Soup for you!

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. One of the best ways to liven up chicken breasts is by stuffing them with all sorts of delicious things. Stuffed chicken breasts also look special enough for company, but they’re an easy all-in-one meal that’s great for a weeknight dinner or stuffing in a lunch box.

Most people know that Ina Garten is the One True Ruler of all things cooking, but did you know that she’s also mastered the ways of love? Ina and her husband Jeffrey have cracked the code on a happy marriage, proving that love is far from dead. So if you’re stuck on what to cook your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day, look no further than these romantic recipes, straight from Ina’s kitchen.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. This French onion sausage pasta is as rich and creamy as you could want on a cold winter day, and it’s also a convenient, one-pot meal that cooks in less than half an hour. Ready to dig in?

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Chicken breasts have a reputation for being boring or dry, but they’ve recently become one of my favorite ingredients to work with.

At Kitchn, our editors develop and debut brand-new recipes on the site every single week. But at home, we also have our own tried-and-true dishes that we make over and over again — because quite simply? We love them. And we decided to start sharing some of our absolute favorites with you. Here’s a peek into what we’re cooking and eating in our own kitchens. People often describe themselves as being a cake person or a pie person.

Everything is better with bacon, that much we all know, but it turns out that everything can be even better with bacon and broccoli. Blogger Julia’s Album, who features easy-to-make weeknight dinner recipes, showed off a super-quick way to get a complete, high-protein, low-carb meal on the table with minimal effort with this baked ranch chicken with broccoli and bacon recipe. “There is nothing complicated about this,” she says.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. When I have friends coming over for dinner, I find it difficult to get excited because I worry that they won’t enjoy my food. That’s why I’m always on the lookout for no-fail dishes that are both easy to make (I don’t need to stress out over the cooking process, too!) and guaranteed crowd-pleasers.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Shrimp are the dinner MVP. You can put shrimp in anything, and they’ll be delicious. Heck, if you add shrimp to anything, chances are good that thing will instantly become at least 30 percent more delicious. (You’re on your own if you try it with dessert, though.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Olive Garden’s Asiago garlic Alfredo sauce is a cult favorite that has been luring guests through the restaurant’s doors for years. It’s so rich and creamy that it stands out even on the Olive Garden menu, where just about everything you see is a mind-boggling feat of cheese and cream.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. As far as I’m concerned, garlic amounts in recipes are just a guideline. If a recipe calls for two cloves, I always add at least four. But this recipe actually calls for a whole bulb of garlic.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Baked ravioli is a next-level casserole for anyone who loves cheese and carbs. We’ve all seen cheese-stuffed pasta, and pasta baked in cheese, but this is cheese-stuffed pasta that’s been baked into a cheesy spinach-and-artichoke casserole. It’s galaxy-brain stuff.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. The weather forecast is calling for temperatures so low I want to cancel all my plans until spring. All I want to do is get some fuzzy slippers, sit under blankets, and eat something hot and cozy, like a big bowl of this peanut curry with sweet potatoes and kale.