The Kitchn Archive: Mar 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. Beans and mushrooms stand in so well for meat that many vegan recipes fly right under the radar. You’d never know they were vegan unless someone told 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. Pesto is like an algebraic equation comprised of the following variables: leafy greens (x), nuts (y), and cheese (z). Some sort of fat is a constant, necessary for the whole formula to come together. Combine the variables in various proportions to solve for P (pesto).

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. People often express skepticism at the idea of cooking pasta in an Instant Pot, and I understand the concern. Putting pasta in an Instant Pot sounds like a quick shortcut to mushy pasta, but I’ve tried it several times and have been pleasantly surprised.

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. Chances are you’ve probably got plenty of frozen chicken on hand for those weeknights when you need to throw dinner together quickly. But it’s no secret that the same lemon chicken night after night can get a little boring. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to make chicken exciting again.

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 hail from the great state of New Jersey, home to pizza superior than that of New York City — yes, I said it! — where I currently reside. In my lifetime, I have been to Chicago exactly one time, where out of obligation I gave deep-dish pizza a try for good measure.

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 beauty of a fried chicken sandwich owes a lot to the magical juxtaposition of the soft, slightly sweet bun, the fresh bite of the lettuce, and the wonderful crunch of the fried chicken breading. Honestly, most sandwiches could benefit from some of that crunch.

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 lot of recipes that feature herbs as a primary flavor will tell you to use fresh ones, and it’s very hard to beat the fresh flavors of just-picked herbs. But convenience counts when it comes to cooking, and it’s not always possible to use heirloom Italian basil hand-picked from Ina Garten’s kitchen garden.

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. Most people have a go-to set of meals they make. It might be a specific pasta dish, or a super-easy omelet. But if you like kimchi, you might want to put this dish into heavy rotation. It has all the flavor and spicy kick of kimchi, and all it takes is some chicken and a few pantry staples to cook in less than 20 minutes.

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 best cookie is the one that is right in front of you. All cookies are delicious the way all dogs are cute, but even so, this chocolate chip and tart cherry cookie is special. Oatmeal makes it chewy; brown sugar and butter make it crisp.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Spring is here, and it’s time to get our dinners with the program — slow down on the stews, the casseroles, and the roasts, and pick up on the bright colors and big greens of the season. Starting with this creamy olive and arugula pesto pasta that comes together quickly so you can maximize those long hours of daylight before stepping into the 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. Like any good one-quarter Italian American, I like my bruschetta served on crusty bread alongside a big plate of cured meats and all of the pickled things you can find on the antipasto platter. So the thought of having my bruschetta on a bed of rotini pasta plus (gasp) chicken seems a little sacrilegious, no?

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 don’t like onions, you might want to go for a walk for a few minutes, or go check out one of our other lovely recipes. For everybody else, though, you should check out the magic that happens when this recipe has you cook a bunch of sweet onions in a big mess of butter and 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. The first thought that ran through my head when I saw the title of this recipe was What on earth is taco spaghetti? And that thought was quickly followed by Can it possibly be good? Do I dare to try it? Taco spaghetti sounds like something a person might make on a dare, or when confronted with a truly astonishing case of the munchies.

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. By now you’ve heard numerous reports of the Instant Pot’s versatility. Those reports have not been exaggerated. Case in point? This recipe for Instant Pot cheesy Mexican chicken, served over rice. It’s a family-friendly dish that will leave you feeling satisfied and content in no time at all.

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 is not your average weeknight dinner chicken recipe! It’s a creative twist on the classic chicken dishes your family is probably already used to. So grab your favorite herbs, and try this citrus marinated one-pan chicken. This “bright and zingy” marinade doesn’t take professional training to pull off.

I have been trying to eat more balanced breakfasts lately — maybe eggs and a slice of avocado toast or oatmeal — but the one thing I will never be able to resist in the morning is a warm breakfast pastry. A small slab of butter melting on a semi-sweet muffin alongside a cup of tea before your day starts has got to be one of life’s smallest but greatest pleasures. That’s why I am planning on making these buttermilk lemon poppyseed muffins as soon as I have the opportunity.

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 casserole dish presents an open invitation to experiment. Not sure what to do for dinner? Pile some things into the dish, bake it for 45 minutes, and hope something delicious comes out.

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 chicken lasagna from Little Broken offers a savory, vegetable-heavy take on a classic. It’s not too hard or time-consuming to make, either.

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. Some people learn to cook when they’re young, but others don’t come to it until later in life. Learning to cook as an adult can be difficult, because a lot of cooking comes down to instinct, or rather the kind of perception that develops slowly over time with lots of practice: Is this done? Do I flip it now?

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. Some days call for carbs and cream sauce, and gnocchi are one of the most perfect comfort foods you’ll ever find. They’re soft, chewy, bite-sized puffs of starchy goodness that combine some of the best parts of pasta and mashed potatoes.

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 soup is a near-perfect food — especially with rice or noodles. But still, as comforting as it is, chicken soup is missing something: spice.

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. Sometimes I feel like I’m about to get sick of chicken. It’s so easy, inexpensive, and healthful that it can turn into the default dinner protein, and the next thing I know, I’ve been eating chicken breasts every day for a week. It’s not the chicken’s fault, though — I just need a new recipe.

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. It’s pretty much agreed upon that Buffalo chicken is one of the world’s best flavors. Sure, it started on wings, but these days you see it on pizza and in dips, and now it’s taking on the world of soup.

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 was a kid, I was a notoriously picky eater. My dad now jokes that I “ate like a bird,” picking at my food with more skepticism than he thought possible for a small child. I eventually grew out those particular eating habits, but that is all to say that it is oftentimes hard to get young children excited about dinner.

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. Jalapeño popper nachos sound like the sort of thing that happens when you’re indecisive, but you have a lot of cheese to cook with. Will you make jalapeño poppers? Nachos?

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 Parmesan is an Italian-American restaurant staple, and it’s easy enough to make at home on a weeknight. It seems complicated, but with some jarred marinara sauce and sliced mozzarella cheese, this easy-to-follow recipe brings the comfort food classic to the table in about 40 minutes.

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. Sometimes you have to take a stand for what you believe in, and I will fight any day to defend the honor of pineapple on pizza. Why would pineapple not go on pizza? Pizza is the perfect place for pineapple!

Like, for tonight. JUST DO IT.

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. Getting an Instant Pot made it a lot easier for me to stick to my resolution of bringing lunch with me to work more often. Instant Pots make meal prep a breeze, and I can stock a whole refrigerator in one weekend afternoon.