Gluten Free

I can't stop snacking on them.

Put that frozen salmon right in the oven!

It pairs well with everything.

Never buy a bottle again.

It comes together in just 5 minutes.

A one-ingredient wonder.

When life gives you cabbage...

It's scary good.

It's shockingly simple.

Sweet, creamy, and ridiculously refreshing.

Freeze it now, enjoy great lasagna later.

For when you're bored of chicken (and pork chops).

It tastes good with everything.

Your favorite pasta impersonator, in under 15 minutes.

Tomato purée is a cooking essential you might be missing. Simpler and a bit thicker than its flavorful cousin, tomato sauce, tomato purée is a fast way to quickly prepare and freeze a bushel of fresh tomatoes for future cooking. Plum or Roma tomatoes are best for purée because they are generally grown for preserving. Paste, oven-dried tomatoes, and sauce are all made from these varieties — they are low in water content and rich in flavor.

The minimalist dessert gets a maximalist upgrade.

You've never seen chicken enchiladas like this before.

Once you learn how easy it is to make, you may never return to the store-bought stuff again.

No road trip required.

Move over, ketchup and Sriracha! When it comes to versatile red condiments, harissa is my absolute favorite. This Tunisian chile sauce is a fantastic shortcut to spice up a meal and can be used with everything from meat to vegetables, couscous, roasted potatoes, scrambled eggs, as a dip for bread … the list is truly endless. Making them is easy; you can blend the chiles into a thick paste with garlic, olive oil, and aromatic spices.

Milk kefir is an easy sell for anyone who loves yogurt, which I most definitely do. KefirsmoothieprobioticsAll you need is a teaspoon of active kefir grains and a cup of whole milk. Milk kefir is a fermented dairy product similar in many ways to yogurt and buttermilk. It’s how kefir is cultured that makes it really unique — instead of heating the milk, adding a culture, and keeping it warm as you do with yogurt, all you need to make milk kefir are kefir grains.

Achieve crispy, juicy results while barely lifting a finger.

They take about 10 minutes to assemble and last for weeks in the refrigerator.

Feta forever!

It's as rich and creamy as you could ever hope for.

This is the definitive recipe for classic vanilla custard ice cream.

A reason to never throw away bacon grease.

Turn 5 ingredients into the dreamiest dessert.

Can you slice vegetables and boil brine? Then you can make refrigerator pickles.

Put this over everything.

It's packed with rich and smoky flavor.

Everything you need to know about grilling eggplant, summer squash, bell peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, and more.

You just need 5 ingredients and there's no baking required.

Bacon and maple syrup make everything better.

Especially when they're sautéed in lots of butter.

If you think you detect a hint of chocolate in your chili, you're not wrong.

A savory breakfast that takes two minutes to prep for the slow cooker.

Congee, jook, okayu. Asian-style rice porridge has many names and countless variations, but in every instance it is a simple, comforting dish for breakfast or any time of day. This extra nutritious version includes brown rice, shiitake mushroomsginger. I grew up with the Vietnamese version, called cháo, which my parents made using white rice and lots of water in a big, simmering pot. (It can also be made in a rice cooker or slow cooker.

This sticky rice pudding can be served for breakfast or as a dessert. When I was traveling in Thailand, I had this rice pudding almost every morning, served in small banana leaf bowls, with thick coconut cream and fresh mangoes. It is easily one of my favorite food memories of all time. You can make this rice pudding with black or white glutinous rice. (Or use both! The black rice tints the white a delicate purplish color.) Both varieties are available in most Asian groceries.

Memorize this surprising yet super-simple technique and you'll forever be rewarded with the crispiest skin and juiciest meat.

Spread it onto bread, fold into omelets, or eat spoonfuls with ricotta.

Kombu broth, or dashi, is as quintessential to Japanese cooking as chicken broth is to American cooks.

Ready the food processor and grab that jar of roasted red peppers in the back of your pantry.

A wholesome take on the classic Chinese appetizer that you can eat for dinner.

This classic Cuban soup is inexpensive, hearty, and guaranteed to warm you up.

It's foolproof!

As much as we love ice cream, we wouldn’t want you to miss out on another sweet, creamy treat: homemade frozen yogurt. So I went about looking for the very best method for making frozen yogurt. After testing several recipes I’ve found that whipping up your own batch of fro-yo isn’t too different from making your own ice cream, though there are a few key differences to keep in mind.

While the idea of churning my own butter appeals to the part of me that obsessed over the Little House on the Prairie books as kid, I think that if Laura Ingalls Wilder landed in the present day, she’d ditch that butter churn for a blender in a heartbeat. In a blender, making your own butter becomes a practical, everyday affair for us modern-day home cooks. Find a sale on your favorite heavy cream? Have half a carton leftover from the weekend? Treat yourself to some homemade butter.

There's kale in it to make you feel wholesome, and cheese and white wine to make you feel indulgent.

This is the recipe that can make *anyone* a jam maker.

Here’s the easiest way to cook mahi mahi, yielding flaky pan-seared fillets with a lemon butter sauce.

Toss the frozen shrimp straight onto the sheet pan.

One bite and you'll wonder why you haven't been making fruit salad this way all along.

An easy-to-love, one-skillet dinner that leans on a jar of apricot preserves.

Feels goods, right?

Make soft, creamy steel-cut oats in under 20 minutes.

Just 3 ingredients!

This recipe ushers in a fresh start for cabbage soup.

If you’re looking for a quick, cheap lunch and want new ways to fancy-up canned tuna, this recipe is for you! Tuna is tossed with an orange-ginger dressing, creamy avocado and served with rice and vegetables. It’s a simple yet satisfying budget recipe that makes for a great lunch. When I look at a can of tuna, it saddens me that such a convenient and tasty (in my opinion!) food is just so…unattractive, especially when compared to fresh tuna steak.

Fast, flavorful, and super easy.

Make it once and eat all week.

The result is easy, lightened-up, and still oh-so-crunchy.

This recipe takes less than five minutes to pull together and then rewards you with a delicious, healthy dinner at the end of the day.

This fabulous egg bake starts with those convenient pre-cut veggies from the produce section.

It's fast, flavorful, and incredibly satisfying.

It will get to the table faster, too.

One time during fall, I tagged along with my husband on a work trip to Toulouse, France (as one does when one’s spouse has meetings in such nice places). It was our first time in Toulouse, and it was stressful. I feel like the first trip to any new city is a kind of sacrifice to the travel gods, seasoned with blunders and bad maps and jet lag, especially when you don’t speak the language or have a credit card with the right kind of chip inside.

A pan sauce feels like something you read on a menu, doesn’t it? A bit of fancy chef magic that should only be attempted by trained professionals. But here’s the real secret: pan sauces are so incredibly simple. And fast. In the time it takes your steak or pork chop to rest, you can turn those pan drippings into a fantastic sauce, no culinary school degree required. Liquid, in a combination of wine or stock, is used to deglaze the pan and a little butter is added to make things rich.

Big-batch sangria that won't break your budget.

Poppy seed dressing has a balance of sweet and tangy that I find completely irresistible. The ingredients are easy-to-find; you need white wine vinegar, sugar, and some finely shredded shallot or onion. It’s great on a spinach and strawberry salad, makes a fun spin in a coleslaw, and also does wonders as a marinade for chicken. It’s the jack-of-all-trades of the salad dressing world. This dressing is also surprisingly easy to make yourself.

You likely have everything you need.