Recipes

Too pretty to drink? Nope.

Stromboli might actually be the most perfect weeknight meal. You roll up your family’s favorite fillings — meat, cheeses, or veggies — in pizza dough (store-bought, obviously) and bake the whole thing to golden-brown perfection. Then you slice the stromboli into portable, easy-to-dip pieces that you can serve with marinara sauce for dipping or wrapped in a napkin on the way to soccer practice.

Bon appétit!

Italian sausage is one of my favorite proteins. It packs a lot of flavor, and yet it still manages to pair well with just about anything. Whether you like yours sweet, spicy, or mild, there are plenty of things you can make at home with it. Of course there’s pasta, which is usually the first thing that comes to mind when people think about Italian sausage, but that’s really just the beginning. Soups, casseroles, and sheet pan dinners are all great ways to turn sausage into a meal.

It’s sweet, salty, sour, and gets a little kick from the pepper.

The ultimate hug in a bowl.

A quick skillet of fried rice is one of the easiest, most satisfying ways to transform leftover rice into a complete meal. Here, we’ve added crumbles of ground pork, a couple of eggs, and whatever vegetable you’ve got in the freezer to create a winning dinner the whole family will enjoy. Here’s how to make it. It only takes 15 minutes to make. From start to finish, this pork fried rice takes about 15 minutes to cook for a quick and delicious weeknight dinner.

Ready in less than 20 minutes!

Canned corn to the rescue.

During Valentine’s Day, there’s no better way to show appreciation for your loved one – whether that’s your spouse, significant other, best friend, or even (especially) yourself – than to spend quality time with them over a special at-home dinner. You don’t have to spend all day to cook a romantic dinner.

I am a huge fan of chicken thighs, especially boneless, skinless chicken thighs because they’re inexpensive, tasty, and easy to cook. In fact, I find it difficult to mess them up. They are just dark enough to stay tender, but not so dark as to put off people who prefer white meat. Everyone who eats regularly at my house has eaten chicken thighs.In the summer I grill them every week, especially when I have a big table of people to feed.

You only need six ingredients.

The only recipe you need.

It’s delicious!

The perfect pick-me-up.

If you’re looking for a way to give your basic mashed potatoes a seriously impressive upgrade, there’s no better way to do it than by taking inspiration from a loaded baked potato with all the fixings. I’m talking tangy sour cream, smoky bacon, sharp cheddar, and fragrant fresh chives.From Thanksgiving dinner to game day when there’s a slow cooker of chili and you need a little something extra to round out the meal, loaded mashed potatoes are always the answer.

My first attempt at making flan was a few months after becoming a newlywed. My husband was stationed at Fort Hood, we had recently moved away from family and friends, and I was hosting my first dinner party. Thinking back now I giggle at myself for thinking I could pull off the menu I had planned. Two appetizers, a specialty cocktail, a main course with salad, and flan. Let us just say my guests went home hungry and I was left devastated.

There’s really no arguing that it’s ugly. And kind of alien-looking. And yeah, even downright gross. But dang it, scobys make some delicious kombucha! If you want to save a few bucks on your ‘booch habit, there’s just no getting around it. You’re going to need a scoby.You can beg a scoby from a kombucha-brewing friend, or you can order a fresh one online. But there’s one more option: you can grow your own. Here’s how to do it.

Why simmer at the stove when you can snuggle on the couch?

It’s packed full of flavor.

Lumpia Shanghai is a popular Filipino spring roll that’s traditionally filled with ground pork, onions, garlic and/or vegetables and shallow-fried in a skillet, giving it a light, crisp exterior.It’s the first thing the kids line up for, patiently waiting for the aunties to be done frying so they can cram a piping-hot lumpia into their mouths. I’m guilty of piling my plate up with lumpia only and eating as much as I can, not really caring about who doesn’t get any.

Get excited.

Which one will you make first?

Cheesy, creamy, and tangy all in one bite.

Plus 10 more to round out the list.

Pure comfort.

It’s like the mother lode of cooking inspo.

Plus, you get to crack the crunchy sugar top.

You need only six basic ingredients.

You’ll want to drizzle the sauce over everything.

It truly is the most delicious of all time!

So simple.

You’ll love its coconut flavor.

The flavor is unreal!

Whether we’re talking about date night at home or a quick weeknight meal, it doesn’t get much better than a giant bowl of steamed mussels. This dish has the kind of easy elegance and immediate gratification that I look for in both cases. Today, I’m sharing my favorite, most basic method for quickly steaming a batch of mussels. It’s simple — just mussels steamed with broth and white wine — but oh so very good!

Great anytime.

It’s anything but dreadful.

If you’ve never had a latke, it’s about time we change that. Traditionally served during Hannukah, these crispy fritters — often made with grated potatoes, onion, eggs, and matzo meal — are cooked in an air fryer and are sort of impossible not to love.Traditionally latkes are fried in oil (or chicken schmaltz!), but I wanted to see if I could make them using the wildly popular air fryer. And guess what? It was a smashing success.

And they only get better with time.

I have ESP (extremely slurpable pasta).

Hosting brunch will be a breeze with this hack.

A perfectly cooked beef tenderloin is truly a sight to behold. The delectable cut often made special-occasion appearances when I was growing up, but Easter Sunday and its rosy-hued tenderloin tea sandwiches was always a holiday favorite.After early church and egg hunts in our finest spring whites, my family would race home to enjoy my mother’s fabulous Southern spread.

Perfectly crunchy and so nutty.

They're perfectly light and airy.

It's all about the cheesy sauce.

So good!

For any time of the day.

When it comes to cookies, we all have our preferences. Me, I’m a texture girl. I like them soft and chewy. From peanut butter cookies and oatmeal cookies to gingerbread cookies, any soft and chewy cookie automatically has my attention. These snickerdoodles were redesigned with that in mind. I often don’t like snickerdoodles that much; they get too crisp, too crunchy. Not these — they’ll still be soft days after you’ve made them.

It's virtually foolproof.

Chocolate-lovers, rejoice!

A tried and true family favorite.

More space for toppings.

It may top my own version.

My father in-law is not a big fan of turkey. So about five years ago, we started adding a bone-in-ham to the family Thanksgiving menu. But each year I am the host and cook, and so I would run into a problem: After making the turkey, how do I season and heat a full ham while all the side dishes are hogging the oven space? Fortunately I settled on a solution: Put the ham in a slow cooker!I admit, spiral-cut ham wasn’t something I always loved.

They’re like three desserts in one.

Oh, eggnog — you devilish seasonal treat, you. We love you in our morning lattes and we love you spiked with bourbon before going to bed. You make the most delicious French toast ever, and even our favorite cake is sending you love notes. Is there anything you can’t do? Truly? This holiday season, I say let’s skip the store-bought cartons and additive-laden jugs, and have our eggnog the old-fashioned way: with real eggs.

Countertop air fryers are an increasingly popular kitchen gadget. Air fryers work by circulating super-hot air, which quickly and evenly reaches all the surfaces of the food. In other words, it gives food that crispy-fried texture and golden-brown color without having to actually deep-fry anything. If you’ve joined the air fryer club and need some ideas for meal essentials, we’ve got you covered. You can make practically anything that you would fry in an air fryer.

Say goodbye to dry lasagna.

And it's only five ingredients.

It's perfect for beginners.