Mediterranean frittata with feta, roasted peppers, and crouton topping turns a few staples into a twenty-five-minute dinner with company energy. Briny feta and kalamatas, sweet roasted peppers, and crushed croutons over soft eggs make it look far more effortful than...
Quick & Healthy Zucchini Frittata Recipe
Zucchini and green onion frittata is the twenty-five-minute dinner I make when the crisper drawer is full and my energy is not. Ribbons of zucchini and plenty of green onion bound in egg and melted cheddar, straight from one skillet. Looking for a breakfast that's...
Easy Homemade White Bread Recipe (Classic Loaves)
Classic homemade white bread, the Vienna-style kind, is soft, faintly sweet, and tender enough for the middle of a sandwich. Milk and butter in the dough keep it that way for days. A free afternoon is the only real ingredient you need. There's nothing quite like the...
Hearty Whole Wheat Braided Bread Recipe
Hearty whole wheat braided bread is a weekend project with a handsome payoff: two golden loaves braided and sesame-topped, with a soft crumb from milk, egg, and butter. Most of the three-plus hours is just the dough doing its work. There's nothing quite like the aroma...
Easy Homemade Falafel Recipe (Baked or Fried!)
Crispy, herbaceous, and oh-so-easy falafel starts with a can of chickpeas, a fistful of parsley, and warm spices, and ends up golden with a green-flecked middle. No overnight soaking, no mystery ingredients, and dinner in about 45 minutes. Crispy, Herbaceous, and...
Easy Gado-Gado: The Ultimate Indonesian Salad
Gado-gado — Indonesian salad with peanut sauce — is a generous platter of blanched vegetables, potato, and egg under a crunchy peanut sauce called bumbu. It is flexible by design: cook what you have, chill it, and dress it at the table. Ready to transport your taste...
Hearty Split Pea Soup with Fluffy Doughboys
Classic yellow split pea soup with doughboys is pure thrift cooked delicious: split peas simmered with onion and celery until they collapse into gold, crowned with soft dumplings steamed right on top. Two hours, one pot, and a kitchen that smells like a...
Easy Spring Asparagus Frittata Recipe
Spring asparagus frittata is twenty-five minutes from stove to table and the reason I buy asparagus by the bunch all season. Eggs, sweet onion, and grated cheese over just-tender spears; it works for breakfast, lunch, or a laid-back dinner. There's a special kind of...
Easy No-Cook Tomato Rougaille (Mauritian Recipe)
Transport your taste buds to the sunny shores of Mauritius with this incredibly simple and refreshing Tomato Rougaille! This classic Creole dish is a celebration of fresh, vibrant ingredients. It's a no-cook sauce that comes together in minutes, making it the perfect...
Hearty Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe
Hearty mushroom barley soup is winter armor: cremini mushrooms browned in butter, pearl barley simmered in the broth until chewy and just short of starchy. An hour and a quarter, mostly unattended, and it eats like a stew. There's nothing quite like a bowl of hearty,...
Creamy Vegan Peanut & Spinach Stew
Creamy vegan peanut & spinach stew is thirty minutes and one skillet: peanut butter and tomato paste melted into a deeply savory sauce that turns a pile of greens into dinner. It has permanently entered my weeknight rotation. Craving a meal that's bursting with...
Hearty Vegetarian Cabbage and Mushroom Pie
Cabbage, mushroom, and egg pot pie is humble on paper and astonishing on the fork: buttery cabbage and mushrooms baked with hard-boiled eggs under a double crust, scented with basil, marjoram, and tarragon. An hour later it slices like a dream and feeds eight. When...
