Category: Recipes

Transform Grilled Salmon With a 3-Ingredient Sauce

Three ingredients you probably already have on hand—curry powder, yogurt, and lemon juice—meld into a mouthwatering sauce that transforms simple grilled salmon. This healthy and easy dinner recipe comes together in just 20 minutes. Salmon With Curried Yogurt and Cucumber Salad Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Serves 4 1 1/4 pounds salmon…


Tomato-Juice Tabbouleh: Old World Salad, New World Trick

The world has its share of tabbouleh recipes. The bulgur and parsley salad from the Lebanese hill country has made the rounds, finding homes in many cultures, with countless regional variations. And I can improve all of them, as if by magic wand, thanks to a trick I learned from a farmer in Montana. Thousands…


Strawberry ‘Nice’ Cream Is the Perfect Summer Treat

This luscious strawberry “nice” cream is a wonderful healthy ice cream alternative. It’s all fruit, dairy-free, and vegan, and contains no added sugar, but is bursting with sweet berry flavor. And it takes just minutes to whip up this easy healthy dessert in a food processor if you freeze the fruit ahead. While you’ll get…


Let the Sauce Take Center Stage in This 30-Minute Recipe

It’s not fair to say that this recipe is all about the chermoula sauce. After all, shrimp and kale are equal heavyweights in this dish. It’s just that the chermoula sauce does something wicked to it. Chermoula, as you may know, is a fragrant North African slurry of fresh herbs, citrus, and spices. It’s typically…


How to Turn Tofu Into a Summer Grilling Staple

If there’s a food that’s not improved by grilling, I’ve yet to find it. The open flame and sizzling grill grates add flavor, complexity, and gorgeous grill marks to meat, veggies, fruit, and tofu (what we’re talking about today!). With just a few smart steps—including dredging the planks in a simple spice rub and finishing…


Bright, Sweet, and Tart Raspberries Add Pops of Flavor and Color to These Muffins

Looking for a sweet bite in the morning? Adding raspberries to your muffin batter yields a tasty bite the whole family will enjoy. And while you’re snacking on these delicious muffins, you can teach the kids some fun facts about raspberries. For example, even though raspberries are fruits, they are actually not berries. Scientifically speaking,…


Peach Berry Crisp With Vanilla Custard Celebrates the Sweetness of Summer

Summer desserts are meant to celebrate the season. Fruit pies, cobblers, buckles, and crisps are made for the sweet fruits of summer. These casual yet undeniably satisfying fruit desserts depend upon the best seasonal fruits, usually topped with a cake, streusel, or both. There are differences between these traditional American desserts, so here is a…


The Morels Have Stories

At the farmers markets of the West, it’s common to find morel mushrooms for sale in little baskets. They look gnomish, with honeycomb-like caps atop stubby stalks, each individual with a slightly different shape and posture. Wild to the core, this stubborn species of fungus has refused all efforts at domestication and only grows where it…


Instant Pot Salsa Chicken Is the Easiest, Most Foolproof Chicken Dinner I Know

Anytime I’m staring down a pack of boneless chicken breasts and need a quick dinner that requires next to no effort, I turn to salsa chicken. It’s the easiest, most foolproof chicken dinner I know, and the reason I always keep a couple of jars of salsa on hand. After just 15 minutes in the…


Spice up Your Cooking With Homemade Harissa

If you’re looking for a condiment that multitasks and tastes stand-alone delicious, then look no further than harissa. Harissa is a smoky red pepper sauce traditionally used in North African cuisine. You may know it as a fiery one-note paste sold in a tube, or as a jarred red sauce with a salsa consistency. Essentially,…