This easy Mediterranean shrimp salad is less about the lettuce (peppery arugula in this case) and more about the tender poached shrimp, supple white beans, and bursting bites of tomato in a tangy champagne vinegar laced dressing. With recipes like my healthy kale salad ... continue reading... about Mediterranean Shrimp Salad With Cannellini Beans
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Cucumber Salad With Dill
Made with tangy vinegar, this quick and easy cucumber salad with dill and red onion pairs nicely with all your favorite summer dishes. Easy Cucumber Salad In our house, when the question is, "What can we make with a bunch of cucumbers?" the mantra is “the more cucumbers, the ... continue reading... about Cucumber Salad With Dill
Roasted Asparagus with Hollandaise
Simple roasted asparagus gets gussied up with this lush yet easy-to-make 3-ingredient blender hollandaise sauce. The quickest and easiest way to make asparagus the most delicious thing ever is to rev up it's inherent sweetness with a fast and furious roast in a hot oven or ... continue reading... about Roasted Asparagus with Hollandaise
Roasted Asparagus
This roasted asparagus recipe is a fast and healthy side dish that gets sweet and tender with just a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and a hot oven. Easy Roasted Asparagus No matter what type of diet you follow, one of the healthiest ways to eat asparagus is cooking it ... continue reading... about Roasted Asparagus
Grilled Asparagus
Tender, smoky, and sweet, the best grilled asparagus is tossed in olive oil with salt and pepper for the perfect, healthy 15-minute side dish. Easiest Grilled Asparagus Side dishes are the connectors of the dinner table, the unifiers that bring the meal together. And ... continue reading... about Grilled Asparagus
How to Cook Artichokes
Most cooks think the best way to cook an artichoke is to boil them. But like many boiled vegetables, boiled artichokes lack snap and flavor. Wondering how to cook artichokes? I say the best way is to bake or steam them. As much as I love them now, I wasn’t a fan of ... continue reading... about How to Cook Artichokes
Cheesy Potatoes
These easy cheesy potatoes with green bell pepper and yellow onion are only four ingredients away from a bite of heaven for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. THE BEST Cheesy Potatoes Potatoes. They're the fail-safe side dish for any meal of the day. I love super creamy ... continue reading... about Cheesy Potatoes
Chana Masala with Spinach
This easy chana masala chickpea stew gets an added vegetarian boost with spinach added to the earthy, Indian-spiced tomato sauce. Rich and warming with classic Indian spices that perfume the house while it quickly cooks, plant-based chana masala is a tomato stew-ish ... continue reading... about Chana Masala with Spinach
30+ Lucky St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Sometimes hearty, sometimes boozy, but always tasty and festive, these St. Patrick's Day recipes are the perfect inspiration to get you in the mood for feeling the luck of the Irish. There are many reasons traditional St. Patrick's Day recipes are so beloved. If you're ... continue reading... about 30+ Lucky St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Crab Salad Stuffed Avocados
Lightened-up crab salad stuffed avocados topped with mint and chopped pistachios are an easy and healthy brunch, lunch, or light dinner idea. Sliced or diced and everything nice, creamy avocados are an obvious, beloved addition to salads like my strawberry spinach salad ... continue reading... about Crab Salad Stuffed Avocados
Corned Beef and Cabbage (Crockpot or Instant Pot)
Cook it fast or cook it slow, either way this easy corned beef and cabbage creates tender, fall-apart chunks of beef thanks to braising it in the Crockpot or Instant Pot with beer and vegetables for an unbelievably easy and delicious one-pot dinner. Easy Corned Beef and ... continue reading... about Corned Beef and Cabbage (Crockpot or Instant Pot)
Mushroom Risotto
This creamy mushroom risotto recipe is easier to make than you'd think, with dried and fresh mushrooms for a whole lot of flavor and far less stirring and tending. Creamy Mushroom Risotto Contrary to what you may have been led to believe, risotto doesn't have to be an ... continue reading... about Mushroom Risotto
The Best Bloody Mary Recipe (+ Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar)
This Bloody Mary recipe makes a spicy, flavorful vodka cocktail. Add as many toppings as you'd like to get your drink just right! Give me a loaded Bloody Mary or give me a chardonnay. Because when it comes to brunch, I want more, more, more. You might say this cocktail ... continue reading... about The Best Bloody Mary Recipe (+ Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar)
How to Make Classic Macaroni Salad
Nothing says summertime eating like a serving of the best, classic, old-fashioned, creamy macaroni salad with eggs and crisp vegetables dressed in a simple and creamy but still light mayonnaise dressing for any picnic, potluck, or barbecue. How to Make Macaroni Salad from ... continue reading... about How to Make Classic Macaroni Salad
Cabbage Soup
This healthy Weight Watchers cabbage soup is a simpler version of Minestrone, and a 45 year old classic recipe from my grandma's recipe box with a few extra vegetables added in. Weight Watchers Cabbage Soup Back in the day, the Cabbage Soup Diet was the magic bullet many ... continue reading... about Cabbage Soup
Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
Adding a Parmesan cheese coating to roasted cauliflower creates another tasty layer of caramelized goodness in this good for you side dish. I'm not the first person to add cheese to cauliflower and call it the best thing ever. As a kid, cloaking bland heads of baked ... continue reading... about Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
Cannellini Beans
This master cannellini beans recipe is the nutritious and inexpensive way to transform dried, shelf-stable white beans into the centerpiece of your healthy meal prep and batch cooking goals. One of the most efficient, inexpensive, and healthy ways to get your foodie bang ... continue reading... about Cannellini Beans
Breakfast Potatoes
Ditch the bag of frozen hash browns and make my dad's better-than-your-favorite-restaurant fried breakfast potatoes with onions instead. Growing up, there was nothing better than waking up on the weekend to the aroma of my dad cooking his breakfast potatoes and onions. ... continue reading... about Breakfast Potatoes
50 Favorite Mediterranean Diet Recipes
Once again, The Mediterranean Diet has been named the overall diet of the year. This list of 50 breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes makes it easy to add more of the Med-inspired lifestyle to your weekly meal plan. The Best Overall Diet Just as we were setting our sights on ... continue reading... about 50 Favorite Mediterranean Diet Recipes
Microwave Egg Breakfast Sandwich
In the time it takes to toast a slice of bread, you can have a microwave egg breakfast sandwich loaded with vegetables and creamy cheese. Microwave Egg and Avocado Breakfast Sandwich Back when I worked in an office, I rarely ate breakfast before work. It wasn’t that it was ... continue reading... about Microwave Egg Breakfast Sandwich
31 Instant Pot & Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes
These 31 Instant Pot and slow cooker holiday dishes are perfect for easy meals any time of day, from hearty breakfasts to fun treats for celebrating all month long. Are you scurrying around like little elves, trying to get your holiday shopping done? Is the Instant Pot on ... continue reading... about 31 Instant Pot & Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes
Creamy Polenta
The easiest way to cook creamy, soft polenta won't take hours of whisking or tending when it's cooked in the oven instead of on the stovetop. Too often I've been served polenta that tastes chalky or gritty or just doesn't have much flavor. Polenta is a very simple dish, ... continue reading... about Creamy Polenta
Pumpkin Pie
This easy pumpkin pie recipe's smooth custardy filling makes it my favorite pie for Thanksgiving and every other day of the year. There's hardly a Thanksgiving dinner in America that doesn't include pumpkin pie—and if there is, I don't want to be a part of it. Growing up, ... continue reading... about Pumpkin Pie
THE BEST Stuffing Recipe
This classic stuffing recipe from scratch is a classic. It's an easy, traditional stuffing made with simple ingredients to make for a Thanksgiving turkey, or serve as a side dish to chicken, pork. The Best Stuffing Recipe If I were to stand at a table loaded with the ... continue reading... about THE BEST Stuffing Recipe
Mashed Cauliflower With Parmesan and Chives
Cauliflower is having its day in the trending sun as a healthy ingredient substitute in many of our favorite recipes—like this one, where we swap mashed cauliflower for mashed potatoes in this silky side dish. Creamy Mashed Cauliflower Recipe At first glance, this dish does ... continue reading... about Mashed Cauliflower With Parmesan and Chives
Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
The tang of buttermilk with crumbles of blue cheese amp up the flavor in these 5 ingredient blue cheese mashed potatoes. Buttermilk Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes The best part of dinner, especially when it's a holiday dinner, is the side dishes. And when the side dishes are ... continue reading... about Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes
Knowing how to make mashed potatoes from scratch is a recipe every home cook needs in their kitchen skill set, and this easy recipe shows how to make the best creamy, buttery, mashed potatoes every time. The Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe Does the internet really need ... continue reading... about How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
This homemade cranberry sauce calls for both fresh and dried cranberries to make it tart, sweet, and jammy with a dash of orange flavor. There are few, if any, Thanksgiving recipes that are tolerated straight from the can. Jellied cranberry sauce, in all it's jiggly glory, ... continue reading... about Cranberry Sauce
50 Thanksgiving Side Dishes Recipes
What's the most popular side dish at Thanksgiving at your house? This list of 50 Thanksgiving side dishes cover the classics and recipes with a twist, to give you plenty of recipe ideas to add to your holiday table. Thanksgiving is all about gratitude and tradition, and ... continue reading... about 50 Thanksgiving Side Dishes Recipes
25 Great Ground Beef Recipes
These 25 great ground beef recipes are one of our favorite answers to what's for dinner, because chances are you have a pound of ground beef socked away in the freezer for making tacos, soups, spaghetti, burrito bowls, and more. 25 Easy Ground Beef Recipes You know how it ... continue reading... about 25 Great Ground Beef Recipes
