There’s something comforting about making an extra-large casserole or a giant pot of soup — it’s that assurance that you’ll have plenty on hand for the whole family to eat. While these sort of meals are often thought to be hearty, meaty affairs, there are plenty of meatless big-batch recipes out there to cook up, whether you’re vegetarian or just are looking for something that’s heavy on the veggies. Here are 10.
If there was ever a grocery store shortcut worthy of an award, it’s the rotisserie chicken. I believe there are few things this fully cooked bird can’t do. And while it certainly makes a simple and comforting meal on its own, it also lends itself to so many other uses. These are my 10 favorite ways to turn a rotisserie chicken into easy weeknight dinners.
There are a lot of things a person can do to take advantage of all the cucumbers in the stores and farmers markets right now. We could make cocktails, salads, pickles, and even cold cucumber soups. With their bright-green color, cucumbers lend themselves to a lot of visually appealing summer recipes, so there are a ton of good cucumber recipes on Pinterest.
I even found a tutorial for making cucumber roses. But of all the many cucumber recipes on Pinterest, the most popular one is this cucumber, onion, and tomato salad from a blog called Yummy Mommies. It’s been saved more than 34,000 times, and several people have posted photos of their attempts at making it.
As a cast iron-loving cook, I sometimes get weary of all the rumors about things you should not cook in cast iron pans (spoiler: there is nothing you can’t cook in your cast iron if it is well-seasoned). Cast iron skillets are classic cookware, often passed down through generations because they are nearly indestructible and get better the more you use them.
It’s time we start using cast iron cookware outside of one-skillet dinners and searing pork chops and steaks, because eggs cooked in a butter-slicked cast iron pan will change your life. Here are three things that are actually better when cooked in cast iron.
You and your blender have been through it all: party-worthy pitchers of margaritas, your daily green smoothie, and your DIY almond butter kick. But now, after years of good times, it’s starting to show its age.
Is it time to replace it? Here are five signs it most definitely is.
There really isn’t a more versatile ingredient to always have on hand in the refrigerator than eggs. Eggs help us start our days off right and give our baked goods moisture and structure. They’re also inexpensive, full of protein, and a lifesaver at dinner when you need to throw a quick meal together.
But eggs at dinner can be just more than just scrambled eggs; they can truly be the star! Whether they’re stirred into soups, baked with veggies or lentils, or fried on top of polenta or greens, here are 26 delicious ways to eat eggs for dinner tonight.
So, you’ve got a few chicken breasts in the freezer or a steak ready to throw in a screaming-hot cast iron skillet. That’s the easy part. Deciding what to serve alongside your main can feel tricky, but I’m here to show you that it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are 12 veggie-heavy sides that are just as easy to pull off as they are delicious and satisfying.
I used to think the greatest thing about my slow cooker was the way it tackled dinner on super-busy weeknights, but then I learned that it does something even better: breakfast. With the same amount of ease and low effort, the slow cooker works through the night to deliver a warm breakfast when you wake up! Better yet, there’s likely to be enough to last for the whole week ahead.
Whether you reach for toast and jam, crunchy granola, or tender egg casseroles, these 13 recipes will show you all the best ways to use your slow cooker for breakfast.
When your goal is to eat better — whether that means more whole grains, doing Whole30, or trying something else — it can be tricky to find snacks and staples that fit your diet and your budget. But ever since Thrive Market hit the online grocery scene in 2014, its goal has been to make healthy food more affordable.
In fact, its specific goal is to make organic, eco-friendly, and GMO-free food and household products as affordable as conventional. And Thrive seems to be succeeding: The company’s products are at least as cheap, and sometimes way cheaper, than Costco and Amazon.
Here are 10 things to know about this members-only, web-based health food store.
Recently I was walking my younger brother through the basics of making granola at home. Over the phone, he lamented that most recipes felt too fussy and ingredient-heavy for the simple, not-too-sweet, easy granola he craved.
Basic (but very good) granola requires just a handful of ingredients: oats, a sweetener, some oil, and maybe nuts or dried fruit. Once you master that basic formula, it’s even easier to mix up a granola made just the way you like it.