Recipe: Bean Chilaquiles with Avocado & Queso Fresco — Weekday Breakfast Recipes from The Kitchn

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Here’s a classic one-dish Mexican breakfast originally conceived as a way to use up leftover tortillas. It doesn’t usually include beans, but this version was invented one hungry morning when a perusal of the refrigerator turned up some leftover cooked beans, a half-jar of salsa and a few other odds and ends.

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the ingredients. As long as you have the beans, salsa, tortillas and eggs, the dish will satisfy. You’ll have breakfast on the table in the time it takes to brew the coffee.

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It’s Breakfast Week at The Kitchn! What Do You Want to Talk About?

Welcome to March! Every March we do a month that we call 3 Square Meals, devoting a week each to breakfast, lunch, and dinner (plus snacks). This lines up with our Cooking Cure which kicked off today with your first assignment. This whole week will be about the what, how, and why of breakfast. What do you want to talk about? Tell us!

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Why Recipes Call for Unsalted Butter — Ingredient Intelligence

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A couple months ago, in the depths of holiday baking season, my friend Wendy sent me a message. “Faith,” she said. “I have a question about butter. Why do some recipes call for unsalted butter? I don’t always have unsalted butter on hand — is it a big deal or not?”

Can you relate? Maybe you’ve wondered this too: why do baking recipes usually call for unsalted butter?

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Rabbit Spoons and Subtle Signs of Spring (Plus Some Exciting News!) — Weekend Meditation

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My landlady stopped by this morning to retrieve her mail, which I had been dutifully saving from our drenching late winter rains while she was away in Mexico. In return, she presented me with a gift of a little Oaxacan spoon topped with a carved pink rabbit. The cheerful pink bunny and the arrival of March are just a few of the many reminders that spring, and all the changes it will bring, is not that far off. (Honest. I swear.)

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What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of March 1-2, 2014

Ah — March is here! Is it spring yet? I’m still in the depths of winter cooking, planning a breakfast casserole and a big pot of the heartiest soup in my repertoire this weekend. What about you? What’s cooking in your kitchen this weekend? Tell us, and we hope you’re all geared up for The Cooking Cure — it kicks off first thing Monday morning! Happy weekend, and happy cooking!

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Rosemary & Lemon Chicken Minestrone Soup, Beginner Sourdough Sandwich Loaf, Lentil Salad, Truffled Potato Flatbread & Free-Form Apple Tart — New Recipes From The Kitchn

Happy weekend everyone! Have any big cooking plans? I for one am excited to try my hand at Emma’s sourdough starter and eventually turning it into a beginner sourdough sandwich loaf. Making your own bread for sandwiches just takes lunch to a whole new level. If you’d rather take it easy this weekend, however, you definitely need to try the rosemary and lemon chicken minestrone soup and a hot mug of lemon balm tea. Both recipes are on the easier side and oh so cozy and satisfying.

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The Ultimate Juice Book — New Cookbook

We’re juicing, you’re juicing, your neighbor and your dog sitter and your barista are all probably juicing. Yes, juicing definitely feels like the”it” thing right now, doesn’t it?! Well, if you’ve been getting into the juicing groove and are starting to look around your kitchen, thinking “What can I juice next?” then let me direct your attention to this new book of juices. The Ultimate Juice Book has over 300 recipes for juices, shakes, and smoothies — and if that’s not enough to keep your blender going for the next few months, then I don’t know what is!

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The Most Under-Appreciated Recipes of the 2000s: Food Writers Share Their Secret Favorites — Recipes of the Decades

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This week we are talking about the recipes that defined the decades, those dishes that may no longer be popular, but that still hold a special place in our hearts (and bellies). Today we’re hitting a little closer to home, talking about the recipes that were superstars just a decade ago.

Remember cupcake mania? The trio of fancy sliders on every menu in town? Meyer lemons in everything? Of course you do — it was the 2000s. And it included a lot of recipes food writers still love.

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