This sheet pan supper will show you just how quick and simple it can be to get a salmon dinner on the table any night of the week. It all starts by firing up your broiler. Do that and you will be tucking into perfectly cooked fillets with just the right amount of char around the edges. We’re making it a meal by partnering this weeknight-friendly fish with crispy red potato rounds and tender asparagus spears. Oh, and it will all happen in under 20 minutes. Yes, really!
Not working with a ton of pantry storage in your kitchen? No problem. Turns out there are tons of clever ways to create a super-organized pantry out of a cupboard; even if you’re lacking in cabinet space. All you need is $60 and internet access — or a single trip to your local superstore. Whether you try just one of these foolproof suggestions or all five, you’ll wind up with a significantly better pantry than you started with (which was nothing) and enough money left in your monthly budget to go grocery shopping afterwards.
I love having a healthy dip at my fingertips when I am preparing dinner at home or need a simple appetizer for a get-together with friends. This particular dip of puréed beans and artichokes is filling enough to tide me over until dinner is ready, but also light and refreshing — a perfect snack for the dark and dreary winter days we’re getting in our neck of the woods.
Here are a few things I know to be true: Split pea soup is never going to win the winter soup Olympics. Its signature hue of mushy pea green will never be prized as fashionable by anyone but the unfashionable likes of me. If you know people who stand up and cheer when they hear that it’s a split pea soup for dinner kind of evening, you know amazing, rare unicorn people I would like to have over for dinner more often. It could be argued that split pea soup doesn’t help its cause by its, ahem, mushy texture that usually solidifies into a brick in a fridge overnight, which is why it surprised me as much as it did that when I mentioned making it — along with this black bread — in this food diary I kept for Grub Street last week, so many people asked me for the recipe.
I had been eating split pea soup for at least half my life before I realized it was not traditionally a vegetarian soup. Growing up, my mom made it from, well, tubes from the grocery store that included the dried peas and a seasoning packet I thought the results were above reproach. The fact that it was usually from Manischewitz probably could have explained the absence of ham hocks, but I don’t like to jump to conclusions or anything.
The typical American kitchen (as of this writing) has a row of upper cabinets and another, deeper row of cabinets under the countertop. The lower cabinets will have, perhaps, one drawer, and then a set of doors. This is actually a terrible idea!
If you’re considering a kitchen remodel, I’m here to convince you that every kitchen should have drawers — not cabinets — under the counter. If you’ve already got drawers in your kitchen, well, read on and feel smug.
It’s late and cold and you’re craving a hot bowl of homemade soup, but your fridge is bare. What to do? Pull out some chicken broth from the pantry and try one of these six ultra-quick and simple-yet-satisfying ways to transform it into dinner.
Whole30 is described as a 30-day “reset” button for your diet. It’s designed to clear away any processed foods and refocus our attention on whole foods. There’s no sugar, dairy, alcohol, or legumes, but there is a ton of meat and vegetables.
There’s also a lot of cooking, which sounds great, but the kind of food that’s part of Whole30 is such a departure from the way many of us cook that even getting started with Whole30 can seem daunting and expensive. Unless you already own a bottle of liquid aminos and a barrel full of coconut oil, you’re probably going to have to make a trip to the store before starting Whole30.
A really good bowl of chili delivers tender beans, seasoned beef, and a savory tomato base laced with just enough spice to wake up your senses. And better yet, all of this can be made in the slow cooker. But with so many ways to make this classic dish, it’s often hard to find a simple, straightforward technique for making chili that delivers exactly what we expect in a bowl. If you invest your prep time in making chili powder from scratch and browning the beef really well, you’ll have the best bowls of simple, tasty chili waiting in the slow cooker when you get home.
Here’s what is good to know about making crackers. First, the dough comes together in mere seconds with the help of a food processor. Second, you have to roll and cut out every single one. So I suggest you enlist little hands to help if you can!
Sunday prep is to meal planning what long rides and runs are to an Ironman training schedule, which is to say it’s totally essential. It’s the step that makes the puzzle complete. Without it the other pieces (think: meal planning and shopping) aren’t as strong. With two to three hours in the kitchen, and the help of my husband, Sunday meal prep means we have prepared foods and meals at our fingertips for a whole week. Here’s how I make it happen.