Dinner at the end of summer needs to be affordable, fast, and healthy. It also needs to refuel my entire family after long days of school and energize them for early season sports. Tuna burgers are my answer. Tuna Burgers Are Fast, Healthy, and Filling This tuna burger recipe is indeed fast, healthy, and filling. Canned tuna is inexpensive. I keep it stocked in the pantry so I can make this recipe on those days when I forget to plan dinner....
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(Cue Bugs Bunny chomping on a carrot, “what’s up doc?”) If you happen to buy carrots with carrot tops, I urge you to think twice before throwing the carrot tops away! You’ve paid for them, and if they are still fresh and green, you may as well use them, right? Carrots are in the same family (apiaceae) as parsnips, coriander, fennel, and parsley. Not surprisingly the carrot greens taste a lot like parsley!...
The heat from the sausages, peppers, and onions helps to wilt the arugula a little, and the juice from the sausages is all you need for the greens. My friend Heidi H of Carlisle, MA, prepared this sausage dish for us on our annual pilgrimage to the east coast and we loved it. The peppery flavor of the baby arugula is a perfect complement to the sausage, peppers, and onions....
How to Tell When Quiche Is Done Cooking The hallmark of a good quiche is that creamy, custardy texture that you get when the quiche is baked just enough without becoming over-baked and rubbery. To achieve this, pull the quiche from the oven when the sides are set, but there’s just a bit of wobble in the middle when you gently shake the pan. The quiche will set completely as it cools, and you’ll be left with a perfectly silky slice....
How to Turn a Negroni into a NA-groni How do you make up for the character and substance of a true London dry gin, the backbone of the classic negroni? Alcoholic drinks have a finish (or lingering after-taste) that is not easily replicated in non-alcoholic versions. A drinkable something is easy enough – and most of my attempts using light, ever-so-subtle infusions were just that – but if you want to feel you’re drinking an actual cocktail, you need to figure out that finish....
So for this dish, I decided to marry the two—chicken and chickpeas, all coated with smoked paprika (and some pepper and oregano), and bake them on a bed of sliced onions. Perfect! Especially for a no-fuss midweek meal. The chickpeas provide enough starch for the chicken, so there’s no need for rice or potatoes. The dish does need a splash of green, which is ably accomplished by the addition of either chopped cilantro or parsley....
One way to take a quesadilla from snack to a meal is to add some protein, like chicken, beef, or in this case shrimp. First marinate raw shrimp in a little lime juice and chili pepper. Then sauté the shrimp and add it to your jack-cheese quesadilla along with red onion and cilantro. Serve with some sliced avocado, sour cream, maybe another squeeze of lime juice, and you’re set! If you’re really in a hurry you can use already cooked shrimp....
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Think of tofu scramble as a hearty yet healthy dish in its own right, and not a second-class stand in for eggs. Tofu scramble takes minutes to make, utilizes ingredients you have on hand, and is packed with protein. Is Tofu Scramble Vegan? Yes! Tofu scramble got a bad rap as bland hippy food back in the days when a lot of vegan cooking was, well, bland hippy food. Tofu is pretty neutral in flavor, but it easily absorbs the flavors of the other ingredients....
Frozen Hot Chocolate I remember walking up to our local Dairy Queen and getting these with my friends. It was so nice that everything was pretty much within walking-distance where we grew up. Now, with just 7 ingredients, I recreate this recipe at home for my kids. Nothing else beats drinking this cool, creamy, chocolatey drink on a hot summer day! Our Frozen Hot Chocolate tastes like the fancy drink you can get in New York City at Serendipity but a lot cheaper and easier to make at home....
I’ve made osso buco, an Italian dish of braised veal shanks, several times. I’ve eaten it in fine Italian restaurants but I’ve never really liked it until now. How to Make Italian Osso Buco This is a great recipe that my father pulled from the web a few years ago, which uses pancetta, instead of olive oil, for the browning of the veal and cooking the vegetables. Olive oil is the traditional method, so if you want to skip the pancetta, just substitute several tablespoons of olive oil....
I could list one hundred reasons why baking bread at home is a good idea. Chief among them is that your house will never smell more comforting or homey than when a loaf of bread is rising to golden perfection in your oven. All the other reasons like the subtle nutty flavor and added fiber in your diet are good, too, but oh, my word, the smell of freshly baked bread is to an adult what petting a kitten is to child—all comfort and love....
That was my idea as I set out to repeat the success we had with our Avocado Tuna Salad. It would be a “sequel” of sorts, hopefully a sequel more like Toy Story 2 (brilliant!) than the second Bridget Jones (yikes). Nailed it! At least I think so. You will be the final judge. The unexpected ingredient in this chicken salad is chopped apple. Apple brings sweetness, tartness, and crunch to the chicken salad, helping to round out the flavors....
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I love the delicate, dark crumb and robust flavor of a chocolate cake. Everything about it feels luxurious and decadent to me. Serve it alongside a steaming cup of coffee or tall glass of milk, and I’m in heaven. With this recipe, I wanted to make a celebration cake. Something I would give to a friend, make for a birthday party, or place at a holiday table. Layer cakes just scream “special” to me in a way that a sheet cake doesn’t....
Corned Beef Sandwiches When it comes to a Corned Beef Sandwich, this one definitely has my own unique personal twist. If you want to make this more like a traditional Rueben sandwich, then just swap out the coleslaw for sauerkraut. I am not a big sauerkraut fan, my husband loves it but I think it tastes rotten. So I swap it out for coleslaw and some sliced pickles so that I can actually enjoy this yummy sandwich....
I especially love the thin-skinned varieties of cucumbers—Persian, Armenian, English. Their peels are thin and delicate, not bitter like regular cucumbers, so they don’t require peeling. They’re also not usually as seedy as their thick-skinned cousins. Persian cucumbers, about 5 inches long In this salad, we are tossing thinly sliced cucumbers with thinly sliced red onion, red radishes, a few mint leaves, and feta cheese, all together with a simple olive oil and vinegar dressing....
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Why Make Pancakes from Scratch? I know you might be thinking, “Why would I make pancakes from scratch when I could just buy a pancake mix at the store?” But, let me tell you, these pancakes are WAY better than any store-bought mix. You probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen right now and it comes together in five minutes or less. Plus, making pancakes from scratch is actually a lot cheaper than using a mix....
