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Simply Recipes reader Alton Hoover sent me his favorite recipe for lasagna which he has been cooking since his college days. Alton’s original recipe created enough lasagna for a small army so I halved it. What is posted here will easily serve eight people. Video! How to Make Lasagna The Secret Behind This Classic Lasagna Recipe From what I can tell, the secret behind Alton’s lasagna is the addition of a little sugar to the sauce and using a bit more cheese than most other recipes....

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As some of you know, I am a hunter. With a few exceptions, I have not bought meat for the home in five years—everything we eat we’ve either hunted or fished for ourselves. So I spend a lot of time adjusting traditional recipes to suit wild game. Luckily it turns out that sauerbraten, a classic German pot roast, was, apparently, originally designed for venison. Sauerbraten comes in as many varieties as there are cooks....

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But what kind of can? Depending on the recipe, you may be asked for diced tomatoes, crushed, whole peeled … the list goes on! So what’s the difference between all these different types of canned tomatoes? And can you swap, say, a can of crushed tomatoes with a can of diced tomatoes? Or maybe the shelves at your grocery store are cleared out of every kind of canned tomato but the stewed variety....

I planted a small blueberry bush earlier this spring, only to watch it slowly lose leaves down to a few bare stems. Visions of blueberry glory, dashed! We’ve moved the plant to a new location, a bit more shaded, and planted a new blueberry bush near it, so (and this where the eternal hope comes in) maybe we’ll have some lovely blueberries next year. In the meantime, blueberries are plentiful in the market, thank goodness....

Campfire Banana Boats This campfire banana boat recipe is so much fun to make and eat! Whether you’re camping in your backyard or out in the wilderness, you can treat yourself and your family to one of these scrumptious desserts. I’ve seen variations all over Pinterest and Facebook and they’re so yummy! These banana boats are one of my husband’s favorite desserts. If I can be totally transparent, I don’t think I have made this recipe a single time!...

In Vietnam, cháo gà is usually eaten for breakfast, but you can serve it for any meal. This recipe shows you how to make the chicken broth for the cháo, a basic technique that’s useful to know, but feel free to use good quality store-bought chicken broth and leftover cooked chicken. Cháo Gà is Comforting Nourishment Because it is light and delicate, cháo is usually eaten when you are feeling poorly....

This is especially true when these potato rolls are on the menu. Mashed potatoes make the rolls extra-soft and fluffy. I top them with some honey butter and they disappear like magic. A Flexible Side Dish Since I’m often already making mashed potatoes for big family dinners, I just make a little extra to use in these dinner rolls. They’re also great with sweet potatoes if you feel like switching things up!...

Breakfast Egg Muffins There are SO many reasons to love these muffin tin eggs. They are an easy, keto-friendly, and KID friendly breakfast that can be made in minutes. They are like fluffy little mini egg casseroles that can be individualized to everyone’s liking. Have a picky eater or an allergy in the family? Simply leave those particular ingredients out of one or two cups instead of leaving them out of the whole thing....

Easy Chicken Casserole I call this recipe “Easy Chicken Casserole” for two reasons. It is easy to make and it is easy to clean up after dinner. It could have just as easily been called “Delicious Chicken Casserole” or “Creamy Chicken Casserole” or “Comfort Chicken Casserole” because it is all of those things as well. I have used this recipe for the past twenty-five years as a simple weeknight meal. My family loves it and it works great during the school year when we are juggling homework, sports, church activities, and chores....

What Are the Ingredients for Spinach Dip? This creamy, savory and EASY Spinach Dip is a centerpiece at nearly all of our family gatherings. We love making this as an appetizer on Thanksgiving, but it finds a place at our Christmas Eve and Super Bowl parties, 4th of July picnics and potlucks. It’s light, flavorful and so simple to make! This divine dip comes together in just FIVE ingredients! Here’s what you’ll need:...

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Hoisin can be used for all sorts of dishes and is terrific as glaze for baked salmon. In this recipe salmon fillets marinate for about 30 minutes in a hoisin-based marinade, and then are quickly broiled. It’s such a quick and easy way to cook salmon I highly recommend keeping a jar of this sauce on hand. By the way, when I first started living on my own decades ago, and cooking for myself, I would buy some fresh fish at the market, put it in the fridge, cook it several days later, and wonder why it never tasted as good as my mother’s....

Banana Bread It’s a classic kitchen scene. The week is drawing to a close and most of the produce has been consumed, even though you’re still a couple of days from grocery shopping day. But on the counter, there they are. A few bananas piled together. Their once greenish yellow skin now aging to brown. If your kids are anything like mine, they won’t touch the banana after it has reached a specific yellow to brown ratio on the peel....

Indonesian Peanut Saute This Indonesian Peanut Saute is my personal version of the dish from Noodles & Co. When I got the news that they were taking it off the menu, I was SO SAD! I knew I had to try to make it at home. I knew the basic components – noodles, veggies, chicken, and peanut sauce – and I set out to make my own version! Luckily, it turned out just like it!...

And you know what? You can. Using a pressure cooker, like the Instant Pot, you can make tender, deeply flavorful brisket with a thick, rich gravy in about half the time! (New to the Instant Pot? Check out our post How To Use an Instant Pot: A First-Timer’s Guide.) Video: How to Make Instant Pot Beef Brisket Keeping It Kosher If you’re making this brisket recipe for Passover, be sure to buy a kosher brisket, along with “kosher for Passover” brands of red wine and ketchup....

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When I was young, every birthday was the same. We gathered at my grandparents’ house to celebrate the four July birthdays (technically, my grandmother was born in June, but she gets lumped in with the July babies), unfolding card tables and chairs to fit the entire extended clan. There was so much food: vermicelli heaped with scallion oil, egg rolls straight from the fryer, chicken curries, my favorite shrimp and sweet potato fritters, and, above all, one giant bakery cake from Publix, always brandished with great fanfare....

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