Have a hankering for cake? Skip the cake pan and break out your cast iron skillet! This breakfast-friendly cake has juicy blueberries and lemon, all in a light cornmeal batter. It's a low-key way to get a sweet start to any day.
Grain salads are one of my year-round staples, made with a changing array of vegetables and flavors to suit the season. In spring, I use them to highlight the effortless flavor and simplicity that comes with fresh ingredients. Here, chewy grains of farro set off the earthy sweetness of fresh peas and shoots, and meld wonderfully with creamy bits of herbed Capricho de Cabra goat cheese, mint leaves, and a savory champagne vinaigrette.
I'm always looking for new ways to eat fruit — especially for dessert. Taking a page from the classic French dessert crème brûlée, juicy chunks of fruit are broiled with brown sugar until caramelized on top, and then topped with a creamy mascarpone-yogurt sauce and buttery macadamia nuts.
Let's get this out of the way upfront: I know calling a cookie recipe the "world's easiest" sounds a bit ridiculous, but I can explain. The name started out innocently enough — one day, I created an easy-to-make almond cookie recipe. I adored this recipe. In my excitement, I'd say to friends, "You have to try these almond cookies; they're, like, the world's easiest cookies." And well, the name stuck.
A simple pan sauce can elevate even the most basic meals. Here, a creamy Alfredo-style sauce with Pecorino cheese makes a sublime meal of linguine, asparagus, and shrimp.
Besides playing the delicious green-ness of asparagus against the buttery notes in the shrimp and cream sauce, I love this dish for how quickly it comes together. The asparagus and shrimp are sautéed until tender and the creamy sauce is thrown together right in the pan while the pasta cooks. The linguine is ready just in time for the sauce to join it. A few chive blossoms to finish make for a gorgeous and delicious spring meal.
Baking sheets (aka sheet pans) are now touted as the miracle cookware that can cook your whole dinner, but what about breakfast? When an idea for making a sheet-pan breakfast came up, I jumped at the chance to try it out. Here we present to you the hands-down easiest way to make a traditional English breakfast!
The minute I get my hands on the first radishes of spring, I'm off to enjoy them sliced with lots of butter and judicious pinches of flaky sea salt. As the season continues and the bounty begins to pile up, I start looking beyond raw preparations and sauté or roast my radishes instead. Radishes cook up beautifully; their affinity for butter and sea salt are just as apparent in the skillet. Sautéing mellows their pungency and renders the once-crisp flesh tender, the golden edges tasting of smoke.
Last year I made Faith's baked Denver omelet and, after I tasted it, mentally smacked my forehead and wondered why I didn't make something like this more often. A baked omelet is essentially a crustless quiche — substantial enough to be a filling breakfast, without the heaviness of the added crust in a quiche. My latest version is filled with spicy Mexican chorizo and pickled jalapeños!
This weeknight-friendly take on classic falafel is as easy as it comes since it relies on simply opening a can of chickpeas to get started. The flavors of spring are featured in the form of fresh peas, which lend a bright green hue to the patties.
If it's not already, fermented salsa should be on your radar for next-level summer eats. It has a distinct, tangy flavor and faint effervescence that sets it apart from a fresh chopped pico de gallo or cooked salsa. It's also not so loud that it tastes overly sour — that is, unless you like it that way! As with any fermented item you make at home, the control is in your hands.
Today, we're showing you the few simple steps required to make this homemade condiment so your next round of margaritas gets an even better salsa to go with the chips.
Leeks are part of the onion family, but they are different than scallions or the onions we all know and love. While other members of the allium family can be eaten raw, leeks must be cooked for two reasons: to bring out their subtle flavors and break down their fibrous texture.
In this recipe for leek confit they're cooked very gently for 30 minutes with just salt, pepper, olive oil, and thyme until they transform into a silkier, more concentrated version of themselves. From there they're ready to upgrade everything from everyday eggs to mashed potatoes to pasta.
If you celebrate Passover, you probably know what matzo fatigue feels like. The first few days are fresh and exciting — perhaps you're snacking on it straight from the box. Maybe you're slathering it with peanut butter and jam or topping it with cream cheese and lox, but soon even this gets boring. So where to go next?
Next is granola.
Tiny sweet red beets and vibrant orange young carrots — each with a shock of fresh greens — are among spring's most colorful arrivals. This salad makes the best of both, combining marinated beets, quick-roasted carrots, and tangy beet greens. A creamy ranch-style dressing made with Greek yogurt, green onions, and herbs brings it all together for a salad that's both fresh and hearty.
I'm probably like most people and only cook corned beef once a year, on St. Patrick's Day, but I've always wondered why I don't make it more often. Since I use a slow cooker, this comforting dinner is mostly hands-off and pretty easy. What I really enjoy most is turning the leftovers into corned beef hash the next day for breakfast. Two meals for the effort of one? You can't beat that!
A party isn't a party without a seriously good dip to snack on. And while hummus and guacamole are always good contenders, the height of spring deserves something a bit more seasonal.
A central tenet of complementary flavors is "what grows together goes together," and I find this is especially true of spring produce with its array of crisp, verdant vegetables and their delightfully pungent flavors. Vietnamese-style spring rolls (the vocabulary is tricky here, but I'm talking about the uncooked rice paper rolls that often go by "summer rolls" or "gỏi cuốn") are the perfect vehicle for marrying all the best flavors of the season.
In this recipe, a simple nước chấm-style dipping sauce sets off the combination of carrots, radishes and their spicy greens, buttery lettuce, tender asparagus, fresh mint, sweet pea shoots, and green onions. The result is a playful, vibrant springtime snack with layers of crunch, sweetness, and spice.
California rolls may be a sushi restaurant staple, but they're not really a make-ahead dish since the seaweed gets soggy quickly. It also takes some time to make enough rolls to feed a crowd. Turning it into a dip served with seaweed instead of crackers takes much less time, and people will love making their own sushi bites!
Between being up all night and feeding baby, being a new mom is exhausting — and dehydrating. And while water (and more water) is the best thing you can do to stay hydrated, there are times when you just want something else. Like this refreshing yet easy three-ingredient agua fresca made with pineapple, coconut, and a healthy handful of mint.
I have a thing for pinwheel sandwiches; they're just so pretty and such perfect finger foods. What if you could skip the tortilla or traditional wrap and use protein-loaded eggs instead? These wraps take the trifecta of breakfast foods, ham, eggs, and cheese, and turn them into portable bites that can work as breakfast or lunch.
Fact: Homemade salad dressings are better. They are fresh, lively, and easy to customize. This is especially true when it comes to the oft-maligned classic, Thousand Island dressing — yes, I mean that pink dressing on the salad bar in the giant squeeze bottle.
The homemade version of this dressing’s got a few neat tricks up its sleeve — including a hard-boiled egg used as a thickener. The alchemy transforms the dressing into a tamer of the bitterest of greens; it's also a frequent partner for crisp iceberg lettuce, and the true identity behind the Big Mac's special sauce.
