How To Make the Best Basic Pizza Dough — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

This recipe for everyday pizza dough is one we've worked on together over the years, tweaking something here and adding something there, until finally coming to a consensus. That makes it sound like this recipe might be tricky — it's not. In fact, keeping it simple was one of our biggest requirements.

This is the dough for your weeknight pizza, and it's the one that went into The Kitchn Cookbook. It's easy to make, either over a lazy afternoon at home or to stash in your fridge for later, and it's super easy to roll out. Top it with sauce and cheese, bake until bubbly, and awesome homemade pizza is yours.

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How To Poach Chicken Breasts — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

Banish all thoughts of stringy, tough, sad chicken from your mind. For our chicken salad sandwiches and quick weeknight meals, we want nothing but the best. And for that, poached chicken is definitely the way to go. This method is easy, fast, and foolproof. Totally tender chicken breasts that are as good for dinner as they are for lunch the next day? Not a problem.

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Recipe: Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup — Recipes from The Kitchn

As winter wanes into spring, it is perfectly normal to crave both creamy comfort food and the bright spark of fresh veggies. This soup has it all — tender chicken, chunky carrots, wisps of wilted spinach, bite-sized pillows of pasta and cheese, all with a silky broth to tie it together.

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Recipe: Magnolia Table Chocolate Chip Cookies — Recipes from The Kitchn

My dad has an intense sweet tooth, just like me. One afternoon when I was around 10 years old, Dad got a hankering and he enlisted me to help him make Toll House chocolate chip cookies. That was the first time he and I had ever baked together. Since then, whenever I make chocolate chip cookies, including the ones from this recipe, I think of him and that special afternoon we spent together in the kitchen.

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Recipe: Honey Harissa Chicken and Chickpeas — Recipes from The Kitchn

Can I share with you my current favorite flavor combination? Put harissa, a spicy chile paste, and honey together and pow! You get an instant punch of complex, sweet-spicy flavor.

This easy baked chicken dish takes full advantage of this dynamite duo, with harissa and honey flavoring a base of chickpeas and tomatoes as well as serving as a seasoning for chicken thighs.

Everything gets thrown into a baking dish and, 40 minutes later, out comes crispy-skinned chicken over saucy legumes. Spoon everything over couscous or just toss together a green salad to go alongside — you really can't go wrong with either one for an easy dinner.

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Recipe: Peanut Butter & Chocolate Energy Bars — Recipes from The Kitchn

These bars slip into that magical niche of snacks that seem — and taste — like candy but are still, at least ostensibly, healthy. They are made without refined sugar, require zero cooking, and can last in a backpack all day. Packed with peanuts and topped with a thin layer of chocolate, they are also the perfect energy-boosting snack to get you through a workout, an afternoon class, or a weekend hike.

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How To Make Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

If I could urge you to make one meal in your slow cooker this month, these chicken enchiladas would be it! We don't eat enough enchiladas in my house, mostly because my brain equates rolling enchiladas with too much work for a weeknight, but these slow cooker enchiladas are layered, not rolled, and each layer is stacked with delicious flavor.

For this easy weeknight dinner, you'll make a fragrant, possibly life-changing enchilada sauce (you can do this the night before), then cook some chicken in the sauce and layer this beautiful mess between tortillas and cheese in your slow cooker. You'll come home to this fragrant casserole, full of tangy, spicy sauce, tender chicken, and oh-so-satisfying cheesy goodness. Let's dig in.

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