A food writer shares a recipe for Broccoli Rubble, a stovetop dish of blanched chopped broccoli sautéed with garlic, pepper flakes, lemon, and pecorino, then topped with broiled provolone and served as a melt. The recipe offers a vegetable-forward alternative to traditional diner melts like the tuna melt.
A home cook describes making spaghetti with fried eggs and pangrattato—toasted seasoned breadcrumbs often called 'poor man's Parmesan'—after returning from vacation to an empty fridge. The dish, inspired by a Food52 recipe, relies on pantry staples and adds texture and richness without expensive cheese.
A French buttercream frosting recipe combines heavy cream, flour, butter, shortening, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and butter extract. The cooked cream-flour base is cooled, then whipped with the fat and sugar for 16 to 18 minutes total, producing a fluffy frosting suitable for icing cakes and writing on them.
A family recipe for chicken and noodles combines canned chicken broth, condensed cream of chicken and mushroom soups, diced cooked chicken and frozen egg noodles. It takes 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook, yielding six servings at 504 calories each.
A low-fat, filling Thai chicken cabbage soup that takes 45 minutes to make, with 275 calories per serving. The recipe uses chicken breast, broth, leeks, carrots, cabbage, egg noodles, and Thai chile sauce, and serves six.
A soy-sauce and sherry glaze, seasoned with ginger, garlic powder, and green onions, coats chicken breast pieces that are broiled for about three minutes per side. The recipe totals 30 minutes and yields five servings at 152 calories each.
A five-minute sesame dipping sauce combines tahini, soy sauce, mayonnaise, garlic, ginger and paprika, with water added gradually to reach the desired consistency. The recipe yields four servings at 122 calories each and is refrigerated until needed, offering a savory alternative for steak dinners.
A quick Japanese soup made with dashi, miso, shiitake mushrooms, and soft tofu comes together in 20 minutes. The recipe serves two and provides 100 kcal, 4 g fat, 5 g carbs, and 11 g protein per serving.
A 15-minute salad dressing recipe combines pureed ginger, celery, and onion with soy sauce, lime juice, ketchup, and vegetable oil. Each of five servings contains 220 calories and 22 grams of fat, offering a quick homemade alternative to bottled dressings.
A home-cooking recipe for palak paneer, shared by an Indian friend, combines ghee, garlic, tomato paste, ginger, garam masala, spinach, and paneer in a 100-minute preparation. It serves four and provides 368 kcal, 23 g fat, 24 g carbs, and 20 g protein per serving.
A home-baking recipe for chocolate buttercream frosting that takes 10 minutes to prepare and yields 24 servings. The frosting uses butter, confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and milk, and is suggested for chocolate cookies or bars.
This oven-baked beef stew combines beef stew meat, carrots, celery, potatoes and onion with a tomato-tapioca sauce. It serves eight and bakes in about two hours, with 20 minutes of prep.
This recipe for grilled tilapia tacos features a six-hour citrus and spice marinade, a smoky chipotle-lime sour cream dressing, and fresh cabbage, tomato, and cilantro toppings. It serves six and takes about 6 hours and 45 minutes total, with only 10 minutes of grilling.
A home recipe for a spicy Indian fish curry inspired by a Bengali dish the author's mother made in India. White fish fillets are marinated in mustard, black pepper and salt, then baked under a sauce of onion, garlic, ginger, cashews, cayenne, cumin and coriander. It serves four and takes about 1 hour 15 minutes total.
This recipe pairs a three-ingredient balsamic and olive oil marinade with a 2-pound boneless pork loin roast. Prep takes 5 minutes, the pork marinates for at least 2 hours, and it roasts at 350 F to an internal temperature of 145 F in about an hour.
A home cook's guide to stuffed bell peppers with rice and ground meat, offering a flexible recipe that works with beef, lamb, pork, or sausage. The dish takes about 1 hour 40 minutes total and serves six, with detailed steps for prepping, stuffing, and baking the peppers.
This recipe brines an 8-pound pork shoulder in apple cider for 12 hours, coats it with a brown sugar BBQ rub, and smokes it at 210°F for about 8 hours. The result is tender pulled pork for 20 servings, with 442 calories per serving.
This chicken lasagna layers shredded chicken, mozzarella, and cream cheese with jarred spaghetti sauce and lasagna noodles, then bakes in 45 minutes. The recipe serves six at 495 calories per serving and totals about 90 minutes from prep to table.
Chicken bog is a Lowcountry South Carolina one-pot dish combining chicken, smoked sausage, rice, and onions. The recipe takes about 2 hours 15 minutes total and serves six, making it a cold-weather comfort meal.
This recipe delivers crispy, browned chicken thighs through a two-step method: stovetop searing in butter, then oven roasting at 400 degrees F. A pan sauce of brown sugar, honey, garlic, and dried herbs is built in the same skillet, with the whole dish ready in 40 minutes and serving eight.