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Scottish Carrot Lentil Soup

Earlier this month I accompanied a friend on a 7-day hiking tour of Scotland. I am not a hiker but I held my own (barely) for much of the...

American Potato Salad

A quintessential American summer side dish is potato salad. It goes with everything on our summer menus, from grilled burgers and brats...

Black bean, Corn & Pepper Salad

I found this super-easy, delicious salad in a 1993 edition of the Sunset All-Time Favorite Recipes cookbook. I'm originally from Northern...

Orzo Salad with Peppers and Feta

Here's a healthy suggestion for your summer BBQ sides. In lieu of traditional mayonnaise-laden and calorie-packed macaroni and potato...

Tri-Colored Roasted Bell Peppers and Red Onions

You could almost call this a non-recipe because it's so straightforward and simple. I'm posting it because it's a reminder of how...

Taverna Salad

Next time you make a salad, forget the romaine and make this leafless salad instead. It's named after the small cafes in Greece, or...

Quinoa with Black Beans

You know that quinoa has gone mainstream when you can find it at Costco. Quinoa has become very popular as a healthful, meat-free source...

Italian Lentil Soup

Italians have traditionally thought of lentil soup as coming from "cucina povera," or the kitchen of the poor. It originated in Italy’s...

Quick Tomato, White Bean and Kale Soup

It should come as no surprise that what we eat and how we eat affects our overall health and weight loss success. This post focuses...

Lasagna with Spinach and Mushrooms

This easy-to-make lasagna uses no-boil noodles and a jar of your favorite marinara sauce. The original recipe, from Martha Rose Shulman’s...

Butternut Squash Soup

Here's a rich tasting butternut squash soup that doesn't pack a caloric punch. Despite its creamy texture, there's no cream in this soup....

Cabbage Soup

In the 1950's, the Cabbage Soup Diet became popular as a fast way to lose pounds. Most recipes included dry onion soup mix and lots of...

Our Favorite Sweet Potato Casserole

From November 16, 2009: One of our family’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions is this sweet potato casserole. My daughter Elizabeth, who...

Roasted Tomato Caprese

Tomato caprese salad is a summertime favorite, made with ripe home-grown tomatoes and topped with fresh basil leaves. It's not something...

Ratatouille-Stuffed Shells

I am a bona fide lover of ratatouille, the classic French provincial dish of eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers and tomatoes. Every time I...

Baked Rice and Peas

The COVID quarantine turned many of us into modern versions of chuckwagon cooks — every night we cobbled together dinner with whatever we...

Thin Crust Pizza

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, “I’ll have a large pepperoni pizza with extra cheese?” That was...

Green Bean, Tomato and Chickpea Salad

Last night I served this end-of-summer salad from the NYT Food section with roast chicken. Crisp-tender green beans are tossed with...