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Food
How I Got My Toddler Interested in Food and Cooking
Serious Eats - J. Kenji López-Alt
How to raise a kid with a broad palate, healthy eating habits, and an appreciation of food? Allow them to be picky, but offer them a huge range of options and experiences to be picky about. What's that?
1 day ago
Recipes
How to Debone a Chicken Thigh
allrecipes.com - By Allrecipes Editors
If you like cooking with boneless chicken thighs because they taste better and don't dry out in recipes like chicken breasts do, but you don't like …
3 days ago
Recipes
Here’s how to turn your grilled cheese sandwich into an umami bomb
The Washington Post - By Joe Yonan
Grilled cheese is elemental. All you need is the right cheese (I like Gruyere or sharp cheddar), the right bread (I go for a soft sandwich bread), a little butter and a pan, and you’re on the way to a
5 days ago
Avocado
Add These Low-Carb Lunches to Your Meal Prep, and Say So Long to That Sad Desk Salad
POPSUGAR - Hajar Larbah
When you're following a low-carb diet, delicious homemade meals are essential — but if you're fresh out of ideas for lunch, you've come to the right place. These dishes are exactly what you need to liven
6 days ago
Burgers
20 Next-Level Cheeseburgers to Master
FOOD & WINE - Bridget Hallinan
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than sinking your teeth into a cheeseburger—fresh off the grill, piping hot, and oozing with melted cheese and condiments. You can’t beat the classic American cheese with
September 12
Steak
Garlic Butter Steak Bites Are the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Beef
The Kitchn - Meghan Splawn
Garlic butter steak bites are everything you love about a steakhouse steak, with none of the work. Instead of cooking a whole steak, making a pan …
September 11
Mushrooms
These Herby, Garlicky, Buttery Mushrooms Are the Side You Need to Try
The Kitchn - Meghan Splawn
I’m a firm believer that mushrooms deserve more attention. They’re a simple side that can transform basics like roast chicken or broiled steaks into …
September 11
Recipes
Slow-Roast Gochujang Chicken
Bon Appétit - Molly Baz
This isn’t the crisp-skinned, high-heat roast chicken you’re probably familiar with. Instead, it’s a melt-in-your-mouth tender, schmaltzy, slow-roast version that’s more similar to rotisserie chicken—except
September 8
Recipes
Four classic Indian recipes from Dishoom
The Guardian
Recreate restaurant group Dishoom’s crowd-pleasing dishes at home, from their house black dal to a rich chicken curry and fragrant jackfruit biryani To make this dish vegan, swap the Greek yoghurt for
September 7
Meat
Costco's Best-Kept Secret Is a Dinner Party Game-Changer
Southern Living - Stacey Ballis
It's less expensive and more versatile than you can possibly imagine. If there is one item from Costco you really want to get to know, it is the …
September 3
Yogurt
Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Shawarma Recipe
Saveur
Certain types of dairy, particularly buttermilk and yogurt, have just the right amount of acid to gently break down meat's tougher fibers when added …
September 3
Steak
Oven Roasted Rib Eye Steak With Porcini And Port Butter | Donna Hay
donnahay.com.au
• To make the porcini and port butter, place the porcini and boiling water in a bowl and set aside for 10 minutes to soak. Drain, reserving the liquid, …
September 1
Broccoli
31 Healthy Broccoli Recipes
tasteofhome.com - Carolyn Lewis
We all know broccoli is no ordinary veggie! Try these healthy broccoli recipes you can feel good about. Sure, it’s simple and healthy but, oh, is this …
August 31
Food
20 Breakfast Meal Prep Ideas That Will Make Your Mornings So Much Easier
Women's Health - By Kristine Thomason
If you're like me, skipping breakfast transforms you into a horrible, hangry monster within hours (that whole "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" thing is so true!). But if you're rushed
August 29
Scallions
Poaching produces incredibly succulent and juicy chicken
thetakeout.com
Poached chicken. It sounds like a bland technique on an easily bland meat. But I’m telling you, poaching produces the most succulent chicken I’ve …
August 29
Muscle
How to Do the Decline Bench Press
Healthline
The decline bench press is an excellent exercise for strengthening your lower chest muscles. It’s a variation of the flat bench press, a popular …
August 29
Steak
Sake-Marinated Rib-Eye Steak
finecooking.com - By Diana Andrews
Beef lends itself to all types of marinades, but this complex sake-based one adds sweet overtones to grilled steak. Combine the sake, shoyu, sugar, …
August 29
Khichdi (Indian spiced lentils and rice) recipe
The Telegraph - By Romy Gill
This yellow golden pot of khichdi, or khichri as it is also known, is a simple rice and lentil dish to which a tadka (spices tempered in oil or ghee) is added. Start a 30-day free trial for unlimited to
August 24
Recipes
Maacher Jhol (Bengali-Style Fish Stew) Recipe
Saveur
• 1 lb. boneless, skin-on catfish, trout, or salmon, cut into 2" pieces • 1⁄4 tsp. ground turmeric • Kosher salt, to taste • 1 1⁄2 tbsp. black mustard seeds • 1 …
August 23
Avocado Toast
Spanish Fried Eggs Are the Most Decadent Thing You Can Do to a Simple Breakfast
The Kitchn - Sheela Prakash
I’ll take my eggs in just about any way, shape, or form, but a fried egg has long been my favorite. Fried eggs are almost foolproof to make and can …
August 23
Beef
Easy Korean Ground Beef Bowl
allrecipes.com - bd.weld
"Korean beef bowls are quick and easy to make. The ingredients can easily be adjusted to suit your taste. Serve over warm rice or spiralized …
August 23
Diets
A Complete Keto Diet Foods List To Make Grocery Shopping Way Easier
Women's Health - By Emilia Benton
When you follow a specific diet, you generally have to start paying attention to your grocery shopping habits and go into the store with a clear plan if you want to be successful. And with the keto diet,
August 23
Carbohydrates
A 7-Day Keto Diet Meal Plan That Burns Fat
livestrong.com - Sarah Pflugradt, RDN
Now that the ketogenic diet, or keto for short, has been around the diet track a few times, you may have mustered up the courage to try it. Or maybe …
August 23
Cleveland Browns
Think a French Omelette Is Hard? Try Tamagoyaki
Serious Eats - Daniel Gritzer
There's an art to making tamagoyaki, the Japanese rolled omelette. To improve our skills, we turned to master sushi chef Daisuke Nakazawa for a lesson in the basic home-style method. It's a humbling experience
August 23
Tofu
The ultimate mapo tofu recipe has a California twist
Los Angeles Times - Lucas Kwan Peterson
Yu Bo and his wife, Dai Shuang, gained international fame with their restaurant Yu’s Family Kitchen in Chengdu, China; ⁠consuming the painstakingly crafted and beautiful 16 cold dishes that begin every
August 19
Easy Middle Eastern recipes: Chicken shawarma, fries and feta dip
TODAY - Ayesha Nurdjaja
You're going to want to put this dip on everything. Chef Ayesha Nurdjaja of Shuka reastaurant in New York City is stopping by the TODAY kitchen to share a few or her favorite Middle Eastern-inspired entertaining
August 19
A Simple Summer Picnic Menu
Serious Eats - Elazar Sontag
A respectable picnic is something I’ve only recently started dabbling with. I'm not talking about the picnics all your favorite Instagram influencers seem to have mastered, the ones with three kinds of
August 17
Recipes
Classic Samosa Recipe
VICE - Chintan Pandya
1. Make the filling: Cover the potatoes with salted water and bring to a boil. Cook until a knife is inserted easily into the potatoes, about 25 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to peel. Mash roughly
August 16
Recipes
Tri-Tip Steak On The Grill (With Easy Marinade!)
rachaelrayshow.com - Grant Melton
Tri-tip steak cooks up nice & tender after a quick marinade in a tasty chimichurri (or Argentinian pesto) packed with fresh herbs. The pesto is …
August 17