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Brisk Bruschetta

This speedy take on the classic Italian Bruschetta is a perfect starter for any meal. It's a vibrant blend of fresh tomatoes, basil, and garlic atop crunchy bread slices.

Ingredients: 4 slices of baguette 2 tomatoes 1 clove garlic A handful of fresh basil 2 tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper to tasteInstructions: Toast ...Read more

EatingWell: If you’re looking for a new meatless main dish, try this delicious soup

Recipes / Variety Menu /

This meatless version of the Indian-inspired British colonial soup includes parsnip and squash to keep it hearty and satisfying. Skip the naan flatbreads to make this recipe gluten free.

Winter Vegetable Mulligatawny Soup

Serves 4

Active Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided

1 medium onion, ...Read more

Environmental Nutrition: Can your diet override genetic risk for disease?

Recipes / Variety Menu /

The question of nature vs nurture usually refers to a person’s personality and character and asks which one is most likely to determine who you will be as an adult. But the question of nature vs nurture is also relevant to your risk of developing certain diseases.

Your genetic makeup, passed onto you from your parents, determines everything ...Read more

Seriously Simple: This satisfying weeknight meal couldn’t be easier to make

Recipes / Variety Menu /

The holidays are over, and what most of us want are Seriously Simple recipes that are full of flavor that don’t keep us in the kitchen. This turkey breast, bathed in fragrant, slightly Asian flavors will satisfy our desires.

I have embellished this basic recipe with a few of my own flavor components. You can make this in a few minutes on a ...Read more

JeanMarie Brownson: These giant popovers are what the holiday season is all about

Recipes / Variety Menu /

We all expect steak to be special at a steak house. Indeed, the dry-aged beef and bison cuts at the Mercantile Steak in Kalispell, Montana, are beyond exceptional. But it’s their giant popovers and decadent herbed garlic butter that we can’t forget.

Deeply tanned, crackly crisp on the exterior, with a pillowy soft interior, these are the ...Read more

The Kitchn: I’ve already made this brown butter tortellini twice in one month

Recipes / Variety Menu /

I’m all-in on easy weeknight dinners, but sometimes you just want to tuck into a meal that looks and tastes a hair fancier than your everyday fare and is still simple enough to pull off after a long day (like these stuffed pork chops or this ...Read more

The Kitchn: I want to make ‘melting sweet potatoes’ for dinner every night

Recipes / Variety Menu /

I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest sweet potato fan. Sure, I like them just fine in a pot of chili, but I rarely pick them over other sides (with the exception of...Read more

Plan Z Fudge Cake

Recipes / Recipes by Zola /

Hints for Traveling on a Diet

One of my husband’s favorite sayings is “Don’t fuel your body where you fuel your car.” Remember how you used to run in and grab a packet of those peanut butter crackers and a Diet Coke? Maybe you even added a bag of licorice strands?

Well, if you want to maintain your weight, I suggest you not do ...Read more

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Dinner for 4 for $25: This 3-course chicken and biscuits meal will fly with the whole family

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Nothing offers a taste of nostalgia like cooking a favorite childhood meal for your own family.

Take chicken and biscuits. Many of us grew up with this classic comfort food that allowed budget-minded cooks to stretch yet another dinner out of a roast chicken, or this time of year, turkey.

You don't need much meat to give some heft to the ...Read more

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A wintry salad that adds cheer to heavier cold-weather meals

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Curly endive, or frisee, is my go-to salad green through winter. The frizzy emerald leaves and creamy interior are lightly bitter and sturdy, and add oomph to rich, hearty cold-weather dishes.

Best known for its role in the French bistro salad Lyonnaise, made of tossed frisee, lardons of bacon and topped with a poached egg, this endive is open ...Read more

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Best Bites: Reese's Frozen Fruit Banana Slices

Recipes / Variety Menu /

These Reese’s Frozen Fruit Banana Slices taste like a decadent snack, but they really aren’t that bad for you.

That’s because hidden inside a layer of milk chocolate and a thin ring of peanut butter is a full banana slice. They taste as good as they sound, and two pieces are just 90 calories.

You’ll have to store these in the freezer...Read more

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French connection: Moving to France for 6 months taught him about wine, food and belonging

Recipes / Variety Menu /

Steve Hoffman was living a very ordinary life in a very ordinary suburb of Shoreview, Minnesota, when he decided to do something quite extraordinary in 2012 — take a six-month hiatus from his job and move his family to the rural French countryside.

The father of two insists it's not as crazy as it sounds. A lifelong Francophile who speaks ...Read more

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Quick Fix: Honey Soy Flank Steak with Mushroom Toasts

Recipes / Quick Fix /

Enjoy this holiday season with a special sweet and savory treat. Honey, soy sauce and spices flavor quick cooking flank steak. Mushrooms cooked with shallots and topped with fresh chives make a perfect side dish with the steak. Open a bag of washed ready-to-eat salad to complete the meal.

HELPFUL HINTS:

Onions can be used instead of shallots. ...Read more

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Gretchen's table: Pasta and clams ã la famille Hoffman offer a taste of France

Recipes / Variety Menu /

PITTSBURGH -- The best meals are also often the simplest meals made with just a handful of everyday, easy-to-find ingredients.

And if they're both fresh and local, even better.

The pasta with clams in white sauce that Steve Hoffman perfected while living with his family in the small village of Autignac, France, is a classic example.

As ...Read more

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Column: Tales of doughnuts and pasta and disillusionment

Recipes / Variety Menu /

ST. LOUIS — I recently had the best doughnut of my life — a life happily spent looking for the best doughnut.

It cost six dollars. It was a doughnut, and it cost six dollars.

And I’m pretty sure that it was worth every penny.

It was a brown butter-glazed cake doughnut from Damn Fine Hand Pies in St. Louis, and it was so good that my ...Read more

Twilight Twinkle Tacos

Recipes / 5 Ingredients or Less /

Illuminate your evening with Twilight Twinkle Tacos. The flavorful filling wrapped in a crunchy taco shell is as delightful and sparkling as a twilight sky filled with twinkling stars.

Ingredients 4 taco shells 1/2 pound ground meat (beef, turkey, or chicken) 1 cup shredded lettuce 1/2 cup grated cheese 1/2 cup ...Read more

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The 50 best wines under $50 from our critic, who tasted 4,223

Recipes / All About Wine /

I know. There’s a lot out there to make price-sensitive wine lovers shiver, not least of all inflation and the Trump administration’s looming threat of tariffs.

Yet, when I thumbed through my tasting books for 2024, I was once again surprised by how many wines are still relative bargains: succulent, savory reds; crisp, elegant whites; juicy...Read more

Whispering Pines Pesto Pasta

Recipes / 5 Ingredients or Less /

Taste the freshness of the forest with Whispering Pines Pesto Pasta. The aroma of basil and the tanginess of Parmesan cheese in the pesto sauce bring the whispers of the pines to your dinner table.

Ingredients 200g pasta 1 cup fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlicInstructions ...Read more

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The 15 best dishes we ate in 2024, from shrimp cocktail to space bread

Recipes / Variety Menu /

It’s that time of year, when a food writer looks back on a sea of empty plates and thinks about what was once on them.

In my case, as food editor at Bloomberg Pursuits, the big and small plates represent hundreds of meals across the globe and more calories than anyone wants to think about.

A best dish retrospective is also a good opportunity...Read more

Grand Greek Tzatziki Dip

Recipes / 3 Ingredients or Less /

Dive into the refreshing flavors of the Mediterranean with this classic Greek dip. Grand Greek Tzatziki Dip is perfect for a sunny afternoon snack.

Ingredients Greek yogurt Cucumber GarlicInstructions Grate the cucumber and squeeze out excess water.

Mix with Greek yogurt and minced garlic.

This dip is a ...Read more

 

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