Sometimes date night turns into date morning, you follow? Make an easy breakfast, crack a few eggs in the blender with orange juice concentrate and give it a whirl. Look, if it's good enough for James Beard then it's good enough for your trick.
Don't have a date for VDay? Don't fret. Call your best single friend and cook up a little practice date for the two of you. Trust me, we all need practice.
The best way to keep your kitchen cool this summer is to cook outside. Hit the grill and have a taco party. Easy to make for a crowd, simple enough for one.
As winter thaws I look through my window and crave a well packed picnic basket. Gingham lining, a nice, dry salami, and a container of lentil salad; this is the picture that soothes my cramped brain. Roast what's left of your winter store of veggies and toss them with lentils for a quick salad.
What sensible person lives without a seasonal cake recipe stashed up their sleeve? Not this gentleman, that's for damn sure. I make this cake no matter the weather, with fruit foraged from the bottom of my refrigerator. Pear and Almond? Divine.
Let me add my voice to the thousands admonishing you for skipping breakfast. Darlings! Breakfast is your first chance of the day to fill your tummy with fuel! Make sure you put some gas in your tank before the long drive ahead.
It's positively frigid where I am right now, and my tour through America has me yearning for a giant pot of soup. Start your new year with a steaming bowl of soup and you'll be warm all winter long.
Winter baking is full of spice and warmth, none of those lemony midsummer desserts. Looking for a way to kick that old fruitcake in the bum? Try this cinnamon topped cranberry bread using Arrowhead Mills' Gluten Free All Purpose Baking mix and you'll be nibbling before it's had time to cool.
Toast the new year with a charming dinner for two. Elegant and ever so luscious, you'll be happy to stay at home with a friend and a glass of champagne.
Welcome your guests this winter with a cookie platter. Make two cookies from one easy dough. Get your kids in the kitchen to help roll the cookies into balls, you'll have a warm treat to share in no time.
Darlings, root vegetables are here and they're begging to be roasted. Throw some in the oven, cook low and slow, then blend the heck out of them. Stop serving store-bought hummus. You're better than that.
Coconut milk, vanilla, rice noodles. Darlings, it's the gluten free Kugel you've been fantasizing about. Inspired by rice pudding with noodles from Thai Kitchen, this is too easy to skip. Make it tonight.
Grill some shrimp and throw together this spicy/sweet sauce right now. The new rice noodles from Thai Kitchen cook in a few minutes and you'll have a meal on the table in no time. Get. It. Done.
