Fast Easy Recipes

Mediterranean bar to the rescue
Make fast family meals using olives, roasted tomatoes and more from the supermarket It's time to think of the roasted tomatoes, peppers and garlic, the olives and the marinated artichokes and mushrooms at your supermarket's Mediterranean bar as more than grab-and-go items for snacks or spur-of-the-moment parties.

New show captures local restaurants, flavors
It’s Monday morning, and the dining room at Michael’s Fine Food & Spirits is quiet and empty. But in the kitchen, Chef Michael Latreille is busy preparing one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes — an artichoke-crusted salmon on lemon sweet pea risotto. “We get asked all the time how we make (this dish),” Latreille says, emptying previously prepared ingredients into a bowl of quartered ...

Must-try soups: 6 winter warm-ups we can't get enough of this season
There's a lot to love about fresh-made soups in wintertime: They're warming and healthy, made with good-for-you vegetables that you'd never eat as standalones. Even in a rush, soups make a terrific meal; they travel well - pack up a cup and take it on the go. Plus, what's more versatile than a cup of soup? Grab a spoon and indulge in a quick soup snack, or a meal starter.

Tree Top's Registered Dietitian Offers Tips on Making Healthful Decisions in the New Year
SELAH, WA-- - It seems to be the top-of-mind question this New Year: How can I make more healthful decisions this year? Tree Top's consulting nutritionist, Deanna Segrave-Daly, has pulled together a few ...

Man up and cook dinner
 

Retro dishes too good to forget
Welcome to the new year. A time for out with the old and in with the new, and I certainly accomplished that over the holidays by cleaning closets and organizing my kitchen. But when it comes to cold-weather cooking, I find the old favorites are what I crave, and that's when I go back in my files searching for recipes that are too good to forget.

Savory Morsels
For me, few things cause a dietary downfall as quickly as the presence of hors d'oeurves and appetizers. There's just something appealing about small morsels. I have been known to make a meal of dips, starters and tiny treats.

How to cook perfect cullen skink
Full-flavoured, hearty, and comfortingly creamy, is cullen skink the world's finest fish soup? Cullen skink. Not a promising name for a soup, in all honesty – I think Dickens missed a trick by not borrowing it for one of his villains – but one sniff and you'll be won over. Stuffed full of warming wintery ingredients like smoked fish and starchy potatoes, made rich and comforting with milk or ...

A chef's tale: Art of cooking melds with art of writing in 'Aftertaste'
Meredith Mileti, author of the novel "Aftertaste: A Novel in Five Courses," finds her passion for cooking complements her writing.

Short ribs long on flavor: Invest a bit of effort (and long, slow braising) for a truly succulent entree
Once considered a cheap cut consigned to bargain shoppers, these days beef short ribs are found on the trendiest restaurant menus. It takes time and some thoughtful preparation to coax them into succulent tenderness, but your effort will be richly rewarded.