Fast Easy Recipes

RECIPE: Make sweet and light Valentine treats for all the people you love
Whether you traditionally celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, everyone loves a sweet treat now and then. I thought it would be nice to try some recipes that promised sweetness and a pretty presentation without an overindulgence in the calorie count.

Cooking Behind Bars
These women may not have an oven, refrigerator, stove, knife, or even the ability to boil water, but they do have plenty of time on their hands. Decades, in fact.

Recipe Exchange: February 1, 2012
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Food: Cheap eats: How to save money but not sacrifice health
This winter, struggling Greeks found space in their economy-trashed budgets for a little book called “Starvation Recipes” by Eleni Nikolaidou.

Winter foods to help you get, or stay, slim
Is the cold weather starting to get you down? After long and busy days, it’s so easy to pick up comfort food on the way home. Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, hot Mexican food, fried chicken and pizza hit the spot — but what happens the next day?

Super Biko
WHAT? Did I just call it “Super Biko”? A native kakanin (from the word kanin, which means rice) made with a few basic ingredients: malagkit or glutinous rice, water, coconut milk, sugar (can be white, brown but muscovado would even be better), and a little salt. Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos. This particular delicacy has been with us for as long as I can remember ...

Pick fruit from the freezer
Dead of winter. It's an apt description for this time of year, when even apples are out of season and virtually every other fruit comes from another time zone, if not another hemisphere.

How to use your leftover egg whites
Last year my colleague Jane Touzalin wrote a wonderfully useful blog post on how to use your leftover egg yolks . Since then, we’ve had quite a few inquiries on just the opposite: what to do with an excess of egg whites. Read full article >>

TriathlEats: Orzo And Wild Rice With Dried Fruit
Private chef Doug Ruddle of Memphis, Tenn., shares a simple, versatile side dish perfect for winter.

Recipe: Breakfast Berry Enchiladas
Greek yogurt, fresh fruit and tortillas combine to create this breakfast idea.