Fast Easy Recipes

Doubling not always answer for large meal
A few weeks ago I shared an awesome Southern green beans recipe that was designed to serve a large crowd. Large, as in 24 people.Since most of us arent cooking for a couple dozen folks at once, I suggested readers might want to scale down the recipe for a ...

Recipe Of The Week: Triathlete’s Nicoise
Looking for a light recovery meal? Give this recipe a try.

FEAST column: Cook without following the book
FEAST students learn how to use a recipe as a guide in cooking. The exact ingredients are rarely on hand for a meal, so everyone is comfortable with finding substitutions for the missing foods.

Judi Leaming: New recipes ... that’s what friends are for
Inspired by recent meals with friends, food columnist Judi Leaming offers up new recipes, which include Crunchy Tossed Salad, Betty Crocker's Summer Macaroni Salad and Gooey Mixed-Nut Bars.

Come Into My Kitchen | Couple counts on fresh, local foods
Lyndsey d’Happart is one half of a creative culinary couple. She and her husband, Ozzie, enjoy connecting in the kitchen and with Kansas City’s community of local farmers. The d’Happarts are also growing their own food in a backyard garden plot. Lyndsey says if you start with fresh, organic and locally grown foods, you can’t help but create delicious dishes.

THE HEALTHY PLATE: Recipe for hake en papillote
Admittedly, steamed fish doesn't exactly scream mouthwatering. But what it lacks in excitement it more than makes up for in health cred. Steaming generally involves no added fat and is a great way of retaining all of the nutrients in your food. It's also relatively speedy.

Nigel Slater's midweek dinner: salt and pepper pork
The first of a new series of effortless everyday meals, this is as simple amidweek dinner as you can get

Garlic String Beans Stir Fry Recipe
Want a great side dish recipe? This garlic string bean stir fry makes the perfect accompaniment to any meal. Fresh string beans tossed in a flavorful mix of garlic, ginger and soy sauce are sure to please the whole family.

Pass the peas, please!
With the beginning of springtime, gardeners are already planting peas and some have vines ready and waiting for the pods to form. It can't be long now for you to have your first mess of peas for dinner.

Homage to Catalonia: Claudia Roden has spent four decades taking our tastebuds on a grand tour
In the course of her culinary travels among the chefs, connoisseurs and gourmets of Spain, Claudia Roden met a grand academic lady of Madrid whose husband came from the Castilian aristocracy. As you might expect from a food writer who, over four decades, has opened our eyes and accustomed our tastebuds to the pleasures of the Middle Eastern, north African and Jewish tables, Roden's research ...