Fast Easy Recipes

Culinary SOS: With a glass of milk, these molasses cookies are hard to resist
Dear SOS: Milk has the best molasses cookies I've ever had. My entire family adores them, and I would love to be able to make them for my dad on his 66th birthday. Please help. These cookies are out of this world. I need the recipe, before I spend my last dime on them! Thank you! -Selby Blum, Los Angeles

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?

Recipe cards keep family cooking alive
Mary Brandenburg remembers the freshly baked cookies she would sneak off a counter in her grandmother's Illinois home - and the squeaky screen door that always gave her away.

Two simple rules to get what you want
Chicken and veggies medley: A tomato-based concoction of sautéed chicken and vegetables accentuated with a hint of coconut milk. / Photo courtesy of Shelly Calvo

Memories of mom include Patriots' first Super Bowl, recipes
This old family photo shows the author, then high school senior Christine Igo, with her mother Helen Igo after they watched the Patriots win their third playoff game on the road and earn a trip to their first-ever Super Bowl. Helen is wearing her autographed 'Mosi's Mooses' cap which she took with her to New Orleans.

9 Healthy Super Bowl Snacks
The Super Bowl is one of the biggest calorie fests of the year for many Americans. The average football fan eats about a day’s worth of calories during the game, and the U.S. Calorie Control Council estimates that Americans pack away 11 million pounds of chips on Super Bowl Sunday.

Making Rocky Road crock pot cake on the Weekend Diner
Recipe by Pat Myers of Shawsville ROCKY ROAD CROCK POT CAKE

Recipe Finder: 'Magic' pie eliminates crust, reduces calories
Gloria Thomas's request for the "magic" egg pie recipe made in a blender with baking mix hit my inbox just as I finished making my own favorite "magic" pie recipe, a pumpkin version.

Host your own Chowder Bowl
Use Stew's New England Clam Chowder recipe to host your own Chowder Bowl. Photo: Contributed Photo / Norwalk Citizen Starting today, and running through Super Bowl Sunday, Stew Leonard's in Norwalk is letting New Yorkers and New Englanders battle it out in the kitchen.

In the Kitchen Q&A: Cookies are flavored with malted milk balls, scones are dotted with dried fruit
Question: I used to make cookies with malted milk balls. Can you find such a recipe?