Fast Easy Recipes

Home Chef recipes: Pasta, pork and pound cake
Readers from all over the country have been sending in their recipes to us, competing in TODAY's Home Chef Challenge. Here are recipes for three of our favorite winners, including pesto chicken pasta, pork chops and a five-flavor pound cake.

Recipe: Cheese Tortellini with Chicken, Carrots, Broccoli and Basil Pesto
A tasty way to use up leftover cooked chicken!

Presto! Processor pesto
A vibrant green pesto to toss in to pasta, spread on a pizza or sandwich, mix into a salad dressing or dip, or use in a host of other ways.

Great uses for those chipotle chiles
Readers were ready with advice last week for how to get the most from a can of chipotle chiles in adobo. All of the tips were better than my usual tactic of covering the still-mostly-full can with a plastic bag and tucking it in the fridge until inspiration strikes. These smoked jalapeno chiles swimming in a thick, flavorful adobo sauce have plenty of uses.

A fresh take on food
Like those big-name food personalities, Josee di Stasio is a bona fide star: her Tele-Quebec cooking show, À la di Stasio, began its 10th season last September.

A simple plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — It is said that we often complicate the simplest of things. I, myself, am guilty on all counts when it comes to making a home-cooked meal, especially for my loved ones.   A "simple" breakfast at home often includes toast with a side of grilled bananas and roasted almond flakes or scrambled eggs with a tomato and herb salad; ...

From lasagna to tamales, turn just about any dish into a main course soup
From lasagna to tamales, turn just about any dish into a main course soup

Fresh and meat-free in January? Here’s how
I have long been a proponent of meat, often expounding on the virtues of pig fat and beef cheek

Carb those cravings
Unless you're involved in planning the opening ceremony at the Olympics, it's likely you'll be thrifty in 2012.

Chefs who go back to school
• Garelick Milk: sources 90 percent of its milk from the St. Albans Co-op. This milk does not contain rBGH (bovine growth hormone) and the chocolate option is lower in sugar (not corn syrup) than other competitive brands.