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How To Make Avocado Egg Cups

3 Summer Slow Cooker Recipes That Will Make Your Life Easier

3 Easy Dishes You'll ALWAYS Have Time To Make

3 Easy, Delicious One-Pot Recipes To Make Tonight

We love a good shortcut — in life and in the kitchen. Recipes that require nothing more than tossing everything in a big bowl always get the most love

How To Make Your Apartment Smell Like The Holidays

The best thing about the holidays (other than the food, of course) is the smell. Evergreen trees, slow-roasted meats, fried deliciousness, and the most

No-Cook Summer Corn-Avocado Salad

If there's one thing the East Coast does better than the West, it's corn. So, pairing creamy avocado with sweet kernels of corn might be the next best

No-Cook Tomato-Peach Salad

The perfect example of the saying "what grows together, goes together" is tomatoes and peaches. It might seem counterintuitive, but tart tomatoes are

by Jessica Chou

No-Cook Summer Watermelon Salad

A truly wonderful watermelon should be enjoyed sliced, chilled, and preferably next to a pool. Second best, however, is in the form of a sweet, savory

No-Cook Summer Fruit Parfait

When it's hot outside, we want a recipe that we can throw together quickly using ingredients we already have in the fridge. That's where parfaits come

No-Cook Summer Gazpacho

What's easier than slicing up ingredients and making a salad? Just throwing your vegetables in a blender to make a lovely, cold Spanish soup that is

3 Easy Breakfast Recipes You Can Make Before Work

I was about 8 years old when I had my first breakfast taco. Even in my naive, young mind, I had a powerful thought that has endured to this day: Why

by Elettra Wiedemann

How To Poach Chicken

Another term that sounds fancy: Poaching. What does it mean? Gently boiling a cutlet in chicken stock. This technique ensures that the chicken will

How To Sear Steak

Cooking a steak at home is one of those daunting tasks that we tend to avoid at all costs. But thanks to this trick from recipe developer and cooking

How To Bake Tofu

Making tofu at home can often end in a mushy, unappetizing mess. But, we've got the perfect fix: Instead of the difficult frying method that your

How To Stir-Fry Shrimp

Okay, you brought home some shrimp from the store, now what? Two words: SHRIMP SCAMPI. Time to tackle the restaurant favorite we always order, yet never

How To Steam Salmon

In the cooking world, there are a lot of fancy terms that actually mean very basic things. For example, cooking fish "en papillote" (a.k.a. in parchment

by Elettra Wiedemann

3 Healthy, Delicious Recipes With A Surprising Main Ingredient

Things I love: corn. Things I don’t love: The tiny infuriating corn threads that somehow get EVERYWHERE when I am shucking my corn. Here’s the

by Elettra Wiedemann

The Easiest-Ever Coleslaw Recipes

Coleslaw is one of those foods that I'll order at a restaurant or buy at my local deli, but have never attempted to make at home. It's not because I don't

by Elettra Wiedemann

Level VI: The Perfect Solution For Leftover Rice

Doughnuts are among our favorite desserts, but making them at home can be a total disaster, especially if there's yeast involved. That's where these

Level V: Create A Homemade Dessert In Just 15 Minutes

Making dessert can be super-intimidating, especially when baking is involved. But, thanks to this 15-minute stovetop recipe, you'll always have

Level IV: How To Make Fried Rice In A Flash

Everyone loves a tasty, greasy fried rice from the local takeout joint, but it’s also a dish that can be easily (and more healthily) made at home!

by Elettra Wiedemann

Level III: This Soup Is The Perfect Quick Meal

We're always on the hunt for easy soup recipes that we still have time to make after we get home from work. (It's all part of a losing battle with

Level II: Meet Your New Favorite Weeknight Dinner

I went to Costa Rica as a kid for a two-week camping trip, and we ate rice and beans every single day for lunch and dinner. Normally that might be

by Elettra Wiedemann