This Mushroom Shakshuka is made with a simmered sauce of tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, and browned champignon mushrooms, with eggs cracked directly on top and baked until the whites are set. The mushrooms add an earthy depth that a classic shakshuka doesn’t usually have. I make this for a weekend brunch or a light dinner…
This Eggplant Lasagna is made with roasted eggplant slices standing in for pasta noodles, layered with ricotta, marinara, and mozzarella, and baked until bubbly. Roasting the eggplant first, rather than using it raw, is what keeps this low-carb lasagna from turning watery. I make this when I want lasagna flavor without the pasta, or when…
Learn how to make homemade pasta dough from scratch with just flour and eggs. This beginner’s guide covers the basic recipe, kneading, rolling, 9 easy pasta shapes, flavored doughs, and how to store, dry and freeze fresh pasta. Homemade pasta dough only needs two ingredients, flour and eggs, and it tastes completely different from the…
Fried rice is one of those dinners that comes together fast and works with whatever you already have in the fridge. These easy fried rice recipes include chicken, beef, shrimp, vegetables, eggs, and simple sauces for quick meals that taste even better than takeout. Most of these fried rice recipes for dinner are great for…
This sloppy joe recipe is made with ground beef, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic simmered in a sauce of ketchup, yellow mustard, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce, then piled onto toasted buns. It’s sweet, tangy, and savory all at once, and it’s ready in about 25 minutes. It’s a weeknight dinner the whole family…
These salmon patties are made with canned or cooked salmon, breadcrumbs, egg, mayo, Dijon, green onion, and fresh dill, shaped into cakes and cooked until golden and crisp outside. They stay moist inside and you can make them three ways: air fryer, oven baked, or pan fried. They’re an easy weeknight dinner, a good high-protein…
These kielbasa sausage shish kebab skewers are made with smoked kielbasa, cherry tomatoes, green and yellow bell peppers, and red onion, brushed with a garlicky honey glaze and grilled until charred at the edges. Since the sausage is already cooked, you’re really just after color and caramelized veggies, so dinner’s done in about 15 minutes….
These stuffed cabbage rolls are made with tender cabbage leaves wrapped around ground beef, rice, onion, and garlic, then simmered in a tomato sauce with grated carrot until everything is soft and saucy. The filling stays juicy and the sauce soaks right into the leaves. They’re a classic for Sunday dinner, a freezer-friendly meal prep…
This butter white bean and pearl barley soup is made with creamy butter beans, chewy pearl barley, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, and spinach simmered in a tomato and vegetable broth with smoked paprika. It’s thick, filling, and cooks in one pot in under an hour. Make it for cold weeknights, meal prep lunches, or Meatless…
This pineapple fried rice is made with day-old jasmine rice, juicy pineapple chunks, shrimp, eggs, carrots, peas, green onion, and cashews, stir-fried with soy sauce, a little fish sauce, and curry powder. Sweet, salty, and savory all hit at once, and the whole thing takes about 20 minutes once the rice is cooked. It’s a…