Italian sausage is roasted with chunks of sweet bell peppers and red onion for a meal that’s so much greater than the sum of its parts. Enjoy it on its own, tossed with pasta, over rice, or even stuffed into sub sandwich rolls! A Three-Ingredient Dinner That Satisfies I’ve turned to this sheet pan recipe time and time again. It’s a streamlined version of the classic Italian-American Sausage, Peppers, and Onions, a meal that simmers browned Italian sausages with sautéed bell peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, spices, and sometimes a splash of Marsala wine....

This summer we are taking an international vacation to London and Paris. While munching on croissants and sipping tea, I know that these meals eaten away from home will stay with us long after we are back in our own beds. Whether close to home or far away, I hope that this week’s meal plan can be part of your summer of experiences as well. New to Meal Planning? Start here!...

Some of this week’s recipes are a little luxurious to pamper yourself. Think pasta with shrimp and Parmesan lemon cream sauce or veggies and brown butter. Others will feel like you’ve been transported to Europe for a mini-vacation – Tuscan meatloaf and Austrian schnitzel. And then sometimes you just need potatoes with cheese when you’ve had one of those days. Barbecue chicken stuffed sweet potatoes will hit the spot. Enjoy!...

This week’s recipes are definitely quick and easy. Let’s consider this a kitchen cleanout! Raid your pantry to use jarred salsa and that bag of tortillas you forgot about to make enchiladas. Or use your dried pasta and canned tuna for a quick recipe with arugula. Switch up the ingredients in recipes like the pork rice bowls or lo mein to use of all the random veggies rolling around in your fridge....

What Makes a Hero Dinner? Recipe developers and cookbook authors Marge Perry and David Bonom know a few things about putting together great recipes that work every single time. These are recipes you can count on to rescue a terrible day, a last-minute change of plans, or just plain accomplish the seemingly superhero feat of getting dinner on the table, night after night. These recipes provide delicious and inventive answers to the daily question, “What’s for dinner?...

This is a slow cooker riff off our popular tagine recipe. Boneless skinless chicken thighs are sprinkled with paprika, ginger, cumin, turmeric, coriander, and more, placed on a bed of chopped onions, and slow cooked with green olives, lemon slices, and raisins until fork tender. The spice list is long, if you are missing one or two, don’t stress about it. Feel free to experiment with the amounts and find what works for you....

Here’s a quick and easy way to take them up a notch, tossing the cooked green beans with a no-cooking-required citrusy, spicy sauce made with sweet orange marmalade, soy sauce, and spicy Sriracha hot sauce. In fact, this three-ingredient spicy orange dipping sauce you could use for any number of recipes. I first encountered it while observing the Pillsbury Bake-Off challenge last year. Lauren Wyler from Austin, Texas served up the sauce with her entry for Cashew Chicken Twists....

First of all, gas heats up faster than electric, making it more efficient for high-heat cooking. In addition, the raised grates on a gas stove mean you can use pretty much any cookware, even if the bottom is slightly rounded. Gas ranges also offer greater heat control, which is essential for precise cooking. And the open flames allow you to grill, smoke, and sear food (not to mention make indoor s’mores!...

Carol Watkins, the housewares purchaser for Down to Earth, a locally revered home store in Eugene, Oregon, knows the specific appeal of a grill pan: “You get the grill marks; you’ll be able to sear and brown so much better than in a flat pan.” A grill pan’s ridges raise food just above the cooking juices. This leads us to another key consideration: Grill pans reduce the surface contact of the food by at least half, says Maren Marvin, the cookware buyer at The Cupboard in Fort Collins, Colorado....

Don’t worry, you don’t have to make a trip out to the grocery store! These quick substitutes will do the trick—and you probably have at least one in your kitchen right at this moment. What Is Cornstarch? Cornstarch, sometimes known as corn flour, is a white powder made from the dried and ground endosperm of corn. It’s most commonly used as a thickening agent in sauces, gravy, soups, puddings, and pie fillings because its starch molecules swell and gelatinize when heated, thereby thickening whatever it’s added to....

That first night, I ordered the only thing on the menu that looked familiar: meatballs. They were so good, I think I licked the plate clean. I stayed in and ordered Swedish meatballs every night for the rest of the trip! Better Than IKEA Swedish Meatballs Since that time in Stockholm, I’ve been on a quest to find a Swedish meatball as good, and we’ve done it here. What has resulted is one of our most popular recipes around the holidays: Swedish meatballs....

Just as there are qualities that go into each bottle of wine that you may or may not love, there are factors to keep in mind when shopping for a rack, including material, capacity, expandability, and stability. Typically made of wood or a sturdy metal, the ultimate goal of wine racks is to save precious space in your home while maintaining the integrity of your bottles. Here are the best wine racks on the market to help any wine connoisseur find the perfect match....

One bite and two wide eyes later, “Wow, why didn’t you tell me they were good?” Lunch served. How to Make Turkey Meatballs That Aren’t Dry I love ground turkey, but it can be dry. Often for turkey meatballs, we do things to compensate for the dryness, like adding moistened breadcrumbs or egg. Grated zucchini is an option too. For these turkey meatballs, we skip breadcrumbs and instead get extra moisture from the addition of lots of minced mushrooms and a little mayonnaise....

Today, I whipped up some turkey white chili, based on our chicken white chili recipe, but made it with cooked turkey meat instead of chicken, and with the beans cooked in homemade turkey stock. I bumped up the heat a bit from the other recipe. Feel free to dial it down, if you don’t like your foods spicy. Have you ever had white chili? It’s called white chili because instead of what you find in the usual chili con carne, it uses white beans, white meat, and mild green chiles....

In fact, if we’re being technically correct, we’re no longer even talking about the same tuber anymore. Those bright orange cuts in syrup in cans labeled “yams” in huge letters aren’t even related to real yams! In fact, chances are, most of us have never even had actual yams—just different types of sweet potatoes. So, what are yams and what are sweet potatoes? Let’s get to the “root” of the matter....

Thanksgiving is a food lover’s paradise – a time to gather and do nothing but eat. The key to a stress-free holiday is planning: A few weeks before Turkey Day, it’s wise to get your game together and figure out the state of affairs in your kitchen. Here are 10 tools, pans, and other essential cookware to dig out of the cupboard or put on your shopping list: Roasting Pan and Rack: This seems like a no-brainer, but if this is your first time hosting Thanksgiving, you might forget!...

Now that you know how to buy and store asparagus and how to prep asparagus, it’s time to start cooking! Here are nearly a dozen of our favorite asparagus recipes.

The best place to find seasonal produce is your neighborhood farmer’s market. Vendors will not only have what’s local to your area, but I find they have expert advice on how to store, prepare, and serve their goods. Since apples are probably aplenty, buy a bushel and make applesauce! Applesauce also goes great with pork chops, so think about serving that on Thursday as well. Homemade applesauce can last in your fridge for a week and up to ten days....