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Feast of the Seven Fishes Soup
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Feast of the Seven Fishes Soup Lunch / Dinner Get a taste of the Christmas Eve tradition from Southern Italy, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, all in one bowl of this indulgent seafood soup. Makes 4 servings Total Time 1 hour Print Recipe Print It Now Ingredients COOK: ½ cup chopped pancetta 4 oz. bulk Italian sausage STIR IN: 1 cup sliced leeks 1 cup chopped fennel bulb 2 Tbsp. minced garlic 1 Tbsp. mashed anchovies or anchovy paste ½ tsp. ground fennel ¼ tsp.
Simple Sugar Cookies
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cream butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, and zest with a hand mixer until smooth; scrape down sides of bowl. Add cream, egg, and vanilla; blend until combined. Add flour mixture in two additions, blending until nearly incorporated before adding more. Halve dough; shape each into a disk, wrap in plastic, and chill at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350°. Line two baking sheets with parchment.
Mexican-Spiced Portobello Tacos
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Mexican-Spiced Portobello Tacos with chipotle-lime crema Lunch / Dinner These Mexican-Spiced Grilled Portobello Tacos with chipotle-lime crema and quick-pickled onions leave nothing to be desired. Portobello mushrooms lose moisture in their growing process, concentrating and enriching their flavors while creating a dense, meaty texture.
Mushroom Steaks
Special Gift Offer Close Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Mushroom Steaks with persillade sauce Lunch / Dinner For steaks that are easy, delicious, and good for both your body and the planet, give these King Oyster Mushroom Steaks with persillade sauce a try. Makes 4 servings Total Time 30 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Ingredients ¼ cup olive oil + 2 Tbsp., divided 4 king oyster mushrooms, ends trimmed and halved lengthwise ½ tsp.
Grilled Lobster Tails
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Grilled Lobster Tails with anchovies Lunch / Dinner Lobster is often considered indulgent fare, but it becomes more doable for two. The dry-heat method of grilling intensifies lobster’s natural sweetness. A slather of the umami-ish anchovy butter lends balance — so easy and so good. Makes 2 servings Total Time 30 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Ingredients 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter 4 anchovy fillets, chopped 2 Tbsp. chopped tarragon 1 clove garlic, chopped ¼ tsp.
Grilled Lobster Tails
Preheat grill to medium-high (350–400°). Brush grill grates with oil. Melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave; cool. Pulse 4 anchovies, tarragon, garlic, salt, and zest in a mini food processor until a paste forms. Stir paste into cooled butter until combined. Cut the back of the shell (not the meat) up to the tail fan. Pull top of shell apart and lift meat out, leaving it still connected at fan. Thread two wooden skewers through meat of each tail.
Lemon & Blueberry Buttermilk Loaf Cake
Preheat oven to 325°. Coat an 8½×4½-inch loaf pan with butter; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Whisk together flour, ½ tsp. salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk together buttermilk and 1 Tbsp. lemon juice in a measuring cup with a pour spout. Whip egg whites in a bowl with a hand mixer on medium-high until foamy; slowly add 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar while continuing to whip whites until they're thick, glossy, and form soft peaks.
Chicken, Fennel & Tarragon Salad
Special Gift Offer Close Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Chicken, Fennel & Tarragon Salad Lunch / Dinner Chicken, Fennel & Tarragon Salad is a little bit of a riff on a Waldorf salad, but its essence is classic and universally approachable. Makes 8 servings (about 8 cups) Total Time 30 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Ingredients WHISK: ½ cup mayonnaise Minced zest of 1 lemon (about 1½ tsp.) 1 Tbsp.
Cold Thai Crab Salad
Special Gift Offer Close Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Cold Thai Crab Salad with coconut milk vinaigrette Lunch / Dinner Cold Thai Crab Salad with coconut milk vinaigrette teems with textures and bold flavors. Creamy, crunchy, and cool, it sings with spice and delivers everything you expect in a Thai-inspired dish — a balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy heat.
Watercress Salad
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Watercress Salad with creamy smoked trout Lunch / Dinner What could be more natural than combining the flora and fauna of fresh flowing water? Accordingly, we're pairing watercress and trout in this sprightly spring salad. In a show of strength, watercress stands up to horseradish and smoked trout for an entrée that's both nutritious and full of flavor.
Lamb Skewers
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Lamb Skewers with mint gremolata Lunch / Dinner The most popular cut of lamb — rack of lamb — gets skewered and grilled, bringing juicy flavor plus fun and casual elegance to the table. Select small racks so you can cut them into double chops. To keep the bones from burning, it’s best if you “french” the bones (remove the meat and tissue between them) before wrapping them in foil.
Key Lime Mousse
Melt 1 stick of butter for the curd in a double boiler over medium-high heat. Add yolks (reserve 2 whites for the tuiles), whole eggs, lime juice, and ¾ cup granulated sugar. Cook curd over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 10 minutes. Transfer curd to a bowl, cover, and chill until cold, about 2 hours. Beat cream and sugar for the mousse until stiff peaks form. Fold cream, cold curd, and zest together in a bowl.
Cubano Wraps
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Cubano Wraps Lunch / Dinner The pork Cubano Wrap — chopped pork, deli ham, pickles, and mustard — is a delectable twist for your pork leftovers. If you've run out of ideas and still have Christmas or Easter ham to use, this tangy, crunchy sandwich will get the party started all over again. Makes 2 servings Total Time 30 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Share Recipe Ingredients HEAT: 1 Tbsp. olive oil ¼ cup diced onion 2 tsp.
Peppadew-Goat Cheese Spread
Recipes › Appetizers / Snacks › Peppadew-Goat Cheese Spread Appetizers / Snacks While it may look a tad like that classic Southern cheese spread, this sweet (and some say a little spicy) Peppadew-Goat Cheese Spread is just as addictively creamy and good. Makes 2½ cups Total Time 15 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Share Recipe Ingredients WHIP: 10 oz. goat cheese, softened 1 cup heavy cream ADD: 4 oz.
Smashed Cucumber & Watermelon Salad
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Smashed Cucumber & Watermelon Salad with shrimp Lunch / Dinner Cucumbers aren’t just for slicing in salads and the Smashed Cucumber Salad especially makes that point, they’re the star of this popular Chinese dish. The smashing (literally) process is a classic Chinese technique that cracks the cucumber skins and helps release the seeds and splits the flesh into chunky bites. Then salting and chilling gives them the perfect crunch.
Blackberry Cobbler
Recipes › Desserts › Blackberry Cobbler Desserts Fresh blackberries make the best filling, especially since they're in peak season when you'll most want this fruity cobbler. But frozen berries are an option, too. Makes 12 servings Total Time 1½ hours + cooling Print Recipe Print It Now Share Recipe Ingredients FOR THE FILLING, TOSS: 8 cups fresh or frozen blackberries (partially thawed if frozen) ¾ cup sugar 2 Tbsp. instant tapioca, finely ground ½ tsp.
Hanger Steak Tortas
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Hanger Steak Tortas Lunch / Dinner Hanger steak is a thicker cut that’s flavorful with a coarse texture. Hanger has long been prized by butchers for its beefy flavor — they would keep it for themselves since there are only two steaks per steer. Taming this cut is easy glory for the griller, and these Hanger Steak Tortas transform it into a Mexican-inspired summertime comfort food.
Peach Moscow Mule Granita
Recipes › Desserts › Peach Moscow Mule Granita Desserts Nothing beats the heat better than this frozen Peach Moscow Mule Granita. With the classic flavors of ginger and lime, plus peach, you had better make a double batch and get the copper cups ready for this refreshing treat. Makes 4 servings Total Time 20 minutes + freezing Print Recipe Print It Now Share Recipe Ingredients BOIL: 1 can peach nectar (11.5 oz.) 2 Tbsp. sugar 1 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger STIR IN: 2 bottles ginger beer (12 oz.
Huevos Rancheros Bowls
Recipes › Breakfast / Brunch › Huevos Rancheros Bowls with Tomato Pico de Gallo Breakfast / Brunch Huevos rancheros, or "rancher's eggs," is a breakfast dish traditionally served with eggs atop tortillas with salsa, beans, and avocado. Here, we flipped this Mexican breakfast from the plate to the bowl for a fresh and filling breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It's flavorful and protein-packed from the addition of soyrizo for a vegetarian option, or substitute with Mexican chorizo for the meat eaters.
Angel Hair Shrimp Scampi
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Angel Hair Shrimp Scampi Lunch / Dinner Shrimp is a natural for weeknight dinners since it's quick-cooking. Paired with a tart and garlicky sauce and served over quick-cooking angel hair pasta, this shrimp scampi’s a dish that seems harder than it is. Makes 4 servings (6 cups) Total Time 30 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Share Recipe Ingredients COOK: 8 oz. angel hair pasta CRISP: 1 oz. prosciutto, thinly sliced 1 ½ lb. jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 Tbsp.
Grilled Steak Pizzaiola
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Grilled Steak Pizzaiola with Parmesan garlic bread Lunch / Dinner Pizzaiola [peet-tsah-YOH-lah] is a dish from Naples that traditionally features meat cooked with tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, oregano, and white wine. Spending more time outdoors is where it’s at this time of year. And with this quick-to-fix Grilled Steak Pizzaiola recipe at the ready, summer meals on the patio will be sizzlin’.
Pfeffernüsse
Recipes › Desserts › Pfeffernüsse Desserts Named for black pepper, which gives Pfeffernusse [FEHF-fuhr-noos] a little bite, these petite spiced cookies make one heck of a yuletide treat. One of the best things about these classic German cookies is they get better with age, making them the perfect make-ahead Christmas cookie. Their flavor intensifies and they stay moist and chewy, so they're ideal for shipping.
Creamy Mushroom Pasta
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Creamy Mushroom Pasta with baby kale Lunch / Dinner The savory, meaty flavors of mushrooms abound in this great-tasting Creamy Mushroom Pasta with baby kale. And the recipe comes together fairly quickly and easily — you’ve gotta love that. But there’s more to love about mushrooms — they’re good for you, too.
Coconut Basmati Rice
Recipes › Side Dishes › Coconut Basmati Rice with Cilantro Side Dishes Cooking the rice with coconut milk gives it a subtle sweetness and slightly creamy texture. Ingredients HEAT: 1 Tbsp. coconut oil 1 cup canned coconut milk 1 cup water STIR IN: 1 cup dry basmati or jasmine rice ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro Minced zest of 1 lime Instructions Heat oil, coconut milk, and water in a saucepan over high to boiling.
Charred Corn & Black Bean Salad
Recipes › Side Dishes › Charred Corn & Black Bean Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Avocado Side Dishes Charring vegetables brings out a smoky, slightly sweet flavor. With charred corn and peppers and hearty black beans, this side dish is the perfect accompaniment to a Grilled Pork Tenderloin with scallion-cilantro sauce.
Grilled Fruit Salad
Recipes › Desserts › Grilled Fruit Salad with Grilled Pound Cake Desserts No gathering is complete without some sort of fruit salad. But for this one, put your grill to work. With the sweet-and-sour honey-lime dressing, this will be a real crowd-pleaser. And, forget the marshmallows and coconut. Serve this fruit salad over grilled pound cake for something that’s akin to a fruit panzanella or grilled fruit shortcake. No matter what you call it, you won’t be able to put your fork down.
Mediterranean Steak & Couscous
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Mediterranean Steak & Couscous Lunch / Dinner If there’s any season that bodes well for simplified meals, it’s summer. With an array of produce at its peak, it’s easy to make meals more flavorful with fewer ingredients. Steak is a quick-cooking protein and the couscous beefs up the dish to make a complete dinner. Ingredients 1 tsp. each ground cumin, coriander, salt, and black pepper 2 New York strip steaks (12 oz. each) 1 Tbsp. minced fresh garlic 1 Tbsp.
Red, White & Blue Fruit Salad
Recipes › Side Dishes › Red, White & Blue Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing Side Dishes Here's a healthy, festive fruit salad for your 4th of July party — or any summer party, for that matter. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries provide the red & blue, while dragonfruit and star-cut jicama bring interest with fun shapes and stark-white color. This quick-and-easy side dish has a honey-lime dressing for even more flavor. Ingredients WHISK: 2 Tbsp. honey 2 Tbsp.
Ricotta Pancakes
Recipes › Breakfast / Brunch › Ricotta Pancakes Breakfast / Brunch These Ricotta Pancakes have just the right fluff and richness that you've been looking for in your hotcakes. While adding ricotta to your pancakes may be new to you, it actually dates back centuries. And if you're worried, don't be, you can't taste the cheese. The addition of ricotta gives your pancakes an almost creamy interior as it bakes into the batter.
Grilled Lobster Tails
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Grilled Lobster Tails with Cilantro-Mint Butter Lunch / Dinner Grilling is a great way to cook lobster. This dry-heat method intensifies lobster’s natural sweetness while adding a little smokiness. After grilling the tails, slather on the herb-lime butter for just the right amount of freshness. Ingredients FOR THE BUTTER, COMBINE: 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh mint ½ tsp.
Grilled Steaks & Bok Choy
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Grilled Steaks & Bok Choy with Wasabi Ponzu Sauce Lunch / Dinner Grilled steak and a simple starch and vegetable make a really outstanding meal. And this one, served with sushi rice, baby bok choy, and an Asian dipping sauce, requires minimal ingredients, but has maximum flavor. Ingredients PREPARE: 1 cup sushi rice 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar ½ tsp. kosher salt Minced zest of 1 lemon ¼ cup sliced scallions WHISK: ½ cup lemon juice ⅓ cup low-sodium soy sauce 2 Tbsp.
Grapefruit, Orange & Avocado Salad
Recipes › Side Dishes › Grapefruit, Orange & Avocado Salad with Jalapeno-Lime Vinaigrette Side Dishes Serve a fish dinner with a refreshing citrus and avocado salad — also loaded with nutrition. The tangy vinaigrette works overtime both to flavor the salad and enhance the tuna in this Spice-Crusted Tuna Steaks recipe. Ingredients FOR THE VINAIGRETTE, WHISK: Minced zest of 2 lemons ½ cup fresh lemon juice 6 Tbsp. avocado or olive oil 1 Tbsp. grated jalapeño 1 ½ tsp. kosher salt 1 tsp.
Strawberry, Kiwi & Banana Salad
Recipes › Breakfast / Brunch › Strawberry, Kiwi & Banana Salad with Dry-Roasted Peanuts Breakfast / Brunch This easy fruit salad recipe makes great use of fresh fruits like strawberries, kiwi, and bananas in a breakfast side dish. Make the fruit salad ahead so it’s ready to serve with the congee, but wait to add the banana until right before serving.
Huevos Rancheros Bowls
Recipes › Breakfast / Brunch › Huevos Rancheros Bowls with Tomato Pico de Gallo Breakfast / Brunch Huevos rancheros, or "rancher's eggs," is a breakfast dish traditionally served with eggs atop tortillas with salsa, beans, and avocado. Here, we flipped this Mexican breakfast from the plate to the bowl for a fresh and filling breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It's flavorful and protein-packed from the addition of soyrizo for a vegetarian option, or substitute with Mexican chorizo for the meat eaters.
Nectarine Torte
Recipes › Desserts › Nectarine Torte with Hazelnuts & Orange Desserts Tortes are rich cakes often made with little or no flour, but usually include ground nuts or bread crumbs. A showcase for summer stone fruit, each bite of this simple, subtly sweet cake is an ode to the end of the season. Based on old-fashioned European plum cakes, this nectarine adaptation starts with a simple ingredient list.
Mixed Berry & Cornmeal Slump
For the filling, heat 1 cup each blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, sugar, brandy, vanilla, nutmeg, and salt in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet or 5-qt. Dutch oven over medium-high to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until berries begin to break down, release their juices, and somewhat thicken, 15 minutes. Whisk together cornstarch and lemon juice, then stir into berry mixture until it thickens, about 1 minute. Stir in remaining berries; reduce heat to low.
Red, White & Blue Fruit Salad
Special Gift Offer Close Recipes › Side Dishes › Red, White & Blue Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing Side Dishes Here's a healthy, festive fruit salad for your 4th of July party — or any summer party, for that matter. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries provide the red & blue, while dragonfruit and star-cut jicama bring interest with fun shapes and stark-white color. This quick-and-easy side dish has a honey-lime dressing for even more flavor.
Skillet Salmon Chowder Casserole
Preheat oven to 350°. For the chowder, cook bacon in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet until crisp; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate, then mince once cool. Melt butter in same skillet with drippings over medium-low heat. Stir in leeks, carrot, celery, and cayenne; season with salt and black pepper, and sweat until leeks soften, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle flour over vegetables, and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Increase heat to medium-high.
Savory Cranberry Sauce
Recipes › Side Dishes › Savory Cranberry Sauce with red wine & thyme Side Dishes A slightly savory rendition of a traditionally sweet condiment, this cranberry sauce is great with turkey. Makes 8 servings (2 cups) Total Time 30 minutes Print Recipe Print It Now Share Recipe Ingredients COOK: ¼ cup minced shallots 1 Tbsp. olive oil STIR IN: 12 oz. fresh or frozen cranberries ¾ cup packed brown sugar ¼ cup each dry red wine and balsamic vinegar 2 tsp. minced fresh thyme ½ tsp.
Shrimp Skewers
Recipes › Lunch / Dinner › Shrimp Skewers with cilantro pesto Lunch / Dinner Southerners have been making shrimp and grits for generations. These Shrimp Skewers are an interpretation of that dish that brings together spicy shrimp, pesto, and polenta. Shrimp is a natural on the grill — it cooks quickly and adapts to almost any seasoning thrown at it. And while this pesto is a departure from the usual basil pesto, its fresh flavors perfectly tie this dish together.
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