Cooking Food

A food safety expert shares the most effective and safe method to wash your produce.

It's totally foolproof and rewards you with a meal that tastes really fancy — even on a weeknight!

Any night - Tuesday or otherwise! - that involves tacos for dinner is bound to be a good night.

For quick weeknight meals, the Instant Pot is your BFF.

It was also incredibly easy.

The Instant Pot makes beef stew weeknight-friendly.

Sorry to be the one to have to tell you.

Look for it in the refrigerator cases!

The simple chicken tacos this Mexican-American mom makes for her kids (and herself).

For Meatless Monday and beyond.

Easy to make and even easier to clean up!

No more hot handles that can hurt the kiddos.

A pack of chicken sausage is my go-to ingredient for quick and easy weeknight dinners.

We couldn't stop eating them.

It's perfect for quick dinners.

A simple 10-minute marinade makes all the difference.

This method delivers juicy, flavorful meat and crispy skin — and it's easy!

Pumpkins, mummies, and monsters, oh my!

"No more throwing away expensive avocados that rot in ten minutes. Yay!"

Everything you thought you knew about cooking pasta is wrong.

There's even a fun cooking card game for kids!

It's about comfort, convenience, and care. Here, eight recipes to give new parents all those things.

We found several great ways to make fluffy whipped cream ... and one method for splattering it everywhere.

A classic example of when homemade is truly better.

We're happy to report that our tried-and-true method ended up being the winner.

I use it for so much more than just fried eggs, too.

"It’s the gift I give myself.”

Whether your mashed potatoes are watery, lumpy, over-salted, or gluey, we'll show you how to fix them and make them delicious.

If you get anxious, just remember: Roasting a turkey is just like roasting a large chicken.

Yes, even turkey can pose a problem.

Relying only on stainless steel pains, EVOO, kosher salt ... the list of bad advice goes on! Here's what I learned about these "rules."

My sister-in-law was right!

It's not glamorous, but most parents have experienced this dreaded issue — here are the foods that can make a real difference.

While the ol' kitchen-chair-turned-backward setup worked just fine in the '70s, today there are a slew of helpful platforms specially made to help kids reach the counter.

This recipe combines the best of two breakfast classics — cinnamon rolls and pancakes — into one picture-perfect dish.

With my youngest off to college, I've learned a thing — or ten — about family dinners.

These family favorites are nourishing AND totally kid-approved (talk about a goldmine).

The restaurant kitchen has nothing on being in the kitchen with little ones.

Bacon-and-egg hand pies, oatmeal breakfast bars, and so many more delicious and quick breakfast options for those busy mornings.

Some kids are notorious for craving predictability at dinnertime. They like the same pasta served in a particular bowl. Or they only eat tofu pho, which sounds adventurous, without green things, from one Vietnamese restaurant, and only on Thursday nights. (We’d like the table by the window, please.) Or they eat gyoza, but only at a certain friend’s house, because her dad really does make it best, and in that case he’ll have 20. I have one of these children.

It won’t officially be summer until you’ve had your first watermelon of the season. Chances are, though, that it’s been about a year since you’ve bought your last watermelon. Do you remember how to pick out a good one? Did you ever really know? There’s a definite art to picking the very best watermelons. But don’t worry, once you know what to look for, it’s easy.

Last year I publicly declared my love for nectarines over peaches, causing a little stone fruit drama. Nectarine season hasn’t started here in Washington yet, but we’ve got the first few weeks of peaches under our belts. Plus, I have a giant box of Georgia peaches I ordered online to see if there really was something I was missing. I am pleased to report that while my mind remains unchanged on the superiority of nectarines, peaches are still close behind.

Nutritious, simple for kids to make, and endlessly versatile — who knew such a breakfast was possible?

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One of the biggest challenges of packing my kids’ school lunches was seeing — and cleaning up — the food that came back home. Not only was it a major bummer to see food go to waste, but it also left me wondering if my kids spent the afternoon hungry. Sliced apples — beloved by my kids at home — used to always come back in their lunch boxes uneaten.