
Instant Pot Quinoa with Mushrooms
This Instant Pot mushroom quinoa builds flavor in the pot before the quinoa ever goes in. Browned mushrooms, onion, garlic, and thyme do the heavy lifting. A pat of butter at the end ties it together.

This Instant Pot mushroom quinoa builds flavor in the pot before the quinoa ever goes in. Browned mushrooms, onion, garlic, and thyme do the heavy lifting. A pat of butter at the end ties it together.
This Greek chickpea salad leans on block feta, kalamata olives, fresh dill, and a red wine vinegar dressing, with a simple technique to keep the feta from breaking down into paste. Ready in 15 minutes with no cooking required.

This Mediterranean chickpea salad actually pulls from the Mediterranean pantry, roasted red pepper, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomato, and basil, instead of just relabeling a cucumber-tomato salad. Ready in 15 minutes with no cooking required.

This classic chickpea salad is dressed with a scratch lemon vinaigrette instead of mayo, so it holds up in the fridge for days without turning watery. Ready in 15 minutes with canned chickpeas, cucumber, tomato, and red onion.

Quality fermented sauerkraut runs $7–10 a jar at the grocery store — assuming you can even find the real kind. This recipe makes a quart of lacto-fermented cabbage and carrot for under $1.50, in about 20 minutes of actual work. One jar, dead simple, and better than anything sitting in a distribution chain for the past three weeks.

If you think you don’t like broccoli, you haven’t had it like this. Roasting transforms broccoli from that sad, soggy vegetable you had to eat

While I am on a less restrictive diet of “eat more protein,” I cook for someone who is trying to be good and stay on

Want an easy dish that you can pop in the oven when you get home and have ready by the time you settle in and

Who doesn’t love KFC’s mashed potatoes? As I stated in my copycat recipe for a copycat of KFC coleslaw, I’m no fan of their chicken,

Most KFC coleslaw copycats get it wrong. This one gets it right. Creamy, sweet, and tangy in all the right places, and ready in 20 minutes.