Content tagged with “Quick meals”

Vegetarian Thai red curry
Thai food is so flavorful and so full of healthful fresh vegetables—why don’t I cook it at home more? Naomi...

30-minute chicken Caesar salad wrap on the grill
Does it ever occur to you to make Caesar salad at home? I never think of it until I’m at a restaurant and it...

Easy DIY healthy chicken taco bowls
How many meals can you make with a corn tortilla? The outside-the-box cooks in the EatingWell Test Kitchen gave...

Health benefits of juicing vs. smoothies
Juicing and smoothies are all the rage right now. While both can boost your fruit and vegetable intake (something most...

Quick microwaved stuffed baked potatoes for a cheap dinner
The scene: My kitchen. The time: Tonight, about 30 minutes before everyone melts down from starvation. The options:...

Quick, budget-friendly stovetop ziti (no chopping required!)
I used to do my own taxes, but in the last few years, with the complications of kids in and out of college and so on, I...

How to make a healthy fried fish sandwich, without deep-frying
Maybe you are like me: the very rare times you settle for fast food for dinner, you think you can at least make a...

6-ingredient fast & skinny one-pot jambalaya
If you do a search for jambalaya recipes, you’re going to find more to choose from than you know what to do with...

4-ingredient maple mustard salmon in 15 minutes
With just 5 minutes of prep time and 4 ingredients, you can produce baked Maple-Mustard Salmon for dinner that’s...

Budget-friendly and healthy quick pasta bolognese
So here we are in January—it’s cold outside and yet we’re trying not to crank the thermostat too high...

Fast, produce-packed lemon chicken stir-fry
With my new year’s resolution to eat healthy fresh in my mind, I’m focusing this week on getting more...

4 quick, healthy 400-calorie recipes for dinner
Trying to eat healthier and maybe even lose a little weight? That’s one of my goals for the new year and I’...

30-minute skinny pork chop suey
We’re so busy at this time of year, between work and parties and shopping, that it’s awfully tempting to...

30-minute steak dinner with blue cheese sauce for $3.50
Just in the last few months, two or three new artisanal steak restaurants have opened in town. I’m usually the...

30-minute stovetop chicken parmesan
In its classic form, chicken parm (short for Parmesan, but of course you knew that) is a dish you order at a family-...

Healthy meals to use up Thanksgiving leftovers
We have an open-door policy when it comes to Thanksgiving: we welcome in anyone who turns up. Especially this year,...

5 secrets to speedy soup
Nothing beats a warm bowl of homemade soup on a cool fall day. But I’m a busy guy—I don’t have time...

5 ways to use pizza dough
For years, one of my favorite go-to quick-dinner tricks has been to grab a bag of pizza dough from the freezer aisle of...

How to make chili from start to finish in 30 minutes
From chuck wagon to roadside diner to epicurean cook-off, chili has been an all-American favorite for well over a...

5-ingredient fall dinners
It’s a busy time of year—the weather is getting cooler and everything just seems to speed up. It affects...

Fast, healthy 4-ingredient dinners
With two little boys at home, I’m on a mission to streamline my dinner routine. My focus? Simplify. One of the...

Healthy Mexican recipes that won't make you gordo
Remember when chipotle was an exotic ingredient? Now we have Chipotle (the restaurant) on every other corner. Americans...

4 ways you haven't thought to use chicken breast
We know you love chicken breast. The challenge is keeping your repertoire for this popular ingredient fresh and...

10 "cheater" ways to get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes
Recently, my life has taken a turn for the bananas: among many other things, my wife and I are in the process of moving...

Chicken waldorf salad & 4 more no-cook dinner recipes
When I stay up past my bedtime (ahem, fall asleep on the couch) it reminds me of being a kid and thinking, “When...