Easy Cooking Tips and Recipe Ideas

Getty ImagesJust because it's cold outside doesn't mean you should to skip fruits and vegetables. Try the following recipes for a nutritionally packed, ready-in-no time weeknight winter meal. Winter Superfoods Menu Main: Chicken with Kale stuffing ... Read More

Frances JanischStart the week off with this healthy, environmentally friendly meat-free meal. Meatless Mondays began in 2003 as a public health awareness program with the goal of reducing meat consumption by 15 percent. The initiative is now in its ninth year, and many organizations and ... Read More

Jennifer IserlohIn this Skinny Chef column, Jennifer Iserloh shares her recipe for healthy chicken with balsamic vinegar and explains why vinegar is great healthy cooking staple. I've often wondered what the Italian word "balsamico" means. Apparently, it comes from the same root as ... Read More

EatingWellWe've rounded up some of our favorite simple, healthy dinner recipes here -- they all come together quickly and require a reasonable number of ingredients, many of which you probably already have on hand. Quick Spinach and Tomato Pasta: The easy sauce for this pasta dish ... Read More

Quentin Bacon / Food & WineDon't you just love it when supermodels and famous actresses hold forth on how easy it is to follow a healthy diet? You know, just have your personal chef spend the day cooking you macrobiotic/vegan/Ayurveda/fill-in-the-trend food made from farm-fresh ... Read More

New Media PublishingWe all want dinnertime to be easy, so what we need are easy dinner recipes to make it a reality. Here are 10 recipes that lean into some already-prepared ingredients to make getting dinner on the table a snap, and still faster and better for you than take-out. Each only ... Read More

New Media PublishingEveryone clamors for simple dinner recipes -- well what could be simpler than a main course with only five ingredients? It's a real challenge to create minimalist recipes. What's the fewest number of ingredients you can use and still get the flavors and textures ... Read More

New Media PublishingIt's no wonder that shrimp scampi is popular: It's quick and easy enough to make for dinner any weeknight but it sounds, looks -- and tastes -- fancy enough for company or a special occasion. As the head-note for Food & Wine's Sizzling Shrimp Scampi recipe explains, ... Read More

New Media PublishingWhat's for dinner tonight? If you're like most busy cooks, the answer is likely to be chicken at least a couple of times per week. For good reason: Chicken is easy to cook, versatile and lends itself well to healthy preparations. But we know all too well how easy it is to ... Read More

New Media Publishing After a long day, the last thing you want is a fight with the kids over what's for dinner. So when you're not in the mood to push the culinary boundaries, here are 8 dinner recipes for kids that will keep the peace while still giving the family a reasonably healthy ... Read More