Here’s an easy recipe that all cooks should know: 5 minute cannellini beans! It’s a lifesaver for weeknight cooking, or the perfect solution for adding plant-based protein to a meal. You’ll be amazed at the flavor you can coax out of one can of beans in just a few minutes. Throw it together in a skillet with a few spices and it tastes like it’s been simmering all day. Here’s how to make a can of beans into a legit delicious healthy side dish (or dinner)....

What’s your favorite comfort food? Mac and cheese and pizza can do the trick, but here’s our ultimate: Fried Rice! There’s something about the chewy clumps of eggs and the savory ginger and soy-infused bites that feels positively life giving. Usually we make fried rice on the fly without a recipe. But after years of tinkering, we wanted to share our master method. Here’s how to make fried rice at home....

Want a go-to easy homemade bread recipe? Here’s ours! This recipe works for just about anything. It’s perfect for sandwiches, making toast, or serving with soup. Even better, it really is easy compared to other breads you’ll bake. (It’s loads simpler than sourdough bread.) You don’t need specialized equipment, and it bakes right in a 9-inch loaf pan. It’s got a little whole wheat flour, oats, and seeds on the top for added nutrients and flavor....

To be honest, around 70% of my weekly menu revolve around simple and humble bread. I think ‘convenience’ is the major reason. Moreover, you can always find new and interesting recipes everywhere starting from sandwiches to bread rolls. Whether you’re a fan of bread or not, you’re definitely going to love this super simple and easy garlic bread idea. There’s bread, butter, plenty of freshly minced garlic,and rosemary straight from my herb garden....

Ready for our new favorite cozy and healthy soup? Loaded potato soup. Who could pass that up? (I mean, really!) This one is impossibly creamy with intermittent potato chunks, using no heavy cream at all! Old Bay gives it an irresistible undertone. It’s so easy to make: you don’t even need a blender! And like any good recipe, the best part is the toppings. You can use whatever you like best: Alex and I chose old standards like shredded cheese, sour cream and chives, but added a new-to-us twist....

Want a quick and easy creamy sauce that works for pasta or seafood? Say hello to this easy Parmesan cream sauce! It’s lusciously silky and bursting with flavor from garlic and Parmesan cheese. This tastes like a sauce you’d get at a restaurant: but it takes only 10 minutes to make at home! All you need is a handful of ingredients you might already have on hand. We love making this as a pasta sauce for a quick and easy dinner recipe, but there are lots of other uses too....

On the lookout for plant-based dinner ideas? Vegan Taco Salad to the rescue! This genius recipe comes to you by the magic of Walnut Taco Meat: a tasty way to make a plant-based version of ground beef. Turns out, walnuts, mushrooms and spices do a spot on job of simulating the savory goodness of meat crumbles. Add to that fresh veggies and a zingy sauce, and you’ve got a hearty meal that everyone will enjoy: including meat lovers!...

When it comes to a special breakfast…this one might be our new favorite. Try this epic Breakfast Tacos recipe! These tacos are solidly Tex Mex, stuffed to the brim with breakfast potatoes, cheesy eggs, cilantro and pickled onions. Alex was inspired by the flavors of breakfast tacos he had in Austin with our native Texan friend, and finally we’ve got a recipe that can recreate some of the magic. It’s the perfect fast and easy breakfast idea to jump start your morning....

Looking to impress on a weekend morning? Here’s a sure bet: this knock-out French toast casserole recipe! The bottom layer is custardy and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg: it tastes just like your favorite morning French toast. It’s then covered in a crunchy streusel layer, crumbly with oats, pecans and even more cinnamon. The combination of textures and added hit of sweetness is pure morning goodness! This one’s for special mornings (visitors in town?...

It looks delicious! I will try this recipe! (Also extremely healthy.) For me, and a lot of other people, I tend to own a grater that is both easy to clean and cheap. I’ve usually dealt with the standard 4-sided “cowbell” grater, but I have a soft spot for the box set. Sure, it is a bit more hectic to store, but it’s very simple to clean. Plus, you can see where the shreds go without having to worry about spilling over a tower of cheese that lies underneath....

A great way to mix up those morning eggs? Add goat cheese! This Goat Cheese Omelette is the place to start, in our opinion. Tangy chervre makes gooey, cheesy pockets in the savory eggs, punctuated with the oniony finish of fresh chives. Omelettes are quick to make and once you’ve gotten the hang of it, they’re ideal for breakfast or a fancy brunch, made to order. The goat cheese adds just the right hint of sophistication (but it works for 5 year olds too: we’ve tested on ours!...

Usually we make roasted asparagus or broiled asparagus, but here’s our warm-weather favorite: grilled asparagus! Grilling might be the very best way to cook asparagus: it’s easy, requires only a few ingredients, and comes out tender and charred, with a hint of smoke. Spritz it with lemon juice for a little brightness, and it’s a fresh and healthy side dish you won’t be able to stop eating! Alex and I have now added asparagus to our regular rotation for grill recipes for the season....

Frequently asked questions More grilled vegetables Grilled vegetables are our go-to easy side dishes in the summer! Here are some of our other favorites: Peppers and onions are one of Alex and my absolutely favorite things to throw on the grill for summer meals. But we didn’t write down the recipe, until now! Here’s how to make this treat pairs well with all the grilled dinner ideas, be it salmon, shrimp, tacos or portobello burgers....

Love perfectly cooked steaks? Try my grilled bavette steak, flat iron steak, New York steak, and air fryer steak next. A well-seasoned steak is one of my favorite meals to serve to family and friends, and thanks to this recipe for tri-tip steak, I don’t have to break the bank doing it! After soaking in an easy steak marinade, I like to grill the rich and beefy tri-tip to bring out its amazing flavors....

Healthy Blueberry Bread When it comes to healthy baking, my favorite recipes to make are monster cookies, oatmeal cookie bars, and this healthy blueberry bread. It’s no secret that one of my favorite things to do is making healthier versions of my favorite desserts. If there is a decadent and indulgent dessert out there, you can bet your bottom dollar I will try and give it a healthy spin. Recently, my mom gave me four packages of frozen blueberries....

“Try this pumpkin bread,” I offered to Alex’s family. They took a moist, pumpkin-spiced bite and started to murmur their approval as I threw in, “It’s made of all oats, too! No flour.” They looked at me in astonishment. “What? This is amazing.” Yes, this actually happened with this Healthy Pumpkin Bread (paraphrased, of course!). It’s so moist, so cozy spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, you’ll hardly notice that’s made purely of oats…no flour at all....

Hi Manjula, though I don’t remember the exact quantities used there is a fantastic way to make eggless cookies that are soft and not crispy, and that is to use some condensed milk in the batter. I hope this information may be useful to you. Cheers, Didina Can these cookies be made without oven? Can you please send me the recipe of eggless chocolate cake. ? Mousumi, check this link https://manjulalive....

Chiffonade is a technique for cutting herbs and green leafy vegetables into long, thin strips. You may have seen basil, spinach or mint cut in this way. It turns it into beautiful, thin ribbons to garnish a dish. Want to know how to do it? Here’s how to chiffonade in a few simple steps: and we’ve made a video for you, too! Video: How to chiffonade How to chiffonade How to chiffonade?...

How to feed a sourdough starter If you’re actively using your starter to make our Sourdough Bread recipe, the instructions above will allow just enough leftover sourdough starter to have enough starter for the next day’s bread. If you’re not making bread every few days, you’ll need to discard excess starter as part of the feeding process to keep it healthy and happy. In order to have bread on the regular, you have to learn to feed sourdough starter to keep it happy and healthy....

Frequently asked questions Here’s our step-by-step guide for what you need to do to make crystal clear ice that will transform all your cocktails and drinks! Clear ice looks beautiful in a glass. You can cut it into large, organic shapes that are perfect for an Old Fashioned or for filling up a glass for a margarita on the rocks. Clear ice melts slower. The purer the ice, the less fast it melts....