This spring-produce-packed one-pan meal makes a healthy and satisfying weeknight dinner. Melted garlic butter coats the salmon and vegetables, adding depth of flavor and richness to the dish.

Garlic Butter-Roasted Salmon with Potatoes & Asparagus

Serves 4

Active Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

1 pound baby Yukon Gold potatoes, ...Read more

Proponents of seed cycling claim that eating certain types of seeds during different phases of the menstrual cycle can help regulate hormone levels and support reproductive health.

Seed cycling divides the menstrual cycle into two halves. During the first two weeks (the follicular phase), flax and pumpkin seeds are eaten daily. In the second ...Read more

This is a recipe I have made for many years. I like to serve this at larger gatherings since it easily serves eight to 12, depending on your guests’ appetites. Gravlax tastes like smoked salmon but without the smokey flavor since it is not smoked. You’ll need to start curing the salmon four days before you plan to serve the gravlax to ...Read more

On Mother’s Day, our family finds it preferable to gather at someone’s home rather than wait in line at a crowded restaurant. The challenge is that we’d all like easy preparations that deliver restaurant-quality flair.

This year, I’m using frozen puff pastry to make breakfast treats for a crowd with minimal stress. Made by layering ...Read more

If you’ve got some great chocolate in the pantry and some eggs in the fridge, get your whisk ready, because this flourless chocolate cake recipe does it all. Rich and indulgent, it’s been a classic way to end many a restaurant dinner for generations. But this air-lightened, egg-whitened flourless chocolate cake is also a deceptively easy ...Read more

A staple of English tea service, cucumber sandwiches come to the table on a tiered tray that’s stacked high with other tiny sandwiches and scones with clotted cream. The combo of crisp, thinly sliced cucumber surrounded by herby cream cheese on squishy white bread makes them one of my favorite tea sandwiches. They’re small, light, and so ...Read more

For something relatively simple at its core, pizza can simultaneously spark debate and provide comfort like few other foods.

Its range of fans is impressive, from picky kids who sustain on cheese pizza to connoisseurs with impressive wood-fire pizza ovens in their backyards. But no matter where you fall on the pizza spectrum, there’s always ...Read more

This whole aging thing isn't going very well for me.

I recently made a lovely lunch to bring with me to the office. I piled slices of unusually good roast beef (my wife boasted that she had bought the expensive stuff at the grocery story) on top of bread I had baked just the night before. I smeared just a bit of Dijon mustard on the top slice �...Read more

These light and fresh strawberry shortcakes lean on nonfat Greek-style yogurt instead of butter or cream in the shortcakes. Just a small amount of sugar and a pinch of lemon zest is all you need to bring out the flavor of fresh strawberries in this easy dessert.

Strawberry Shortcake with Honey-Yogurt Cream

Serves 6

Active Time: 20 minutes

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We hardly need an excuse to host a taco party. This style of casual entertaining proves as welcome in our home as summertime grilling. Cinco de Mayo, a date in Mexico that marks the victory over France in the Battle of Puebla, serves as an excuse for culinary celebrations in this country.

This year, May 5 falls on a Tuesday, so ...Read more

The term “electrolytes” may sound like a buzzword you see on sports drink labels, but they play a far more important role in your body than most people realize. At their core, electrolytes are minerals — such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate and bicarbonate — that carry an electric charge when dissolved in ...Read more

Every week I buy a bunch of bananas intending to eat them fresh, blend them into smoothies with peanut butter, and serve them as dessert (who could resist this banana pudding or this ...Read more

I love traditions. This Mother’s Day cake has been a keeper in my family for many years. I loved to bring this to my mom, either as a part of brunch or tea, and now I share it with my daughter every year. We usually decide the day before if it will be a brunch or an afternoon tea where this citrus confection will be the star of the meal.

This...Read more

Shrimp in any form is a big deal in my home. My whole family is from Nayarit, one of the few states in Mexico known for its incredible seafood. And while there isn’t just one dish that the state is known for, aguachile is definitely in the top three. In this dish, the shrimp typically isn’t cooked but more so cured with lime juice and salt. ...Read more

I don't understand the new food pyramid. Then again, I didn't understand the old food pyramid, either.

The pyramids were created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture the Department of Health and Human Service as a way of directing Americans toward healthful eating.

The problem I have with them isn't with the food recommended in either pyramid...Read more

These chicken nachos have crunchy chips topped with hot spiced shredded chicken, beans and melted cheese with cooling chunks of avocado, red onion and cilantro. If you like heat, add jalapeno slices at the end. These quick nachos work well with shredded chicken breast or rotisserie chicken if you have leftovers to use.

Chicken Nachos

Serves 6 ...Read more