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Surprising Ways to Use Canned Beans

I have always kept a huge variety canned beans in my cupboard – black beans, chickpeas, white beans, pinto beans, lentils, and more. My friends used to make fun of me about it, but now that we’re facing the Corona quarantine they see how on point I have been all along. Canned beans are a cupboardRead More

Sheet Pan Maple Mustard Chicken Thighs and Red Cabbage

Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post   Here’s an all-time favorite, easy sheet pan dinner: chicken thighs are slathered with grainy mustard and maple syrup, then roasted at a high temperature to ensure an extra-crispy skin. Their rendered fat is poured off, then the maple mustard chicken is nestled on the same panRead More

Russian Beef and Vegetable Soup (Borscht)

Photo Credit: Quentin Bacon This soup is the perfect antidote to a cold winter’s night—it is generous, warming and filling, chock-full of hearty, earthy vegetables and chunks of tender beef—and its vibrant red color, imparted by the beets in it, is sure to lift your spirits. A finishing dollop of cool sour cream provides luxuriousRead More

Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo

Photo by Christopher Hirsheimer and food styling by Melissa Hamilton   Once, years back, I had to test a slew of soup recipes, so I threw a soup party with huge pots bubbling away on the stove and small serving cups so everyone could to taste each one. This Greek-style soup is the one  nobodyRead More

Lentil and Macaroni Soup With Swiss Chard

Photo by Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post   This comforting  soup is flecked with Swiss chard, tomato and whole-wheat elbow pasta and seasoned with a deeply flavorful but mellow mix of Middle Eastern spices. This Lentil and Macaroni Soup with Swiss Chard is a one-pot wonder that is easy to make on a weekendRead More