Baked salmon fillets layered over lemon slices and fresh dill, steamed under foil with a splash of white wine until they flake. A clean, light, weeknight seafood dinner.
Mushrooms Montreal is a no-cook appetizer of raw sliced mushrooms in a lemon cream dressing with scallions and parsley. Served immediately or marinated for deeper flavor.
No-cook couscous made by steeping the dry pasta in boiling water or broth off the heat. Five minutes of prep, 30 minutes of patience, and you have fluffy couscous ready for any North African dish.
Fresh mushroom bisque with a full pound of mushrooms, half-and-half, egg yolk, and lemon juice. A rich, velvety cream soup ready in 25 minutes with no stock needed.
Mustard-garlic chicken breasts coated in a blended Dijon-garlic-cayenne paste and crusted with wheat germ. Baked skinless for a crispy, golden, lower-fat dinner for two.
Pureed potato soup with just potatoes, onion, celery, stock, and a bay leaf. Seven ingredients, 30 minutes, naturally creamy without any dairy.
One-pan breakfast hash with crispy potatoes, bell peppers, and onions topped with eggs and melted cheddar. Hearty skillet meal ready in 40 minutes.
Roasted potatoes primavera with zucchini, red bell peppers, mushrooms, and onions tossed in olive oil and baked until golden and tender. A simple one-pan vegetable side dish.
Mohren, a traditional German side dish of carrots and apples glazed in butter, honey, and white vinegar. Sweet, tangy, and simple with just a few ingredients.
Oyster St. Laurent simmers fresh oysters in buttery milk with their own liquor stirred in at the end. A simple four-ingredient French-Canadian oyster stew with pure briny flavor.
Italian roast onions (cipolle arrositite) baked whole in their skins with olive oil until soft and golden. Three ingredients, hands-off, and versatile as a side or antipasto.
Crispy sesame chicken: bone-in pieces dredged in a sesame-seed-flour coating, pan-fried golden, then baked through. Nutty, crunchy crust on juicy chicken, not the Chinese takeout version.
How to prepare fiddlehead ferns: clean, simmer until tender, and serve with butter and lemon. Works for bracken, ostrich, and cinnamon fern varieties.
Baked Vidalia onions stuffed with brown sugar and butter, roasted until soft and caramelized. A simple 4-ingredient side dish that works in the oven, toaster oven, or on the grill.
Shredded potato nests crisped to golden brown in the oven, then filled with baked eggs for a fun, portable breakfast.
Simple boiled chunk potatoes with butter, salt, and black pepper. Easy side dish with brown potatoes cooked tender in 25 minutes.