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The Best Potato-Leek Soup Recipe

Why This Recipe Works The recommended method here is to press the potatoes through a ricer (instead of using a blender), which gives the soup a light and clean texture and eliminates the gluey consistency common in other recipes.For those who want to save time or don’t have a ricer, an alternate blender method will

Vegetarian French Onion Soup

Vegetarian French Onion Soup! Super flavorful, rich and comforting. A must-make this Fall and Winter. Hi friends! Just letting you know that this post is sponsored by Pacific Foods, which make some of my favorite vegetarian broths, non-dairy milks and packaged foods. Thanks for supporting the brands that make DK possible. Comfort food, come to

Slow-Cooker Shiitake-Noodle Hot & Sour Soup

Photo by Meredith Corporation Cook time 7 hours 30 minutes Serves 8 Test Kitchen-Approved Ingredients 24 dried shiitake or black Chinese mushrooms (2 to 3 ounces) 2 carrots, cut into ½-by-2-inch sticks 2 (8-ounce) cans bamboo shoots, rinsed 2 (14-ounce) packages extra-firm water-packed tofu, drained and cut into ½-inch pieces 1 teaspoon ground white pepper

Homemade Fennel Seed Crackers

Makes about 2 dozen crackers Author Notes I wasn’t into cheese until I was 20, when I met my British husband. We still joke about how I finally became French after a meal at his friends. After a few drinks and some great food, they presented us with a box of ripe and smelly camembert

Grandma’s Sicilian Meatballs in a Spicy Tomato Sauce

Photo by James Ransom Prep time 5 hours 45 minutes Cook time 2 hours 45 minutes Serves 6 to 8 Author Notes Growing up Sicilian-American in Texas, I remember eating the food my great-grandmother and grandma prepared at big family gatherings. But I never once had my grandmother’s meatballs until my 20s (I had always

Red Curry Clams

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until starting to soften, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and crushed red pepper and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add clams and their

Jamie Oliver’s Easy Sausage Carbonara

Photo by David Loftus Prep time 1 minute Cook time 14 minutes Serves 2 Test Kitchen-Approved Ingredients 5 ounces dried tagliatelle 3 sausages 1/2 bunch fresh Italian parsley (½ oz) 1 large egg 1 ounce Parmesan cheese Directions Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the package instructions, then drain

BAKED FALAFELS

Serves 3 Author Notes Falafels are one of our favorite foods to eat. They’re packed with amazing flavors and us vegetarians get a good amount of protein from them. My mom makes the falafel balls from scratch at home but I just bought the frozen kind from Trader Joe’s or Costco. The thing that kept