Mediterranean Picnic Snack

After a long holiday weekend filled with yummy goodies, having a variety of healthy lunch recipes of light foods will help you get back on track. Fiber- and protein-rich choices like Caprese Avocado Toast and No-Cook Black Bean Salad will help keep you full and energized throughout the afternoon. From sandwiches to soups and salads

Puff Pastry

Photo by Sharon Radisch Serves 8 Test Kitchen-Approved Ingredients Dough 2 tablespoons active dry yeast 2 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 cups milk, warmed to room temperature 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 3 cups pastry flour 2 teaspoons salt Butter Packet 2 cups butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup all-purpose flour Directions Dough Add the yeast

Garlic Scape Pesto

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Baked Falafel

Summer is here and I am digging on all of the summer bounties.  Once again I am trying desperately to get some zucchini into our lives.  Lenny is like a five-year-old when I serve it, and I have found if I sneak into a few recipes he is totally okay.  This recipe for a deliciously

Coconut Curry Mussels

Looking for a mussels recipe with wow factor? This is it. Fresh mussels cooked in and served with a spicy coconut curry broth. Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer When Garrett McCord told me he had the best mussels recipe in the world I was skeptical, that is until I tried it. Yikes this is good!

Chinese Rice Soup (Congee)

Ingredients:2 quarts broth or water , or more as needed1½ cups Jasmine or Carolina rice (this is one of the few instances where Basmati isn’t an appropriate long-grain variety)1 teaspoon salt or more to taste

Fatayer Sabanekh – Spinach Pastry Triangle

Can I add other greens to the spinach pastry stuffing? Yes, you can replace part of the spinach with oregano, collard green or kale. Lemon juice or citric acid traditionally these spinach fatayer were made with lemon juice and consumed immediately. The problem with using lemon juice if that it makes the filling wet and