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All About Artichokes
Artichokes are strikingly flower-like with an olive green and sometimes purple color which makes them stand out among other vegetables in the produce section. They may look intimidating, but they’re very easy to cook. Here's how to prep and cook artichokes.
Tips
How to Core Peppers
Learn how to remove the core and seeds and segment a pepper with these simple (and clean!) steps.
How to Chop Onions
Most chefs cut onions in a very specific fashion—its similar to the technique here with one difference. They make a horizontal cut into the onion halves. It puts your fingers at risk and no one’s ever given a good reason for making that extra cut—except that it’s how they were taught in culinary school. Here's an equally effective way to chop onions.
How to Peel Pearl Onions
Pearl onions are about the size of a grape and have a mild flavor. They can be cooked (they are often creamed) and served as a side dish, pickled, or used as a condiment or garnish. Because they’re so small, it can be a tedious job to remove their papery skin. Here's a quick and easy way to remove the skins from pearl onions.
Freeze Fresh Spinach for Quick Chopping
Freeze fresh spinach instead of buying frozen cooked spinach. The fresh flavor remains, and it's easy to prep when you need it—plus clean up is non-existent!
Use a Pastry Blender for More Than Pie Dough
Your pastry blender can be used for more than pies and pastries—it's perfect for chopped avocados, eggs for salad, and mashing cooked potatoes and squash.
How to Prepare Potatoes Ahead and Keep Peeled Potatoes From Browning
These simple tips makes it easy to prepare potatoes ahead, by keeping them as fresh and white as when you peeled them!
How to Easily Squeeze Spinach Dry
Frozen spinach contains a ton of excess liquid that must be removed before it's used. Here are a few simple tips to get a better handle on drying spinach.
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Recipes
Cashew Chicken-Stuffed Peppers
Takeout lovers, rejoice! The classic tastes of cashew chicken and rice are cooked into the perfect serving size in this addictive recipe.
Greek Stuffed Peppers with Lamb
Israeli couscous, zesty lemon, and tangy feta cheese mix with the flavors of lamb to create a satisfying, well-rounded meal.
Shrimp Chiles Rellenos
Get ready for your family to request this dish over and over again. Fresh shrimp and melted Monterey Jack cheese make for an irresistible dinner.
Squash and Feta Frittata with Za’atar
Za’atar is a savory Middle Eastern spice blend of herbs and sesame seeds. Ground sumac adds earthy tartness and herbal notes to the classic mix.
All-Butter Pie Dough
Summer’s Bounty Potato Salad
This veggie-packed potato salad is a must-make side for your next potluck.
Ultimate Tomato Pie
This pie lets garden-fresh tomatoes shine.
Lemon-Garlic Mayo
Herb-and-Cheese Drop Biscuits
Add these easy-to-make biscuits to your weekly rotation
Strawberry Shrub
Prepare this strawberry concentrate to use in drinks.
Frozen Strawberry- Aperol Cocktail
Aperol’s bitter herbal taste accentuates the natural sweetness of the strawberries.Makes 6 to 8 servings
Strawberry Sparkler
This refresging strawberry drink can be made with or without spirits.