
Thai curry paste is a mixture of chile, garlic, galangal, shallots and spices. Keep it on hand for an added flavoring kick when making simple sauces, salad dressings or sandwich spreads. Serve this lunch with fresh fruit; sliced apples are a great match.
Le Gruyère melts up smooth and creamy, not stringy or gooey, making it a perfect cheese to use in gratins. Here it's paired with sweet butternut squash for a rich and very flavorful side dish.
This grown-up grilled cheese features Wellspring™ Creamery Goat Cheese with Cranberries and Orange Zest layered with roasted asparagus, salty prosciutto and a touch of pesto on hearty whole-grain bread.
Here's a soup that can be put together quickly and offers comforting, warm and spicy flavors. Serve the soup family-style in a large tureen and arrange the garnishes around the table in colorful bowls for everyone to dress up their soup.
Crunchy celery, almonds and onions combine with chicken in smooth mayonnaise and tangy mustard for an ideal lunch or light dinner sandwich. Avoid the stove, if you like, and use cooked rotisserie chicken, removing the skin and bones of course.
These easy-to-assemble burgers can be shaped ahead of time and cooked off when you're ready to eat.
Save the bones from two rotisserie chickens or two home-roasted chickens, toss in a few aromatics, and you're about an hour away from two quarts of rich homemade broth.
Layered with five different beans and aromatic dry ingredients, this “meal in a jar” is an affordable and impressive gift. Substitute other beans, such as colorful heirloom varieties, for any of those listed here (if they have similar cooking times).
A potato cake, flavored with caramelized onions and collard greens, is the base for each towering breakfast stack, completed with a sausage patty and an egg.
This rich chicken dish, flavored with sweet paprika and tart Greek yogurt, is an elegant use for chicken thighs. If you like spicy, substitute hot paprika for some of the sweet.
Crunchy whole wheat bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese make a delicious topping for this holiday comfort dish of creamy noodles, leeks and turkey (use leftovers!).
Spicy, sweet and tangy, the sauce would also be good with ham.
A very affordable crowd pleaser served with crackers, flatbread or pita chips.
Easy yet elegant mini tarts make an ideal pass-around dessert for a holiday party.
With the traditional flavors of hummus – tahini, garlic and lemon juice – this butternut squash hummus is familiar in flavor, but surprisingly sweet and creamy.