In this eggplant version of chicken paprikash, Hungarian paprika gives the sauce its vibrant color and rich fl

Sambar is a spicy lentil soup served with idlis or rice

My mother has been making this dessert for years, and she often gets requests to take it to parties. It's one

This month's Sugar High Friday is hosted by Delicious Days and the theme is canning. I enjoy canning fruit jel

Fluffy Truffle Frosting

When I moved to South Carolina, I was surprised to discover that the barbecue there was yellow instead of red.

We've had great luck with the grape tomato plants this year. They're producing in abundance, and we bring in c

An easy recipe for the beginners in baking.The ingredients are simple & readily available. It can be store

This Szechuan-style dish gets its heat from the chili sauce. Look in your Asian market for chili sauce or garl

Adapted from an Ina Garten recipe.

It was 9:00 on Sunday morning, and I needed to have a potluck dish ready by 10:30. To complicate matters, I ha

After posting the Napoletana Pizza Dough recipe, I just had to follow up with my favorite way to use it. Our b

Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies With Wheat Germ

Adapted from The Bread Baker's Apprentice, by Peter Reinhart.

Yesterday was the first day of school, and I don't know who was more excited, my daughter or me. She's in a ne

Love sweet and sour fish but bored with its usual appearance and the combination of ingredients? Try combining

I was out of town for a few days this week, visiting my family in steamy southeastern Louisiana, and when I go

Adapted from America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.

Dirty rice is a Louisiana dish that’s called “dirty” because it has all sorts of gizzards, i

New York Brownies are very fudgy and at their best on Day 2. Waiting to try them is definitely the hardest par

  Not only is this vegan pineapple coffee cake completely free of added fats, it also uses no white flour

Small batch granola bars

While researching uses for mango chutney, I stumbled upon a recipe for Crawfish Curry that I just had to try t

This is a "throw it all into your rice cooker and walk away" recipe. I've recently started experimenting with

I've been taking a break from cooking for the past few days. On Friday I made my favorite lasagna, but after t

A brownie with a thick crust and fudgy center

An excellent Monster Cookie recipe that contains a bit of flour. For crunchier cookies.

A perfect food for the weight watchers. Smoked Tuna Sandwich Recipe Type: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Fi

Adapted from Ann Meyers, recipe from an old cookbook.

Last weekend I attended yet another potluck dinner. Something about the summer just screams "potluck," I guess

I needed a vegetable dish to go along with the Okara "Crab" Cakes, so Sunday's dinner included this vegan vers

See the note at the end of the recipe for using tofu instead of okara.

I'm going to admit right up front that I'm not sure whether I'm posting this photo because I liked the recipe

You would have thought I'd never seen fresh vegetables. My husband wanted to shop as men do: Get in, get somet

At the risk of jinxing things, I have to say that our garden is really doing well this year. We have tons of t

Larabar Clones