Recipes
Noodles & Pasta
Cold Spaghetti
Chilled spaghetti tossed with vegetables, olives, and Italian dressing. A fun, pasta-salad-style dish that’s easy to prep ahead for picnics or summer lunches.
Noodles & Pasta
Pasta with Lentil Soup Sauce
Cooked pasta topped with a hearty, thickened lentil soup as sauce. A protein-rich, budget-friendly vegetarian meal combining pasta comfort with the earthiness of legumes.
Noodles & Pasta
Fruity Macaroni Salad
A sweet-savory twist on macaroni salad with fruit like pineapple or grapes, mayo, and crunchy veggies. Bright, refreshing, and perfect for summer spreads or potlucks.
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Warm Pasta Salad with Corn and Zucchini
This warm pasta salad is big on summer vegetables, corn and zucchini, with a small kick of red pepper. A great sub to potato salad and a perfect meatless entree or side dish for your next picnic or family potluck.
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Broccoli and Orzo
A simple side dish which combines orzo, a rice shaped pasta with fresh broccoli, garlic and oil. A perfect side for fish or chicken or enjoy it as a main meal.
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Pasta with Asparagus
Pasta with Asparagus; a simple dish but a wonderful way to enjoy asparagus which is in season right now.
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BLT Macaroni Salad
Dads like bacon so I thought a bacon, lettuce and tomato summer pasta salad would be a perfect side dish for your Father's Day picnic. The L in this BLT salad should really be an S but I didn't like the sound of a BST.
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Creamy Pesto Chicken and Bow Ties
Tender chicken and bow tie pasta tossed in a creamy pesto sauce. Herbaceous and rich, it’s a family-friendly meal that combines bold basil flavor with smooth texture.
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Turkey Sausage and Tomato Sauce over Pasta
Serving: 1cup pasta, 1/2 cup sauce, Calories: 297kcal, Carbohydrates: 48g, Protein: 17g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 31mg, Sodium: 560mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 4g
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Bolognese Sauce
This is the BEST bolognese sauce recipe and it’s so easy to make. Meaty, savory, and full of depth and richness, this one’s a keeper.
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Spinach Stracciatella Soup with Orzo
Stracciatella soup is a really quick Italian classic made with chicken broth, egg, parmesan, fresh spinach and orzo. Basically an Italian egg drop soup, which takes under twenty minutes to make so it's perfect for any weeknight.
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Candied Tomato Sauce
Serving: 1/4, Calories: 78.1kcal, Carbohydrates: 17.3g, Protein: 3.2g, Fat: 1.2g, Fiber: 4.1g
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Estela s Candied Sesame Seeds
This is one of the more rewarding ways to spend 10 minutes. As you stir sesame seeds in a sticky syrup, suddenly the water disappears and a dry crystalline layer of sugar pops to the surface. At Estela, chef Ignacio Mattos’s curve-shattering restaurant in New York City, they roll scoops of caramelized white chocolate in the candied seeds, but the seeds are also just as good sprinkled over ice cream or paletas, or topping a brownie or a slice of cheesecake—anywhere you want a little crunchy sesame-flavored twinkle.
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Crispy Farro and Tomato Salad
For a whole new summer grain salad experience, broil farro until it's crackly and crispy, toss with parsley, parmesan, and lemon zest, then scatter over the ripest, juiciest tomatoes you have. Repeat all summer long.
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New Potato Salad with Crispy Radishes Fennel & Celery
Delicious as a side for summer BBQs. The crunchiness of the radish, fennel, and celery is lovely against the soft potatoes.
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Lentil Tomato & Olive Baked Cod with Lemon Caper Vinaigrette
It’s always great to have a couple of impressive dinner dishes that you can throw together for a party or feed to a crowd without having to do a lot of dishes. This baked fish recipe is perfect for an impromptu gathering. It’s basically a one-dish meal—everything (including cooking the lentils) is done in one pan. You can switch up the cod for whatever fish is local and in season, keeping in mind the cooking time might change depending on the thickness of the fish, so check it accordingly while cooking.
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Session Margarita
For most drinkers, classic cocktails serve as craving benchmarks. When it’s sweater weather and you’ve got whiskey on the brain? Make it a Manhattan. When you’re roasting in the midsummer sun and in desperate need of refreshment? Send margaritas.| New Window The trouble is, our benchmarks tend to clock in above the mark where they can reasonably be dubbed sessionable. The good news is they can easily be altered to bring down the ABV while still preserving the flavor profiles that made these drinks classics in the first place.
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Lemon Ricotta Spaghetti with Arugula
I find myself making this dish after a long, hard day after work. It is bright yet filling pasta dish that will get you out of the kitchen in the time it take you to boil the pasta.
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White Bean Salad with Tarragon
A refreshing white bean salad featuring tender beans, crisp vegetables, and a light vinaigrette infused with fragrant tarragon. Perfect as a side dish or light lunch, it's vibrant, herby, and full of fresh, zesty flavor.
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Pea and Bacon Panzanella with Warm Vinaigrette
The strawberries and peaches might be screaming out for you, but it’s okay to make a lunch entirely from the freezer. Make it throughout the summer. Make it when it's not too hot to turn on your oven. Make it when you need a bowl of comfort. Make some for me.