Recipes & Cooking Ideas

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Varieties of tomatoes
Your Tomato Season Primer: 7 Types of Tomatoes and How to Use Each Kind
Varieties of summer corn
Your Guide to Sweet Summer Corn: How to Store, Shuck, Grill, Boil, and Microwave It!
Slices of bananas on a half sheet pan ready for freezing
How to Freeze Bananas
Dinner Recipes 
Easy Tofu Stir Fry served with rice.
Spicy Tofu Stir-fry
50 mins
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Rack of Lamb
Classic Rack of Lamb
35 mins
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Grenadine in a glass cocktail mixer.
Easy Homemade Grenadine
35 mins
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Lunch Recipes 
Peeled and sliced Instant pot hard boiled eggs on a plate
Instant Pot Easy-Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
4 mins
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Tex-Mex Chopped Chicken Salad with Corn, Tortilla Chips, and Cojita
Tex-Mex Chopped Chicken Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing
35 mins
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Bread and Butter Pickles
Bread and Butter Pickles
4 hrs
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Breakfast Recipes 
The Best Shakshuka in a skillet.
Shakshuka with Feta, Olives, and Peppers
50 mins
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Tahini Breakfast Cookies
Oat and Tahini Breakfast Cookies
27 mins
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Biscuits and Gravy - Buttermilk Biscuit Covered in Sausage Gravy
Biscuits and Gravy
35 mins
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Dessert Recipes 
Side view of the front of a house made of gingerbread.
How to Make a Gingerbread House
2 hrs
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14 Dessert Recipes Packed with Fresh Summer Fruit
15 Dessert Recipes Packed with Fresh Summer Fruit
Salted Caramel Brownies
Caramel Brownies
55 mins
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Snacks And Appetizer Recipes 
Easy Pepperoni Calzones on a plate
Pepperoni Calzones
55 mins
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Swedish Meatballs
Swedish Meatballs
80 mins
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Homemade dark rye bread on a wooden board
Homemade Rye Bread
70 mins
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Drink Recipes 
Two summery peach margaritas on a white tray with a whole peach next to it.
Peach Margarita
5 mins
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Homemade cherry pop cocktail with fresh cherries and lemon set next to it.
Cherry Pop Cocktail
10 mins
Homemade lemonade in tall glasses on a tray.
Blended Whole Lemon Lemonade
5 mins
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Holiday And Seasonal Recipes 
Baked Brie
Easy Baked Brie in Puff Pastry
35 mins
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How to make scalloped potatoes
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
2 hrs
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Gougeres Cheddar Cheese Puffs
Cheddar Cheese Puffs
50 mins
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Recipes By Time And Ease 
Side view of yellow beans in a cream colored bowl.
Wax Beans With Mint
25 mins
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Easy French Toast on plate with butter and syrup
French Toast
20 mins
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The best asparagus in a serving bowl.
Quick and Easy Asparagus
20 mins
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World Cuisine Recipes 
Chimichurri Sauce in bowl
Chimichurri
8 mins
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Moroccan Grated Beet and Carrot Salad
Moroccan Grated Carrot and Beet Salad
15 mins
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Orange Blossom Carrot Salad
Orange Blossom Carrot Salad
15 mins
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A burger patty on a parchment lined baking sheet to show the best way to season a burger.
How to Season a Beef Burger
Garlic cloves with a chef's knife on a wood cutting board
The Fastest, Most Efficient Way to Peel Garlic
Hunk of steak on the grill
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Meat
Peaches and nectarines in a turquoise carton container
Your Guide to Peaches and Nectarines, Summer's Best Baking Companion
Grilled lobster tail on a charcoal grill
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Shellfish
Lettuce grilling on a Weber charcoal grill
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Fruits and Vegetables
Chicken thighs on a Weber charcoal grill
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Chicken
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Fish on grill grates
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Fish
Avocado next to bowl of avocado oil
Your Guide to Avocado Oil, a Great Oil for High Heat Cooking
Papaya cubes in a white bowl on a blue napkin
How to Cut a Papaya
5 mins
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Bowl of watermelon cubes with watermelon slices behind it on a wood serving platter
How to Cut a Watermelon Into Slices and Cubes
5 mins
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Two ears of corn with husk pulled back showing kernals on a wood cutting board
How to Freeze Corn on the Cob
Trimmed green beans in a plastic ziptop bag
How to Freeze Green Beans
Copycat Guacamole Recipe - person mincing an onion
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Three ears of cooked corn on the cob on a blue flower plate
How to Cook Corn on the Cob
9 mins
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Conversion measurements illustration
Ounces to Cups to Tablespoons Conversion Chart
Head of green lettuce on a wood cutting board
How to Store Lettuce and Keep it Fresh for a Long Time
Collection of anchovies cans, jars, tubes
Your Guide to Anchovies, the Salty, Savory Secret Ingredient You Should Be Using
Close up grouping of multi colored onions
How to Store Onions
garlic bulb cloves and peeled garlic in glass container
How to Store Garlic