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Simple and flexible, smushed baby yellow potatoes are topped with cheese and oven-roasted to a crispy delicacy

Make these noodles to elevate a protein or as a vegetarian side on its own. Using hearty brown rice vermicelli and meaty shiitake makes this a pleasing meal to enjoy piping hot or leftover.

Master this straightforward technique to breathe new life into your stir fries.

Learn to swap things to save yourself stress in the kitchen and the world.

Pull this winning recipe out of your back pocket for an unexpected show stopper packed with nutrition and requiring only a peeler and baking sheet, no one will know you didn't spend hours learning this in a professional kitchen.

Tips on less salt and more savoriness. What is umami?

Long, thin pasta and savory, meaty cabbage come together in an hour to make this creamy, nourishing, warming meal.

This is a tried and true biscuit recipe that comes together quick and gets some whole grains onto the menu without sacrificing flavor or taste

Check out my simple guac recipe -- it's a winner!

Note: Picture taken after diggin in! A combination of vegetables (and fruit, but let's not split gills) comes mostly from what I had in the refrigerator. Steak is a more costly source of protein, but one pound of meat fed two adults and had enough leftover for one more serving. Paired with meaty mushrooms and tender asparagus, marinated to boost its savoriness, and served over thin rice noodles, steak takes center stage. Because I did not cook the steak with the vegetables

Confession: I have never made dumplings from scratch. Most of the recipes I find for dumplings come with the caveat that frozen dumplings are easier to cook in a flash. It doesn't matter which dumplings you buy from the freezer section. They all cook about the same. Don't be afraid to mix and match different types. For this dinner, we had an open package of frozen cooked shrimp to use (purchased in bulk on sale when shrimp prices were down), heated in the cooking broth