Roasted peppers make the summeriest pasta around. Just be sure to use the sunset-colored ones (red, orange, or yellow) so that your sauce will be nice and sweet. The sauce can also be served on rice, salmon, chicken, or any…
This is a perfect picnic (or anytime) side dish, but it makes a great main dish too. If we’re serving it as a main, we like to add cheese or beans—or both!— to make it even more satisfying. Kids Advisory…
Elote is a kind of seasoned corn on the cob that you can buy from street vendors in Mexico. Here we’re using frozen corn kernels because it’s wintertime—and because frozen corn is so easy! And it’s still really, really tasty.…
This is a fresh and saucy dish that tastes great when you make it and even better the next day, when the cauliflower has had time to soak up all the spices. Serve it with rice. kitchen gear Cutting board…
Cinnamon Spice Mix: Shake a little on your apple sauce, in a mug of hot cocoa, or on apiece of buttered toast! Or make extra and give some to a friend. kitchen gear Small bowl Spoon Clean jar with a…
Have you heard of people “massaging” the kale for their salads? We’re just using a spoon here—or tongs—but the idea is the same: Stir the raw leaves with lemon juice, oil, and salt to make them as tender as possible…
This is a classic summer side dish. We don’t usually call for bags of vegetables that are already cut, but we make an exception for coleslaw because it’s tricky to cut cabbage very thinly. If you want to give it…
We have Kids Advisory Board member Beckett to thank for the name of this recipe, which his whole family loved. Cabbage might surprise you. It’s sweeter than you might have thought, and when you stir-fry it until it’s a little…
Come summertime, we figure we should eat as many berries as we can. This creamy fruit shake is a great way to do just that. kitchen gear Measuring cup Blender (adult needed) Ingredients 1⁄2 cup milk 1⁄2 cup plain…
Dates are the fruit of the date palm. They are dark reddish brown, oval-shaped, and about 1½ inches long. Date trees can grow up to 100 feet tall and die when they can’t hold their own weight! Add dates to…