A New Master Recipe The Recipe: Tourlou Tourlou may be a tongue twister – I dare you, try saying it five times in a row – but it's also a real tongue pleaser. Tourlou Tourlou is a big pile of different vegetables, cooked all together Greek-style for a long time – would you believe two hours? With such a long time in the oven, the vegetables take on a roasted quality, just better. Now, you know that the "veggie evangelist" – that's me – loves nearly all vegetables. But Tourlou Tourlou is something quite special, I hope you love it half as much as I do. Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real . ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ Serendipity Strikes! If ever there’s a story of vegetable serendipity, this is it. Back in 2012, I wrote a story for my restaurant-recipe column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that featured Olympia, a long-time favorite Greek restaurant here in St. Louis. Back in the kitchen, I spied a couple of prep cooks chopping huge piles of vegetables. T

My very first rhubarb pie recipe, bites of tart red rhubarb baked with a delicate custard, a rustic, country pie. Rhubarb Pie, Made from Scratch. Real Food, Fresh & Family-Tested. A Summer Classic. Budget Friendly. Potluck & Party Friendly.

Adventurous cooks, here's a challenge, a cake that's savory not sweet, in fact, it's entirely sugar free and thus more bread-ish than cake-ish. It's strewn with creamy bits of soft cauliflower with a touch of parmesan, extra-pretty in appearance with a moist and sturdy crumb. If you're looking for a savory breakfast bread that's a little bit different but also works throughout the day , this would be an excellent choice for a Mother's Day brunch, a summer meal, a Meatless Monday, even a park-bench picnic. Challenge accepted? Read on! A Bakery-Style Savory Cake, Made from Scratch At Home. Sugar Free, No Added Sugar. Whole Food, Fresh & Inventive. Fun Picnic Food. A Pretty, Even Dramatic Appearance. Budget Friendly. How to Feed a Crowd. Potluck & Party & Picnic Friendly. Vegetarian.

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo (or, y'know, a weeknight supper allllll summer long), a "Mexican" main-dish chicken salad, just cooked chicken tossed in a lime and yogurt vinaigrette with healthy black beans, jicama, corn and tomatoes. It's easy, it's tasty and the jicama gives the salad great "crunch". If you're new to jicama, you'll want to check out Vegetables 101: What Is Jicama? You'll be glad you did! Whole Food, Fresh & Family-Approved. Real Food, Fast & Flexible. Beautiful Color! Hearty & Filling. A Long-Time Family Favorite, Easily Adapted to Your Family's Tastebuds. Quick to the Table. Not just easy, Summer Easy . Another Quick Supper , a Kitchen Parade Specialty. Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Low Carb. High Protein. Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free. What're you waiting for?! So Good!!

Plus Three Secrets to Great Oatmeal One Old, Two New Hang onto your breakfast slippers, people, because there’s a great new way to cook oatmeal. It's a 50:50 blend of steel-cut Irish oats and old-fashioned rolled oats cooked on the stove in a mix of milk and water. The result is a taste and texture that's creamy and light but also – there's just no other way to put it – almost chewy, a real porridge, thick but not too thick, creamy but not too creamy. For an endlessly variable healthy breakfast staple, serve Creamy Oats "sweet" with fruit, glazed pecans and a splash of maple syrup or "savory" with sautéed veggies and an egg on top. How to Make Creamy Oatmeal Cooked from Scratch on the Stove. Just Three Ingredients. Great Texture, Nothing Mushy. Weekday Easy, Weekend Special. Great for Breakfast Meal Prep. Year-Round Breakfast Staple, Savory or Sweet. Hearty & Filling. Weight Watchers Friendly.

My favorite make-ahead cake, a chocolate sheet cake that’s kid-friendly, especially covered with sprinkles! It's dark and moist and chocolate-y. I a-d-o-r-e how the chocolate frosting sort of melts into the cake! Plus? There’s no need to get the butter out ahead of time because the recipe calls for melted butter! Better yet? No mixer required! All you need is a saucepan, a bowl and a wooden spoon. Quick to Make. Budget-Friendly. Make It Today, Take It to a Party Tomorrow Or Even In Two or Three Days.

Get out the sprinkles, baby! Here's my long-time best recipe for rolled sugar cookies, made from scratch, sturdy enough for decorating, tender enough to eat. The all-butter dough is easy to handle, requires no refrigeration before rolling out and holds its shape during baking. Best of all, these homemade cookies smell and taste good, thanks to a heady blend of vanilla and almond extracts. Plus if you're in a rush, no problem, mix and bake an entire batch start to finish in just an hour, all ready for decorating , whether it's for Christmas, Valentines' Day, Easter, Halloween or my own claim to fame, family birthdays. Oh, the big smiles that happen whenever old-fashioned hand-decorated sugar cookies appear! And not just from kids! Just-Baked & Family-Tested. Fast & Flexible. Rolled in Powdered Sugar. Fun for Kids, Fun with Kids for Cookie Decorating Projects. Tender Enough to Eat, Sturdy Enough to Hold Kid-Heavy Frosting. Potluck & Party Friendly.

The Recipe: Who else knows that some times, often even, only a lemon cookie will do? I've been looking for "my" lemon cookie recipe for a few years now but finally, I've found it! Lemon Crinkle Cookies are so bright and lemony, really charged with lemon flavor. And they have that much-coveted chewy texture too. Join me in Lemon Heaven, anyone? The Conversation: Why we love to bake: instant gratification. PS Who wants the recipe for Lemon Frozen Yogurt too? It's a good one! Instant gratification. That’s why I l-o-v-e to bake. Cookies and cakes. Brownies and bars. Pancakes and pudding. But supper? Supper takes effort. Planning, even perseverance. Answers to pesky questions like, What’s in the fridge to build on? Is the meat is thawed? What’s the vegetable? Is there salad? Seven stinkin’ days a week. I get it, I do, why cooks create a regular recipe rotation. Monday Meatloaf. Tuesday Tacos. Wednesday Wings. Thursday Thai. Friday Fish. Saturday Steak.