The Olympics only come around every four years but luckily, we can all take the gold any night of the week with an authentic Chinese chicken dish, just tender pieces of chicken breast stir-fried in a mahogany-colored sauce made with ingredients easily found in an everyday kitchen plus Sichuan peppercorns. Approachable Homestyle Chinese, Better Than Takeout. Mere Minutes to the Table in One Skillet. An Easy, Healthy Meal. Another Quick Supper , a Kitchen Parade Specialty. Year-Round Kitchen Staple. Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Perfect When Cooking for One or Two . Easy DIY. Low Carb. High Protein. Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free. So Good!!

Easy homemade crispy cracker bread recipe with fresh herbs and sweet salt. TESTIMONIALS "Yum yum! This is basically all I had for dinner tonight. :)" ~ Gretchen Here's a fact: When it comes to bread, there are two camps. Camp One: No meal is complete without bread, even a small slice. "Is there bread, dear?" my mother would ask, KNOWING there was no bread but making the point, anyway. At supper one night, our family friend Olga asked for bread, "just a small cracker," then sat silent in disbelief when there was none. For those in this camp, a meal, it's gotta have bread. Camp Two: Bread is a special occasion. When bread is hot out of the oven, it might just be the meal, all by itself, perhaps with a small bowl of soup on the side. We love baking and eating bread! But every meal? No way. (Okay, there's a third camp, those that don't eat bread at all. But they're not reading anyway. So let's take a moment to p...

The Conversation: Okra could use a little re-branding. No more okra! Bring on the fries and popcorn! The Recipe: One of my very favorite light summer meals, just lightly sautéed fish with a simple tomato-fennel salad and roasted okra: oops, I mean, "garden fries". The whole meal cooks in 30 minutes and comes in under 200 calories. This isn't "diet food" – it's a summer feast! For good measure? There's fried okra too: oops, that would be "garden popcorn". This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes published every summer since 2009. Watch for new "summer easy" recipes all summer long. With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! It’s no surprise when kids beg for gummi bears. But at the farmers market last year, a girl pleaded with her mom. “Please, Mom, please-please-please," she begged. "Let’s get some okra!” Her mom and I lo...

Isn't summer glorious? The fruit, especially, seems especially jewel-like this year. And oh my, if fruity jewels don't glisten in this beautiful triple-berry pie. It's an all-berry mix of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries ... although, surprise, if you look carefully, some times I throw in some cherries too. Real Food, Sweet & Seasonal. A Pie with Beautiful Color! A Summer Classic & A Long-Time Family Favorite. Potluck & Party Friendly. Vegetarian.

Do you love the lightness of shrimp salad during the summer? Me too! It tastes fresh and healthy but is still packed with protein. This is my "master" recipe for shrimp salad, a concept recipe, begging for your own adaptations and substitutions, with three different sauces. So easy, so versatile! First published in 2008, updated & republished in 2012 REVIEWS "... just finished the most amazing shrimp salad." ~ Heidi Stuck in a shrimp rut, that's where I've been for a few weeks. It started when small cooked shrimp were on sale at the grocery, begging to be turned into shrimp salad for supper that night. The salad was good enough, but lacked a certain oomph. But by the next day, whoah, it was ever-so-good: it just needed a few hours for the flavors to meld! So I set off to create a shrimp salad tasting just as good on-the-spot as some-time-later. So sorry, no luck in that department. But there's an upside, something perhaps even ...