Fruit

Flouring the fruit in this Bundt cake recipe helps keep it suspended throughout the batter, and using a serrated knife guarantees you won’t squash or shred the slices.

In this recipe, a few textured and vibrant toppings gussy up a tender, buttery, and ultrasimple shortbread.

Left unadorned, these gummy candies look like precious gems, or they can be transformed into sparkly crunchy treats by tossing in coarse sugar before serving.

No holiday table is complete without it.

The freshness of the blanched green beans and crisp apple cider vinegar help cut through a heavier meal.

Really, it's possible.

You can serve this addictive chutney alongside roasted meat (rotisserie chicken); it’s also good on a sandwich with deli cold cuts. 

If you’re not following our weekly meal plan and not making the Grilled Cheese (though you really should; it’s delightful), which you need wheat bread for, use country loaf or sourdough bread, crusts removed, for optimal breadcrumbs for this chicken stew recipe. Check out step-by-step photos here.

A half a cup of olive oil may seem like whoa, too much, but that's the key to crisping up the chicken.

It’ll take a couple of hours to make the homemade broth and cook a whole chicken (your house will smell amazing) for this soup recipe. If you’ve had a long day, use 2 quarts store-bought broth and shredded meat from a rotisserie chicken. Whatever method you choose, use the chicken breasts to make this amazing salad with crispy rice. Check out step-by-step photos here.

Most importantly, it makes a superior condiment for sandwiches the next day.

This salad brings the sunshine, not the other way around.

The caramel in this recipe is chewy, so it will stick to the apple but won’t turn into a hard shell when cooled.

If using frozen cranberries, which are just as good for this recipe, don’t bother thawing them first.

This apple pancakes recipe features a serving of whole grains and produce that you get to pour maple syrup over. Yes please!

Earthy, nutrient-rich whole grain flours give this classic banana loaf cake recipe some added personality.

If you see other types of citrus at the market, feel free to combine them in this simple five-ingredient (cranberry-free) relish recipe.

Fennel and celery share more than just the dubious honor of being incredibly underrated vegetables. Their snappy crunch is awesome raw, as proven by this densely textured salad recipe.

This figs recipe is sweet, salty, sticky, and acidic—everything you want in a one-bite appetizer.

Cooking the brussels in two stages for this recipe ensures that the cores will be tender and the outer leaves will still have bite.

For this porridge recipe, pulsing long-cooking spelt, wheat berries, or barley in a blender yields a tasty base for a hearty, savory supper.

The spirit of a Key lime pie in the guise of a luscious cranberry curd. The contrast between the snappy press-in crust and the tart filling in this recipe is pure genius.

Stuffing salad still counts as salad, right? In this recipe, it does.

You know how the cheese sometimes oozes out of a grilled cheese while it’s cooking and gets all brown and crunchy when it hits the skillet? Well, this open-face sandwich recipe is dedicated to making that happen on purpose.