Lunch

If you've always thought you needed hours to make a luxuriously silky puréed vegetable soup, well, this recipe is here to say you don't! 

Texas toast is the perfect vehicle for this stacked sandwich. Toasting the bread with Heinz® mayonnaise gives it a crisp outside and leaves it just soft enough on the inside that it can hold all the ingredients inside.

This black bean soup is seasoned with a heavy hand. If you are salt- or spice-averse, decrease the amount of salt to 1½ tsp. and use 1 chipotle chile with 1 tsp. adobo sauce instead.

Flavorful rice, fish, and hardboiled eggs come together for a knockout flavor combination.

Kedgeree often calls for smoked fish, but for a light weeknight meal, we prefer steaming fresh fish right on top of the rice.

The dal is vegan but full of hearty protein thanks to the chickpeas, lentils, and coconut milk.

If we had to give this toast a bunch of random personality traits, we’d describe it as a rule-breaking hothead with a softer side.

This velvety lentil soup is the antidote to holiday excess; skip the yogurt to make it vegan.

You've never met a better, brighter riff on the classic Caesar than this raw broccoli twist.

Why make a marinade and a dressing when you can make one tangy, spicy-sweet sauce that works as both?

Few ingredients have such a stellar deliciousness-to-affordability ratio, and the best part about starting a soup with dried beans is that they create their own incredibly savory broth as they cook.

Freekeh is green wheat with a slightly smoky flavor we love, but any whole grain you have on hand will work.

These hot little nuggets of chicken are seasoned to perfection and topped with fried chiles.

Crispy fried garlic on top, garlic oil leftover, and rice fried up in all of it. Garlic heaven.

Crispy roasted broccoli proves it works just as well as an appetizer as it does a side dish.

Crusty, juicy sliced steak + a fully-loaded salad = what we want to eat most nights of the week, TBH.

It's an actually-satisfying lunch that won't have you hunting for snacks at 4 p.m.

This garlicky carrot top pesto can be used in dozens of ways (pasta sauce! salad dressing! dipping sauce!) aside from pizza.

The most delicious solution to summer squash fatigue.

Deeply charred mustardy chicken thighs are paired with a crunchy and refreshing fennel-basil slaw for the ultimate summer-night chicken sandwich.

This summer grain salad is extra tart due to lots of lemon juice. It can be served on its own or alongside creamy spreads or fatty pieces of meat.

Cold noodles are the ideal canvas for jammy roasted tomatoes in this light summer dish.

Crunchy, salty, sweet, and vinegary, this is more of a salad than a slaw.

The dressing and assembled ingredients alone make this salad a star. But the extra effort of cooking the vegetables is worth it we promise!