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Warm, nourishing, and full of ocean-fresh flavor, Kaisen Nabe-Japanese Seafood Hot Pot-is a dish that celebrates the beauty of simplicity. This traditional meal brings family and friends together around the table, where everyone cooks and eats from the same simmering pot. Our version keeps the authentic taste while remaining gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, and refined sugar-free, so everyone can enjoy a cozy bowl of umami-rich goodness.

A salad can be both protein-rich and fiber-packed without even missing miss a beat in its flavor harmony. It stars butternut squash, which has roughly 7 grams of fiber per cup, and our recipe uses about 5 to 6 cups. Joining the fiber party are kale (or any leafy green of choice) and Brussels sprouts, both of which also pack a substantial amount on their own.

My best baking tip is to always be picky about the type of butter you use to bake delicious shortbread cookies and go for European or European-style butter, which may be, in fact, the absolute best butter for baking. Why, you ask? Let's start by defining how European-style butter differs from American butter. To qualify as European-style, the butter must contain at least 82 percent butterfat and no more than 16 percent water content.

You can get a crispy, golden crust on top while the mac underneath stays creamy.

It adds a caramel flavor profile to the pancakes-almost similar to a flapjack without all the butter,

The easiest and perhaps most obvious job at Christmas is to pour drinks: for the principal cook first, and then for others. Not only does popping a cork or shaking a cocktail make a cook feel less like a caterer and more like part of the party, the sound has the effect of drawing in other helpers. If you make a cocktail and divvy out jobs, even peeling vegetables is fun,

Sometimes the best way to test someone's culinary skills is to have them make the simplest dishes, like an omelet. It is easy to whip up an average one, but a perfectly fluffy result takes practice, patience, and a lot of love. However, all you need is some guidance, so we took it upon ourselves to seek out the advice of celebrity chef Amanda Freitag, an expert in all things food.

Off the bat, the closest thing I could find to apple jam was a cinnamon apple jelly from Stonewall Kitchen-which sounded as good a festive twist as any, so into the basket it went. The pineapple preserves were also nowhere to be seen, so I decided to settle for a can of pineapple chunks instead. (I got the last one, and I'm dearly sorry to whoever needed it for their Christmas ham.)

Between their ooey-gooey softness and irresistible cinnamon sugar interior, there's a reason why cinnamon rolls are a perennial favorite amongst sweet-toothed breakfast lovers. Not only are they delicious, but they're also a time-tested classic with a familiar flavor profile that people know and love. That said, if you're feeling a little daring and want to give your cinnamon roll some zing, it may be time to add a little lemon curd into the mix.

One of the greatest gifts I ever received is A Treasury of Great Recipes, a 1965 cookbook written by Vincent Price and his wife Mary. I am a huge fan of Price the actor, so getting a sneak peak into his life as an international gourmand is very satisfying. The book is an incredible read and has remarkable, full-color pictures. It doesn't matter how obscure a celebrity - it's likely that you'll find something out there.

During the autumn and winter seasons, my husband and I use our oven weekly, which means our baking sheets are really put through the wringer. One in particular has been almost completely black for months despite washing it thoroughly after every use. Now that we are approaching the end of year, I figured this would be the perfect time to get it clean.

Few celebrity love stories are as sweet as that of Ina Garten and her husband, Jeffrey. The pair met while Ina was visiting her brother at Dartmouth College, where Jeffrey was a junior. After Jeffrey spotted her from the campus library window, he began writing her love letters - not before long, the pair were engaged and eventually married. Ina and Jeffrey have been together ever since,

Mashed potatoes land on many a comfort-food list, for many a good reason. They're thick, warm, buttery, nutritious, and delicious. But let's be honest: They sometimes need a little help getting there. Fortunately, potatoes are one of the most versatile vegetables on the planet, and they play well with others. So when craving some contrast and texture in that creamy tater mound, look no further than your trusty freezer. It likely harbors some plain-jane vegetables awaiting their chance to shine.

Years ago, when I was flipping through a magazine, a cheesy recipe caught my eye. It was simple, quick, and cheap - the busy mom's culinary trifecta. Plus, the glossy picture featured a vegetable both kids would eat: broccoli. I remember tearing the page out and thinking it might save me on a hectic weeknight, when late afternoons were a scramble between homework, carpools, and hours on a baseball field.

These Sweet & Salty Chocolate Potato Chip Clusters offer the perfect balance of crunchy, creamy, sweet, and salty in every bite. They come together in minutes, require no baking, and rely on simple pantry ingredients - making them ideal for last-minute holiday treats, dessert boards, or edible gifts. The combination of rich melted chocolate and crispy potato chips creates an addictive contrast, while nuts and dried fruit add extra flavor and texture.

There's a certain comfort in the predictability of holiday food. Thanksgiving is designated for turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and green bean casserole. Easter is lamb and ham, with spring vegetables like asparagus and green beans making their entrance. Summer occasions like July Fourth summon burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, and corn. However, Christmas is, ironically for all the lights, in a bit of a gray area.

Fill, fold, pinch, repeat. Muscle memory kicks in as I envelop the gift in its wrapping. The gift is not a toy or clothes. It's not the "Guinness World Records" book that my dad requests year after year and is still surprised by every time. The gift is ground pork, green onions, ginger, shiitake mushrooms and everything good in the world. Its wrapping paper is a chewy round sheet of dough.

Like our tamale piece, we republish this every year for those who want to try to make something special. I discovered from another New Mexican family in the Bay Area that they too made these small rellenos at Christmas. Both of our grandfathers came from San Antonio, New Mexico so maybe the recipe originated there. In this video, Mission Local's founder, Lydia Chávez, explains how to make cocktail-sized chiles rellenos. The recipe has been in our family for years, invented by my mother and her cousin Evelyn to entertain New Mexican style over the holidays.

Spaghetti and mussels in a garlic white wine sauce is a classic seafood pasta dish that can be enjoyed in all seasons, but with the new year approaching, it's an even better bet since mussels taste better toward the end of the year. After growing and feeding all summer, mussels are mature, plump, sweet, and creamy in the fall and winter.

Some meatless recipes on this website just stand out, and this is one of them. In fact, I think I'd be happy eating this quick dinner every day of the week. Try this cheese tortellini skillet! In just 15 minutes, you've got a pasta skillet full of so much flavor: basil-infused marinara sauce is perfectly complimented with pillows of tangy goat cheese.

Overcooking a chicken can happen to the best of us, but not all hope is lost. Instead of throwing it out, find a preparation that can salvage it. We reached out to chef Abbie Gellman, MS, RD, CDN about her favorite ways to use overdone chicken. According to chef Gellman, "If an animal protein is overcooked, it ends up dry in both taste and texture. To cover that up and still be able to use it, incorporating it into a dish that has moisture is key."

Established in 1913, Hellmann's prides itself on being "America's #1 Mayonnaise," and Stewart seems to agree. While she could certainly take the time to whip up homemade mayonnaise — whisking egg yolks with salt, mustard, lemon juice, vinegar, oil, and sugar — Stewart believes Hellmann's works just fine in everything from her potato salad to her deviled eggs. She even uses mayo to enhance her grilled cheese recipe — which is the secret to a perfectly melty center.

It can take hours to cook ribs low and slow enough to achieve tenderness that makes the meat just fall off the bone. If you try to hurry the process, you might end up with undercooked ribs. In that scenario, a structural protein in the ribs called collagen would not get hot enough to dissolve, resulting in tough and gristly meat.

Some people bake to relax, while others need to relax after baking. Although personality factors certainly play a role in this dichotomy, having the right equipment can make all the difference. If you're trying to bake a cake but the dimensions or material of your pan aren't quite right, you'll probably have a trickier time than if you were working with the proper tools.

Bakeshops with cinnamon rolls are all over the country, offering a long list of unconventional and whimsical fillings. But you don't have to go to a bakeshop for novel cinnamon rolls when you can make them yourself. Many unexpected fillings for cinnamon rolls are available on grocery store shelves or already in your pantry. If you want to put a fruity twist on cinnamon rolls, cherry pie filling is an iconic ingredient you need to try.

Christmas lunch in my family is about as traditional as it comes, and is pretty much the same every year no matter who's house we're at (including at least three monumental rows about things that happened years ago). Everyone chips in, too, even the kids well, they've got to earn their dinner somehow. Rather than shooing them off to watch cartoons while the adults do all the work, we make sure they're hands-on in the kitchen alongside us, especially with the annual yule log.