It Freezes Well: Allow any leftovers (if there are any) to cool before placing them in an airtight Tupperware container and ...

Heat 2 tbsp oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and cook, stirring frequently, until softened but not browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Add thyme sprigs, garlic, and cayenne and cook, ...

The word itself is delicious -- veloute, veh-loo-TAY. If you were in Paris, you’d see them on the menus in bistro after brasserie after restaurant. Velvety, creamy soups, sometimes classic, sometimes ...

Food writer, cookbook author and staff reporter for The New York Times, Melissa Clark is joining TODAY to share a few of her go-to easy weeknight recipes that are also healthy and comforting. She ...

Our recipe arsenals all need a soup that uses just a few simple pantry ingredients and comes together in minutes. During the brief simmer, you can blend up a batch of pesto and toast some baguette ...

This is a classic treatment on cooking a pot of beans, Italian-style. A few simple aromatics perfume the broth and legumes, making them extra flavorful for a variety of uses. For a bouquet garni, knot ...

When there is ground meat in the fridge and beans in the pantry, dinner almost cooks itself into a big pot of chili, the ingredients simmering together as if they had wills of their own. I make chili ...

Have a can of white beans in your pantry? These highly rated dinner recipes are the perfect way to use it. With hearty flavors like spinach and feta, sun-dried tomatoes and sweet potato, these meals ...

These sides don't just sit on the buffet table, they solve the logistics nightmare of Thanksgiving cooking. Quick prep meets ...