All Stir It Up!
- Super Bowl snacks: Mix up a popcorn barWith just a few different kinds of seasonings and bowls of freshly popped corn, you'll have a fun and healthy alternative to offer Super Bowl snackers with this creative popcorn bar spread.
- Chinese New Year: Celebrate happiness and wholeness with a roasted chickenMing Tsai of public-television's 'Simply Ming' shares an East-West recipe and other food traditions to honor the Year of the Horse.
- Shrimp enchiladas with roasted poblano sauceCraving a comfort dish inspired by warmer climes? Invite some friends over and serve up these spicy enchiladas.
- Time and patience yields delicious homemade gnocchiSweet potato gnocchi are quickly saut茅ed in butter, giving them a beautiful color and a lovely, nutty flavor. Then they鈥檙e tossed with kale cooked with garlic, shallots and red pepper flakes.
- National Chocolate Cake Day 2014Celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day with this moist Texas fudge cake.
- Meatless Monday: Vegan chiliA chili so delicious that you'll forget that it's vegan.
- Celebrate Burns Night with Scottish cock-a-leekie soupJan. 25 is Burns Night, which celebrates the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns. Celebrate with a hearty bowl of Scottish cock-a-leekie.
- Braised chicken thighs with Brussels sprouts and potatoesOven-braised chicken thighs with Brussels sprouts and potatoes is a hearty, one-pan meal 鈥 perfect for a winter night. Dried minced orange peel adds a bright citrusy note.
- Honey cinnamon apple dipA healthy, easy snack option that won鈥檛 break any resolutions.
- Swiss chard and mushroom quicheDelicious quiche with Swiss chard, mushrooms, and aged Gouda cheese.
- Meatless Monday: Spiced lentil salad with currants and capersThis simple and customizable lentil salad works well as a side dish, or packed in a lunch the next day. Add some arugula or spinach to make it a main course.
- Hainan chicken riceTry this simple chicken and rice dish known as com ga Hai Nam for a family meal, or even a dinner party. Cook the rice in some of the chicken broth and add vegetables to the rest to make a soup.
- Classic Mexican cut of meat meets French technique: Braised pork ribsMexican pork short ribs are given a classic French comfort food treatment.
- Cauliflower cheese soup with curried cauliflower crumbsA British comfort food, cauliflower cheese also makes a creamy, simple soup.
- Sweet potato chiliPut all the fixings for this meatless sweet potato chili in the slow cooker in the morning on low, and by the time you get home from work, dinner will be ready.
- Creamy baked macaroni and cheeseHuddled against the cold? Creamy macaroni and cheese is just the comfort food we need for a blustery day. Use fontinella cheese for an especially creamy version.
- Rice pilaf with lamb, infused with Central Asian flavorsRice pilaf, or plov, is a quintessential Central Asian dish made with lamb, long grain rice, garlic, spices, and root vegetables.
- Greek yogurt 'cheesecake' with honey-walnut toppingStill stuffed from the holidays, but not quite willing to give up desserts? Try this cheesecake made with Greek yogurt. Use honey and walnuts for a baklava-like topping, or top it with fresh fruit.听
- Polar vortex got you down? Cheer up with a cup of gourmet hot chocolate.In your arsenal against the polar vortex add a cup of decadent hot chocolate.
- South African 'bunny chow''Bunny chow,' one of South Africa's signature dishes, is a traditional meat curry dish poured over white bread.听