When our very own US editor-in-chief sent me a recipe for ceviche, I was excited, because ceviche combines two of my favourite activities: Eating seafood and not cooking. When I read the recipe, however, I was a little appalled, for it suggested that beautiful pieces of fresh sea bass be left in an acidic marinade for two freaking hours.
When the sun is blazing down, you need cool, icy refreshment, and you need it fast. To get delicious, fruity slushies in record time, all you need is some juice, a sheet pan, and your freezer.
Crispy, breaded chicken cutlets are the foundation for a great chicken parm (and they're pretty great on their own) but setting up a whole frying station is a bit of a time sink. To get super crispy oven-baked chicken cutlets in record time, you just need to preheat your sheet pan.
Sometimes hangry-ness hits, and there's just no time to cook food. Having a repertoire of snacks can help prevent hunger-fuelled meltdowns, and the 10 featured in the above video are super quick and super tasty.
By now you may have grown tired of hearing about zucchini noodles (aka "zoodles") but I'm here to break up your veggie noodle boredom with eggplant noodles. You don't even need a spiralizer.
I absolutely love sweet potatoes (and yams) but I'm not a huge fan of waiting the hour or so it takes to cook them in the (very hot) oven. To cut down on this interminable wait, slice them and pop 'em in your toaster.
You may have heard of soffritto, that flavorful trinity of sauteed carrots, onion and and celery that adds flavour and richness to everything it graces. You could saute up some soffritto each time you need it, or you could borrow this clever trick from Food 52 and keep a roll of it in the freezer, ready for instant use.
