Our best diabetic-friendly recipes are designed to balance flavor and nutrition, creating delicious mains, sides and desserts everyone will love. No wonder our readers couldn’t stop talking about these dishes this year!
When fall and winter roll around, I’m always on the lookout for new slow-cooker recipes to add to my repertoire. The one thing I love more than using my slow cooker to make set-it-and-forget-it meals is slow-cooker recipes that mainly rely on pantry staples. No need to run to the store for some obscure ingredient? Sign me up!
This slow-cooker honey garlic chicken recipe is one of those. It requires little prep time and uses items such as honey, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar that I already have in my kitchen pantry, making this recipe an excellent option for a weeknight dinner that I know the whole family will love.
Christmas is a time of wonder and whimsy, from trees laden with ornaments to lovingly made cookies and intricate gingerbread houses. And while you may already be planning overnight holiday breakfast recipes and Christmas dinner ideas, we wouldn’t blame you if lunch is the last thing on your mind between opening gifts and getting ready for supper. But that doesn’t have to be the case! These Christmas lunch ideas prove that even quick and easy recipes can be tasty (and pretty!) enough for this special day.
Each of these easy Christmas lunch ideas is family-friendly and features seasonal produce, including pomegranate seeds, juicy blood oranges, pears and cranberries. There is a range of options from crisp salads and veggie sides to warming winter soups and sandwiches, so you’re sure to find something that fits your family’s tastes and appetites. Plus, these holiday lunch dishes come together quickly or can be made ahead of time, so mealtime is as easy as reheating.
Whichever recipe you go with, serve lunch with a holiday-ready blood orange punch or cranberry mimosa for the adults, and sparkling cider for the kids. Sneak a Christmas cookie, too, we won’t tell!
French onion is a flavor we can’t seem to get enough of. From classic French onion soup to French onion meatballs, caramelized onions have a flavor that never ceases to please. Consider this easy French onion monkey bread the next recipe to add to your growing roster of irresistible French onion ideas.
While many think of monkey bread as a sweet breakfast treat, this French onion monkey bread will have you wanting to try more savory variations ASAP. For ease, this recipe calls for a few cans of biscuit dough rather than making biscuits from scratch. That means the most time-consuming part of this recipe is caramelizing the onions—which is largely a hands-off process to begin with.
The sweet caramelized onions in this recipe are infused with red wine, beef stock and a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce for umami richness. Then, they’re layered between balls of biscuit dough bathed in a Parmesan-garlic herb butter and a generous amount of ooey-gooey Gruyere or Swiss cheese. This golden French onion monkey bread will make a showstopping centerpiece at your next family dinner.
Whether you’re still learning the basics of cookie making or are all about using those pro baking tips you’ve mastered over the years, there’s no better time to bake from scratch than during the holidays. Whether you whip up an assortment of holiday bars and barks to pack and ship to someone special or are baking a batch of easy-to-make cookies to serve alongside homemade hot chocolate on movie night, you’ll find that cookies always spread cheer. Nut and spice cookies, fruity cookies, sugar cookies and more: we always have a hard time narrowing down our favorites (which is why this collection has 100 recipes!).
But, we have to admit that the imperfection of these festive smashed cookies places them at the top of our list. The addition of two eggs gives the centers a tender and soft texture, while the crinkled edges get ever so slightly golden and crisp. Top with a simple confectioners’ sugar glaze for a holiday treat perfect for a cookie tin — and that’s oh-so-fun to make!
Every year, Taste of Home readers remind us that the best recipes come straight from home kitchens. We get thousands of recipe submissions, each one earning a Test Kitchen-approved stamp before it’s published to the site.
There are so many recipes that it would be impossible to choose the best of the best without your help! You pinned them on Pinterest, shared them on social media and saved them to your recipe box, helping us determine which ones rise to the top.
These are the dishes that won hearts (and taste buds!) everywhere, whether they’re brand-new recipes or tried-and-true classics. From family dinners to bake-sale favorites, every recipe here is reader-approved, home-tested and downright delicious.
And just like that, another week flew by without even touching the bananas in the fruit bowl. They’re probably deeply freckled or almost black, but just because they’re too ripe to peel and eat plain doesn’t mean they’re not salvageable. Since the bananas are soft and extremely sweet at this point, they’re perfect for mashing up and using in ripe banana recipes.
This collection includes plenty of banana desserts, such as decadent banana cheesecake, ice cream, brownies, chocolate cake, classic banana pudding and even a fancy bananas Foster. Of course, there is no shortage of breakfast recipes where bananas shine in smoothies, pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, coffee cake and muffins. And it’s not a complete list without plenty of banana bread recipes, from the classic loaf to modern offshoots like pumpkin and apple topped with caramel and coconut.
So many banana recipes are available. Whether you’re working with one ripe banana or a whole bunch, you’ll definitely find a recipe that inspires you. And if your bananas aren’t quite ripe yet but you’re itching to use them in overripe banana recipes, you can totally ripen bananas yourself. I prefer the oven technique, but the microwave method works too!
Dolly Parton has written and performed plenty of chart-topping country songs. She’s also made countless appearances on TV (like this Netflix Christmas musical), along with penning several books. To us, though, Dolly is famous for her chicken and dumplings as she is for “Jolene.”
This Dolly Parton casserole recipe is rumored to be one of her signature dishes. It’s made up of simple ingredients, jam-packed with potatoes, ground beef and vegetables to make the ultimate comfort food. It’s not fancy, but sometimes, the beauty of a dish is its simplicity.
As a dietitian surviving thriving in cold Michigan winters, soup season is a serious time of year. A steamy bowl of soup warms you from the inside out, and it’s one of the best ways to boost nutrition when fresh summer produce dwindles. These healthy winter soups pack nutrient-rich vegetables, whole grains and lean protein into every comforting bite. From soups made creamy with veggie purees to fiber-rich lentil and chicken noodle soups, you’ll find a flavorful soup here that fits your nutrition goals.
What sets these recipes apart is their focus on whole foods and from-scratch cooking. Using wholesome ingredients like homemade bone broth, herbs, spices and seasonal vegetables, like butternut squash, kale and carrots, these soups deliver valuable nutrition without being difficult to prepare. And because life doesn’t slow down when you’re hungry, you’ll find plenty of one-pot meals and slow-cooker soups that come together quickly, proving that healthy winter cooking can be both nourishing and doable.
The wonderful thing about chili is it’s infinitely customizable. Our turkey sweet potato recipe is the perfect example; it contains no beef or tomatoes and includes sweet potato puree or canned pumpkin for a hint of sweetness and extra nutrition. It’s a wonderful dish to start on a cool morning, as much of the cooking is done in a slow cooker. This just might become your new signature chili recipe!
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