Cooking Difficulty
Choose a recipe that matches your experience or helps you practice something new. The five levels—Beginner, Easy, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert—reflect the skills, precision, and coordination involved. Read the method before starting; a quick recipe can still call for careful technique.
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Advanced
Put your culinary experience to work with recipes that reward skill, patience, and attention to detail. From refined preparations to challenging cooking techniques, these dishes offer experienced home cooks the opportunity to create impressive results and expand their culinary repertoire.
Beginner
New to cooking? Start here! These approachable recipes feature simple ingredients, familiar kitchen tools, and easy-to-follow instructions. No previous cooking experience is needed—just a little curiosity and an appetite for something delicious.
Easy
Ready to build your kitchen confidence? These recipes introduce everyday cooking techniques while keeping preparation straightforward and enjoyable. Perfect for home cooks who know their way around the kitchen and appreciate delicious results without unnecessary complications.
Intermediate
Take your cooking skills to the next level! These recipes invite you to explore more involved preparations, coordinate multiple steps, and practice techniques that bring greater depth, flavor, and creativity to your cooking. A rewarding choice for confident home cooks looking for a satisfying challenge.
In this collection
Asian Noodle Soup with Shrimp
This easy Asian noodle soup is perfect for sore throats or cold nights. Ingredients 1 tablespoon sesame oil 4 baby bok choy chopped (separate white and green pieces)…
Avocado Lime Rice
A few simple ingredients come together to make a tasty, healthy side dish. Ingredients 4 cups hot cooked brown rice (20 oz. of heated frozen brown rice) 1…
Sweet Tea Rice with Jalapeño, Peaches, and Pecans
Kick up your rice a notch with Jalapeño. Paired with sweet peaches, this recipe will be your favorite sweet-and-spicy side dish. Don’t let the name fool you. Sweet…
Tzatziki Sauce
Dunk, slather, drizzle, smother. No matter how you sauce it, a spoonful of a special sauce makes everything taste better. Especially during summer grilling season, a good sauce…
Aji Amarillo Sauce
No Peruvian table is complete without some version of this sunny chile-cheese sauce. Aji Amarillo peppers—the darling of South America—have a bright, fruity flavor and plenty of heat,…
Macaroni with Cheese Sauce
Ingredients 2 cups (210 g) elbow macaroni, uncooked 1/4 cup (30 g) all-purpose flour 1/4 cup (60 g) plus 1 teaspoon light butter spread, divided use 1/4 teaspoon…
Caramel Sauce
This isn’t our healthiest recipe, it falls in our “sinfully delicious” category. But sometimes treating yourself to something rich and sweet is a form of “Living Healthy”! We…
Fried Squash Croquettes
Looking for a simple side dish to use garden-fresh yellow squash? Try this straightforward version of fried squash. Ingredients 2 cups yellow squash, finely chopped 1 cup onion,…
Potato Gnocchi
Gnocchi should be made in one continuous process: cook the potatoes, make the dough, form the gnocchi. Ingredients 4 large (about 2 pounds) Idaho potatoes, scrubbed 2 tablespoons…
