The spicy Italian sausage balances the sweetness of the roasted spaghetti squash. However, there are a few tricks to make cutting and cooking spaghetti squash easier. Rub the cut sides of the spaghetti squash with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Simply Recipes / Mike Lang Place the squash cut side down on the parchment lined baking sheet. Roast until tender when pierced with a fork, about 30 to 40 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a Dutch oven or large soup pot over medium-high heat....

A bowl of spaghetti with clams is just 30 minutes away. Busy parents, I applaud you! Actually I bow down to you. Elise Bauer I have no idea how you do it. I’m neither a parent, nor blessed with any innate organizational skills. This spaghetti with clams recipe is for busy parents and busy not-parents. Elise Bauer What is Clam Sauce Made From? Toss everything together to serve. Do all of the prep work while the water is coming to a boil....

The ultimate comfort food that’s ready in the time it takes to cook the spaghetti. Add pasta and you have a supreme comfort meal. Oh, and then there is the bacon. Sally Vargas Here are a few tricks that make poaching eggs stress-free. One, salt the water generously: the salt makes the eggs buoyant. Two, add two tablespoons of white vinegar to the water. Sally Vargas The vinegar helps the protein in the egg whites coagulate quickly....

Spanakopita is often folded into triangles, but we opted to make it into a quick and simple casserole. Serve as a side or a vegetarian main course! At the time, it was an exotic dish. Sally Vargas For this recipe, I use a9x13-inch baking dish. Spinach has a lot of water content that has to be removed. What Is the Best Cheese for Spanakopita? Sally Vargas All feta is not the same, so choose one that you like....

Id always, always order the garlic shrimp, which came in a little sizzling pan with crusty bread. It was my happy place. Now I make the dish at home using this incredibly easy recipe. Simply Recipes / Photo by Jen Causey / Food Styling by Jennifer Wendorf / Prop Styling by Phoebe Hauser Similar toshrimp scampi, this dish utilizes fruity olive oil instead of butter and lots and lots of garlic....

Made with roasted red peppers and tomatoes, it’s a sauce or a dip. Okay, so I’m sort of old for this acronym, but OMG OMG OMG! Have you ever had romesco sauce? Elise Bauer When I had it for the first time I nearly fell off my chair. Where had this sauce been my whole life? you’ve got the option to serve it over practically anything, from shrimp to chicken to vegetables....

This is an egg dish that can be enjoyed any time of day. Youll fall in love, we promise. Most cultures have recipes designed to use up stale or leftover bread. Sally Vargas It is a hearty satisfying meal for any time of day. How to Serve Migas This dish traditionally would be served for lunch or supper. I, however, wouldnt let the time of day stop you from enjoying this recipe....

You shouldn’t cook them the same way. But spare ribs can be just as tasty. Youll get great flavors from either, Flynn says. Simply Recipes / Getty Images Back ribs come from the loin section where you get your pork chops. That meat really tends to be very tender and a little bit leaner. Baby backs have a rounder shape, while spare ribsalso called St. Louis spare ribsare flatter and longer....

Delicious pork spare ribs slow cooked with cabbage and sauerkraut, and braised in beer. Leave it to my Germanic father to find yet another twist on pork and sauerkraut. Yes, we already have a perfectly goodrecipe for spare ribs and sauerkrautwhich we’ve been making for years. Elise Bauer No, that’s not enough to deter the siren call of something potentially even better. Okay, spare ribs, cabbage, sauerkraut, and now beer?...

Pork spareribs cooked with sauerkraut, onions, white wine, and juniper berries. Have you ever had spareribs and sauerkraut? This is a dish that I’ve never had outside of my own home. Elise Bauer But I certainly have never seen them as a menu item here in California. Too bad, too! This is a perfect dish for a cold winter day. We serve them over boiled potatoes withketchup. The sweet tang of the ketchup is a perfect complement to the savory spareribs and potatoes....

Move towards a zero-waste kitchen with this spiced apple core syrup. It feels overwhelming, so I take it one step at a time. Iveroasted squash seedsfor snacking, turned carrot tops intochimichurri, and simmered Parmesan rinds in soups. Lori Rice / Simply Recipes Its rewarding to keep the waste out of the trash and experiment with ingredients I hadn’t considered before. Lindsay-Jean Hard simmers apple cores with sugar and water for a syrup to use on pancakes....

For mybanana breadriff, I really wanted to play with this idea. The combination of dulce de leche and bananas is so good and so nostalgic for me! More Tasty Quick Bread Recipes What Is Dulce de Leche? Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm It can also be tightly wrapped and frozen for up to a month. Look for bananas that are all yellow. One standard 13.4-ounce can of dulce de leche is more than enough to make the bread and the drizzle....

If you like lamb, you will love this Moroccan meatloaf! If you don’t like lamb, I’m willing to bet this meatloaf will convert you. This meatloaf is superb flavored with classic Moroccan spices with speckles of cilantro and mint. Elise Bauer I’ve simplified the sauce from the original, which included chipotle in adobo. It’s delicious, and works perfectly with the meatloaf. Again, you could omit the sauce if you want....