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Sheet Pan Dinners 101 (with Recipes)

Looking for warm, hearty meals that require minimal effort and cleanup? Sheet pan dinners, aka tray bakes, have you covered. Think of them as the 21st century’s answer to casseroles. The savory, satisfying, one-pan meals have a major advantage over casseroles, too: The high-heat roasting method used to cook them yields luscious contrasts in taste, […]

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How to Make Salsa: Quick Tips and Easy Salsa Recipes

Forget ketchup and mustard. Salsa is the one condiment you should always have in your fridge. Chopped or blended, fresh or jarred, the do-everything sauce requires no oil, sugar, preservatives, or processed ingredients to taste absolutely delicious. And it’s not just for dipping: Add it to burritos and wraps, stir it into breakfast scrambles, use […]

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How to Make Any Recipe Vegan (and Healthy)

Common Plant-Based Substitutes and Dairy-Free Alternatives Your first thought when it comes to veganizing a recipe might be to reach for one of the many faux meats or cheeses that are on the market today. But if you’re looking to improve your health, we encourage you to steer clear of highly processed products and instead […]

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Nature’s Cereal: How to Kick Up Your Plant-Based Breakfast Bowl Game

Sweet or savory, hot or cold, a breakfast bowl is the busy cook’s best friend in the morning. Here are our top tips to help you start the day off right, including easy make-ahead recipes. 1. Cook extra grains whenever you can. Simmering some quinoa for supper? Serving brown rice alongside a stew? Cook extra […]

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15 Ways to Use and Cook with Canned Beans

Beans are the ultimate convenience food: Inexpensive, shelf-stable, filling, and flavorful, they’re ready when you are to whip up easy meals in a flash. Here are just a few things you can make with a single can. And don’t worry too much about the type of beans you use. They’re all interchangeable in the following […]

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Top Fruits and Veggies to Freeze Before Summer’s Over

Follow these tips for freezing summer’s best fruit and veggie offerings so you can enjoy their sun-kissed goodness all year long. Freezing Tomatoes Nothing beats the flavor of peak-season local tomatoes, and nothing could be easier than freezing them to use later in sauces, soups, and stews. Simply place whole washed and dried tomatoes on […]

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How to Eat Whole-Food Plant-Based While Camping

Following a whole-food, plant-based diet in the great outdoors can be a breeze—with a little planning, that is. Just remember the following tips, and check out the tasty vegan foods fellow readers love to make while camping, as well as a few camp-ready Forks Over Knives recipes. Happy trails! Essential Tips I’ve stuck by these […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Herbs and How to Pair Them with Produce

Love the flavor explosion that happens when you pair fresh basil with peak-season tomatoes? Then you’re sure to enjoy all the other herb-and-produce pairings out there. The following guide tells you everything you need to know about adding fresh herb flavor to all your plant-based dishes—and includes easy recipes from Forks Over Knives to help […]

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Blanching 101: How to Blanch Vegetables and Fruits

Want to speed up your prep work, shorten your time in the kitchen, and make your fresh produce last longer in the fridge? Then it’s time to make blanching a part of your plant-based cooking routine. What Is Blanching? Blanching is a cooking technique that calls for quickly scalding foods in boiling water, and then […]

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How to Chiffonade

Chiffonade (pronounced shiff-oh-NOD) is one of those culinary terms that sounds complicated and intimidating, but it’s actually an easy slicing technique to master. It’s also one of the most impressive, results-wise, turning herbs and greens into thin, light ribbons that both look and taste amazing. What Is a Chiffonade? It’s a noun and a verb—and […]

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The Best Knives for Cutting Vegetables – Tips from Chef Amanda Cohen

You’d probably expect chef Amanda Cohen to flourish an impressive array of knives as she prepares the dishes at Dirt Candy, her award-winning, vegetable-forward restaurant in New York City. But working in a busy restaurant kitchen has actually had the opposite effect. “I don’t own that many knives anymore. Most of mine have ended up […]

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How To Make Plant-Based Sandwiches

Turn the ultimate convenience food into the ultimate healthy meal with these flavor-boosting sandwich ingredient ideas. 1. Choose whole grain bread. High in fiber and nutrients, whole grain bread can lend incredible flavor and texture to even the simplest sandwiches. To be sure you’re getting the most whole grain goodness for your buck, look for […]

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