Simple Cooking

File under: Breakfast for dinner.

To make these soft-boiled eggs, you don't have to wait for them to come to room temperature. Go ahead and cook them straight out of the fridge.

Toss blanched snap peas and English peas with arugula and a mustardy vinaigrette, then drape with prosciutto for an elegant spring salad.

Use this hard-boiled egg dressing on virtually any roasted, grilled, or sautéed spring veg for a punchy finisher.

This is a little bit like making a ranch dressing and putting it on pizza. Which can’t possibly be a bad thing.

Poach eggs before you head to bed and you’ll have a quick breakfast on hand in the morning.

Pickling the eggs in their cracked but intact shells creates a unique tie-dye effect on each one.

Despite being pickled, these chiles have a fresh crunch and bright, garlicky flavor. If you cook them, they lose that; add them to finished dishes, particularly pizzas.

Cooking for 10 minutes will give an ever-so-soft center to the yolk. For completely firm yolks, cook an additional minute.

Orzo is cooked in the drippings from roasted chicken thighs in a comforting and impressive one-skillet dish that will start the week off right.

The braised baby artichokes in this recipe may be a labor of love, but the lemon mascarpone sauce is 30-seconds-and-done.

Crème fraîche is the secret ingredient that teases out the artichokes' sweet richness, and it brings this delicious spring braise together.

A #MeatlessMonday recipe you’ll want to serve with a steak knife.

To quickly revive dry, cold rotisserie chicken, place slices of it in a steamer with spring vegetables for a seasonal warm salad.

So much more crispy topping per bite than your standard pasta casserole.

This Mexican-inspired meal offers all the goodness of cheesy chicken enchiladas with half the effort.

Fried rice is one of the fastest, easiest meals you can make, and a great way to use up leftovers. 

The aioli will appear quite tight when all the oil is incorporated, but it will loosen to a pourable consistency once the buttermilk and shallot are added.