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Creamy Chicken & Mushrooms Recipe Making a delicious dinner doesn’t need to be an elaborate event requiring 20 different ingredients. With the right recipe, you can easily get a crave-worthy meal on the table without all the fuss. The simple dinners in this week’s meal plan use just 5 ingredients-not including staples like water, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper-to make for an easy week and a short shopping list. Day 1: Chicken-Enchilada-Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Chicken Enchilada-Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Chicken Enchilada–Stuffed Spaghetti Squash: This healthy 5-ingredient spaghetti squash recipe is a satisfying low-carb alternative to taco night....

How many times have you tossed a quarter of an onion in the crisper drawer only to let it languish for a week or more before finally giving in and throwing it out? It happens. But it’s also a waste of food and money and can easily be avoided with a little help from the freezer. Yes, that’s right: Onions can be frozen, which means you can save any extras or get a jump-start on dinner prep by chopping and freezing onions in advance....

Bananas change in flavor and appearance as they ripen. But do they change in their nutritional constitution? As they go from green and firm to yellow and soft, do they lose some of their fiber content? Not exactly. Monica Auslander Moreno, M.S., RD, LDN, founder of Essence Nutrition in Miami, says, “[A banana] doesn’t lose fiber, but the fiber changes as the banana matures. It goes from having more to less resistant starch....

tomatoes on designed background Credit: Getty Images / Tetra Images tomatoes on designed background Credit: Getty Images / Tetra Images tomatoes on designed background Credit: Getty Images / Tetra Images tomatoes on designed background Credit: Getty Images / Tetra Images Tomatoes have come under scrutiny over the past few years in terms of their health value. While there’s no doubt that tomatoes are nutritious, as they provide a good source of vitamin C and potassium, plus fiber, beta carotene and lycopene, tomatoes are also a member of the nightshade family of plants....

Ina Garten in Kitchen Credit: Getty / NBC Ina Garten in Kitchen Credit: Getty / NBC Ina Garten in Kitchen Credit: Getty / NBC Ina Garten in Kitchen Credit: Getty / NBC During this time of social distancing to help slow the spread of COVID-19, cooking at home has become a go-to activity for many. Whether you’ve tried the whipped coffee trend or baked numerous loaves of sourdough, now is the perfect time for comfort food....

App Harvest Jonathan Webb Credit: Aaron Conway Jonathan Webb, CEO of AppHarvest, sees a world of promise in tomatoes, provided they’re grown the right way. Namely: indoors. At the company’s 2.75-million-square-foot greenhouse complex in Morehead, Kentucky—which opened in November 2020—the vast growing-room floor is striped with long hydroponic tanks set waist high. From the tanks, tomato vines stretch skyward along supporting wires. Sunlight inundates the room through a gridded glass and steel ceiling, although rows of pink LED lights compensate when clouds roll in....

By Stacy Fraser and Alex Loh Pictured Recipe: Whole-Wheat Pie Crust Whether you opt for a sweet, fruity pie like Strawberry-Rhubarb Frangipane Tart or a savory classic like Tomato Pie, there’s nothing better than a slice of pie. Not only are the options for filling endless, but so are the crusts and the designs you can make with them. Learn how to crimp or flute pie crust for a show-stopping dessert or savory dish that will have everyone clamoring for a second slice....

Sugar lives in a lot of foods and goes by many names. Dextrose. Corn syrup. Glucose. Agave nectar. Maltose. Molasses. No matter what it’s called on the label, it’s sugar. And whether you’re eating granulated sugar or agave syrup, it all has virtually the same effect in your body: it’s quickly digested and spikes your blood sugar levels. These rapid upswings in blood sugar can cause us to crash-hard-while adding calories at the rate of about 16 calories per teaspoon of sugar and not really any nutrients....

` ask the test kitchen logo View Series The Best Air Fryers, According to the EatingWell Test Kitchen 3 Must-Have Kitchen Knives Every Home Cook Needs, According to Experts 5 Foods You Should Never Store in the Refrigerator Door The Best Citrus Juicers, According to Our Test Kitchen Dinner on the grill is a perfect summer pastime, and burgers are a classic option. While turkey burgers can have a bad reputation for being as dry as the Sahara (and often as flavorless), that doesn’t have to be the case....

In addition to perks like convenience and cost savings, prepping meals at home allows you to control ingredients. And for those interested in following a heart-healthy diet, it can be key. Whether it’s reducing the amount of salt or swapping in healthy fats, meal prepping puts you in the driver’s seat to build a meal that does right by your heart. Check out our best tips for building a heart-healthy meal, then show your heart some love by trying one of our step-by-step meal-prep plans to make a week’s worth of delicious and satisfying lunches-the Spinach & Strawberry Meal-Prep Salads, Mexican Spaghetti Squash Meal-Prep Bowls and Roasted Butternut Squash & Root Vegetables with Cauliflower Gnocchi-which all meet our recommendations for sodium and saturated fat without sacrificing flavor....

20-Minute Ravioli Dinners In a pinch, frozen ravioli and a jar of pasta sauce are all you really need to get dinner on the table fast. But there’s a whole lot more you can do with frozen ravioli, even on the busiest weeknights. This easy dinner formula combines premade ravioli with super-simple ingredients to help you get a healthy meal on the table in no time. Create your own combination using the ingredients you have on hand or follow one of our tasty 20-minute recipe ideas that transform store-bought ravioli into a dinner that’s anything but boring....

From her boozy twist on nature’s cereal to chickpea and paneer salad, Padma Lakshmi is always coming up with fun, easy and flavorful recipes we can’t wait to recreate at home. Over the weekend, she took to Instagram to demonstrate how to make a freezer pie with only three ingredients: a graham cracker crust, bottled lassi (a yogurt-based drink) and fresh berries. She says in her Instagram caption, “When it’s so hot I can’t even bake, I make this healthy sweet treat....

Michael Passmore wading in one of his lakes California has lost as much as 90% of its wetlands, areas that improve water quality and provide essential habitats. The lakes Michael Passmore (shown here) dug on his fish farm not only hold sturgeon and other fish, they are home to a wide range of plants and wildlife, including nesting osprey and eagles. | Credit: Marc Olivier Le Blanc Michael Passmore wading in one of his lakes California has lost as much as 90% of its wetlands, areas that improve water quality and provide essential habitats....

2018 EatingWell American Food Heroes Welcome to our second annual American Food Heroes list, honoring 12 people doing extraordinary things to make food better in our country. They’re the icons informing us where our food comes from, how it’s produced and its impact on our health, communities and the environment. To compile the list, we called for nominations from readers as well as top experts to find out who has been making a real impact in the food space, particularly in the past year....

The brain is a very important organ. It’s the control center of your body and allows you to move, think, feel, breathe and more. Because the brain has such a big job, it’s imperative that we provide it with an abundance of fuel and nutrients to help it function properly and stay healthy. The foods we eat play a huge role in the structure and health of our brains. Research shows that foods rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, flavanols, polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids can help protect your brain....

For what really amounts to nothing more than a pair of small sticks, chopsticks can cause no end of anxiety in diners unfamiliar with them. It’s not just a matter of using them when you’ve grown up using a fork and knife to eat, but there are also seemingly endless cultural taboos and Byzantine dining faux pas that can seem to pile up like grains of rice in an ochawan....

Easy Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles Easy Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles Easy Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles Easy Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles Growing research indicates chronic inflammation as an underlying contributor to many of the common health issues that Americans face, such as heart disease, diabetes, diminished brain health and even some cancers. In this plan, we follow Mediterranean diet principles with a special focus on foods specifically shown to help reduce inflammation, like healthy fats, plenty of fiber and tons of produce....

adding parmesean to salad Photo by Leigh Beisch We were in a scrum of diners, pointing at small plates stacked at the counter while servers wrote down orders. Jet-lagged, I gestured at a dish of sliced samosas and cabbage and let my companions choose the rest. A platter of vegetables-a standard restaurant freebie-­arrived ahead of shrimp curry, rice, stir-fried water spinach and bowls topped with shallots, garlic and dried shrimp....

All things in moderation, including moderation. So here at EatingWell, we’re not about drastically cutting carbs or going keto. But we are about balancing our overall intake and leaning into whole foods (peppered with occasional splurges). So while packages touting “keto-friendly!” normally don’t have huge appeal here, they sure are handy for those who follow the high-fat, extremely low-carb plan. red's costco low-carb breakfast sandwich Credit: Instagram / @costco_doesitagain And we were surprised and delighted to see one of the newest keto-friendly food finds at Costco actually has enviable nutrition and ingredients that we’d be A-OK with eating on the daily—no special diet plan required....

fried chicken on a designed background Credit: Getty Images fried chicken on a designed background Credit: Getty Images fried chicken on a designed background Credit: Getty Images fried chicken on a designed background Credit: Getty Images Freshly served fried chicken can be a religious experience, but eating reheated leftovers? Not so much. We’ve all experienced biting into a crispy crust only to be met with totally dried-out meat. Or, in the opposite scenario, we’ve settled for a soggy exterior for fear of dehydrating the inside....