Note: This Mexican-inspired recipe evolved from one a friend prepared several years ago. Easy, inexpensive, delicious — what's not to love? The original recipe called for only ground cumin, but I've ...

Q I've been using a lot of dried legumes in my cooking lately, but I am stumped by one kind -- yellow peas. What can I do with them? A Whole yellow peas (botanic name, Pioum sativum) and split yellow ...

As the cold and rainy weather lingers on and on (and on), nothing seems to warm me up more than a comforting soup. This yellow split pea and carrot soup is my antidote to chilly weather. I add an ...

I know you know how it is. You look in the fridge and see half a cauliflower here, half a bunch of kale there, maybe a few lonely carrots or turnips hiding beneath the kale at the bottom of the drawer ...

Every week, we’re spotlighting a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Below, Jodi Moreno of What’s Cooking Good Looking breaks out a ...

Heat a large heavy pot over medium and pour in oil. Add onion and carrots, season with a five-finger pinch of salt, and cook, stirring often, until vegetables are very tender and just taking on a hint ...

Life can have unexpected twists, as Veronica Musie has certainly learned. An Eritrean by birth, raised in Addis Ababa in neighboring Ethiopia, a geology student in college, and now a U.S. citizen, she ...

Let’s talk about yellow split peas. Not the kind of talk where we politely nod and smile at their nutritional value. No, this is a heart-to-heart, a love-hate saga of culinary suspense. If you have ...

Split pea soup was a favorite during my college days — inexpensive, filling and straightforward to prepare. I liked to add smoked bacon and lots of carrots. I may not be a college girl anymore, but I ...