The small but mighty lentil is a nutrient powerhouse that's great in soups, salads, and more. Score just-right doneness with our easy cooking tips.

Lentils often get the undeserved rap that they are boring. But people all over the world know the truth — that they're versatile, satisfying and the perfect low-maintenance alternative to beans.

I always have canned beans in my pantry (if you can call a deep cabinet drawer a pantry), but I make lentils from scratch almost every weekend. The advantage is that lentils cook more quickly than any ...

A food writer's trick for turning lentils into a satisfyingly crisp topping for salads, grain bowls, and more.

In my kitchen, dry lentils get about the same treatment as dry beans. That is, on the rare occasion that I buy them, they land at the back of the pantry where they are promptly forgotten for months or ...

Craving winter comfort food? Dried peas, beans and lentils are nutritious, protein-packed ingredients that can take on starring roles in hearty dishes when they’re paired with spices and herbs.

Citrus fruits are culinary powerhouses, great ingredients that pack valuable nutrients. This is the message made edible in the following recipe for lime chicken, from a feature in Prevention ...

It’s been called both a “bowl of blessedness” and the “soup of the Devil,” and it’s the stuff of legend. Frank and Jesse James reputedly downed a few bowls before pulling some of their heists -- and ...

ONE of the best things about food is a syndrome I call Cone Contagion: You see someone eating an ice cream and you have to have one yourself. But I never associated it with anything nourishing until a ...

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