Veggies

This easy-to-make veggie dish will make a broccoli lover out of anyone!

This fun recipe will help avocados "sail" onto your kids’ list of favorite foods! It makes a great light lunch, appetizer or snack.

A zesty dressing adds a nice zing to this colorful salad!

Pesto is great to have on hand to make an instantly delicious pasta meal. This version uses arugula instead of basil for a fun twist on the original.

Here’s a new take on the classic lasagna recipe!

Who doesn’t love chicken soup? Just like that soup company says, soup is good food. It’s even better when you make it yourself. You get more chicken and more noodles that way. Here are three fast soups that taste like they were slow cooked. Each one is so good, you’ll lose your noodle for them!

Why take lunch kits from the store when you can pack up this healthy chicken salad in just a few minutes? You’ll have fun putting together this interactive, "DIY" meal right at school! You can get creative and add or swap in a variety of additional ingredients, such as tofu instead of Rach’s Baked Chicken Tenders, or sliced grapes.

For a thermos that rocks, try this soup!

This stir fry is an excellent way to jazz up chicken breasts!

This is a really tasty quick meal that you can easily prepare in under thirty minutes. The poppy seeds look like little polka dots. Yum-o!

I made this when first lady Laura Bush stopped by the show. This is a heart-healthy recipe, although I used white bread instead of wheat bread. But you can use the whole wheat white bread that is now available just as well! –RR

These Antipa-Sticks add a little something different to your picnic or tailgate party! Marinated mushrooms and artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers and hot peppers are all available in glass jars on the Italian foods aisle at your grocery store.

Mac and cheese isn’t the only kind of baked pasta. Baked pasta can also be traditional Italian casseroles (called Pasta al Forno in Italian) like lasagna or baked ziti. –RR

This easy, refreshing salad goes really well with our Tomato, Basil and Cheese Baked Pasta.