Mushroom Barley Soup is a hearty soup taken to meal-level, thanks to loads of meaty mushrooms and an umami flavor bomb or two. It’s is the perfect weekend dish to have simmering on the stove.

A surprisingly light but delightfully creamy pasta salad, loaded with smoked salmon and aromatic vegetables.

Flavor-boost your plain white rice with shallots, citrus, and cilantro.

A beautiful, filling pasta salad with all of the best flavors of a BLT.

Light, carby summer comfort food that’s make-ahead easy!

Italian Pasta Salad is a classic for a reason: its combination of flavors and textures is so satisfying that it can’t help but be a crowd-pleaser.

Electric pressure cookers, like the Instant Pot, make perfectly fluffy, tasty quinoa with minimal effort.

A big, beautiful bowl of colorful spiralized veggies, Vegetarian Pad Thai is a super healthy way to eat the rainbow.

All the classic flavors of the famous dish, Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta is pure, tasty comfort food, topped with a creamy, cheesy Dijon sauce.

Flavor-boost your rice dishes with this super-simple but super-flavorful spicy green rice sauce. Blends up in minutes!

A super flavorful any-night-of-the-week meal, comforting carby Tex-Mex Tortellini is dressed in spicy flavors for a craveworthy Mexican dinner everyone will love!

A jammy tomato saute is the base of this scallop linguine, flavor-charged with Mediterranean seasonings.

This cauliflower and jasmine rice blend is a delicious way to transition from white rice to full-on cauliflower rice.

A super easy weeknight meal, Mexican chili with orzo is gently spicy and full of vegetable and legume goodness, paired with the carby comfort of pasta.

Rich, meaty, cremini mushrooms sauteed in butter with a sweet balsamic glaze, and served over tarragon-accented rice, balsamic mushrooms with tarragon rice are weeknight easy but weekend decadent!

With flavors inspired from Thai cuisine, this super easy Thai pasta with chicken (or tofu!) dish is weeknight worthy!

A crowd-pleasin’, all-season dish that’s easy to prepare and absolutely craveable. The saffron-scented socarrat is the highlight of paella, of course, so serve with your favorite veggies and create a meal all will love!

The class Mardi Gras dish gets a change-up with pasta instead of rice, for a savory, hearty winter meal.