Easy Apple Bites
This cute little snack is creamy, crunchy, and satisfying. Plus, it’s fun to make with your friends after school!
Instant Ramen Soup
Ramen noodles are inexpensive and fun to make. Just skip the seasoning packet (which has more salt than we like to use) and add your own flavors—plus a few good-for-you in
BBQ Chickpeas
If what you crave is spicy and salty, then this is the snack for you! These have all of the flavors of our favorite packaged snacks, but they’re homemade, extra-crunchy, a
Snappy Edamame
Edamame (green soybeans) make a delicious, nutritious, and satisfying snack. To eat them, just pop the beans out of the pods with your hands or teeth (but don’t eat the po
Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing
Ranch is a lot of people’s favorite dressing, and it’s no wonder! It’s creamy, garlicky, and herby—and it’s as good to scoop up with raw vegetables as it is to dre
The Perfect Fruit Salad
Fruit salad is a juicy, beautiful favorite, and summer is the perfect time to make it! Fruit is ripe now and makes a cool and welcome start to a hot day. You don’t really
Amazing Yogurt Dressing with Bell Pepper Dippers
Chef Ana Sortun likes to serve this dressing at her restaurant Oleana in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a salad of chopped romaine leaves, shredded cucumber, walnuts, fresh
Double-Pepper Salsa
jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped (if you like spicy) jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped (if you like spicy) Salsa isn’t just for scooping up with chips! We li
Guacamole Lab
We call this a lab instead of a recipe because you’re going to be experimenting! What are the flavors you like best in your guacamole? Add them! If you’re not sure, put a spoon
Avocado Ranch Dressing
We adapted this zippy recipe from the cookbook Best Dressed by Dawn Yanagihara and Adam Ried (Chronicle Books, 2016). It’s great on a green salad, but we like it even bett
