Bell Pepper

Jarred roasted red peppers take the place of traditional canned tomato for a smokier, sweeter riff on fra diavolo—a red sauce stalwart.

This chicken stew seasoned with aromatic spices, tomato, and sofrito is ideal comfort for cold evenings.

Spice up your weeknight stir-fry game with tender ground meat, chewy rice cakes, and crunchy bell peppers in a bold red curry sauce.

This version of Egyptian musaqa’a from author Aisha Abdel Gawad is a vegetarian spin, featuring hearty lentils and smoky eggplant.

Dinner just got 10 times more colorful. 

A classic that’s happy alongside a hearty, meaty main or alone as a vegetarian lunch.

This Tex-Mex staple is worth the long braise; you’ll be rewarded with shreddy short ribs and tender potatoes in a deeply flavorful sauce.

This sheet-pan soup featuring deeply roasted vegetables and earthy, spicy ginger is the ultimate hands-off approach to dinner.

A fiery, flavor-packed piri-piri sauce grounds this quick-cooking chicken and kale stew. Serve with fried toasts to mop up all the juices. 

Our best steak fajitas recipe features thin strips of skirt steak, marinated in citrus and grilled over mesquite, stuffed into warm flour tortillas.

Thick, chewy udon noodles—either fresh or frozen—make a delightfully quick-cooking base for tender vegetables and a sambal-spiked sauce.

Seared chicken and salty cheese on a skillet of rustic, stewy sweet peppers—this weeknight-friendly dinner goes from the oven to the table with ease.

Here’s a super forgiving slow-roast salmon that’s spicy, sweet, and fragrant thanks to punchy sambal oelek chili paste and zippy limes.

The chips and pickles? Nonnegotiable.

Oven-roasted cherry tomatoes are the star of this easy sheet-pan dinner featuring herb-studded meatballs and cheesy, garlicky toast.

This is the make-ahead salad of our dreams, with ribbons of creamy tofu skin,  crunchy summer vegetables, and a finger-licking-good hot mustard and honey dressing.

Lean on the oven for a hands-off approach to Sicilian-style caponata goodness.

Rendered chicken fat forms a flavorful base for the pan sauce that doubles as a punchy, tangy vinaigrette in this one-pan dinner.

Temper summer’s heat with a big bowl of these irresistible colorful, crunchy, cold noodles inspired by Taiwanese liang mian. 

Kick your weeknight tofu up a notch by frying it until crisp and tossing it in this tangy, spice-forward sauce.