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Sweet potato cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

These unusual cupcakes would make a thoughtful offering for a friend's birthday or sweet treat for another special occasion.
Loaded nacho chicken

Sometimes simplicity is bliss. Tortilla-coated chicken breasts topped with warm chile con queso, and a your favorite nacho toppings is weeknight dinner waiting to happen.
Meatless Monday: Squash and black bean tostados

Quick and versatile, this recipe for tostados is really more of a guideline. Substitute in your favorite taco fixings or leftovers from the back of the fridge for an easy, tasty meal.
Super Bowl recipe: Baked Asian sticky wings

Spice up your Super Bowl party, or a weeknight meal, with these sticky chicken wings. Use honey, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and Asian spices to make a sweet, savory, sticky sauce for the chicken.
Super Bowl recipe: Black gold 49ers cookies

If you are rooting for San Francisco, celebrate the Super Bowl with these rich, gooey cookies. Fold chocolate chips and Milky Way caramels into the batter to make them 'black and gold.'
Coconut rice pudding with caramelized banana

Trying to cut back on sugar and baked goods? Satisfy your sweet tooth in a healthy way with this dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan coconut rice pudding. Add caramelized bananas, nuts, dried fruit, or honey as tasty toppings.
21 easy Super Bowl recipes

Stir It Up! has everything from sliders, to dips, to creative pizza toppings. With these recipes, no matter what the score, your party will be a winner!
Guyanese-style chicken chowmein

Sometimes you just crave chowmein. Using chowmein noodles, marinaded chicken, and veggies like beans, carrots, and green onion, you can make your own version at home.
Potato kielbasa chowder and yogurt biscuit bites

Make a cozy, comforting meal with this potato chowder flavored with spicy kielbasa, smokey Gouda cheese, and fresh dill, accompanied by simple yogurt drop biscuits.
Meatless Monday: Roasted squash and quinoa salad

Make two meals from one effort by first roasting squash as a side dish, and then using leftovers to star in leafy green salad.
Chocolate cake with buttercream frosting

Jan. 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day. Celebrate with this chocolate cake and buttercream frosting recipe that has been a favorite with Monitor readers for decades.
Cranberry white chocolate granola bars

Try chewy, homemade granola bars for breakfast on the go, a school snack day, or keep some stashed in the freezer.
Korean oven-braised short ribs

Korean-style beef short ribs become tender and flavorful when oven braised with soy sauce, ginger, garlic, fresh pear, carrots, scallions, and daikon.
Soup's on! Warm up with these soup, chowder, and stew recipes

Winter has arrived in earnest; it's the long, bitter, double-up-on-socks cold of January and February. These are the months for soup, and Stir It Up! has the perfect collection of soup, chowder, and stew recipes.
National Pie Day: Peanut butter cup cheesecake pie

January 23 is National Pie Day in the United States. Peanut butter cheesecake is made even better with a sprinkle of chocolate chips and a chocolate cookie crust.
Sweet and spicy honey chipotle infused beets

Keep that January diet on track with flavorful interesting salads. Roasted and marinaded beets are easy to make, and combined with mixed greens, bacon, and a drizzle of vinaigrette make a salad worth craving.
The secret to cooking perfect quinoa (+video)

Toasting quinoa before you cook it will draw out the natural, sweet nutty flavor of the grain.
Five breakfast meals to go

With any of these five simple recipes, 30 minutes on a Sunday night can translate into a week’s worth of wholesome, hearty breakfasts.
Bacon, mushroom-stuffed chicken breasts

Perfect for a weeknight meal, whip these chicken breasts up in about 45 minutes, with a veggie on the side, and maybe mashed potatoes to smother in the sour cream-mushroom sauce.
Smoked salmon frittata with caramelized onions and spinach

Breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner; this frittata works for any meal. Whipping it up in an oven-safe skillet is a breeze, there's no flipping or crust required. Serve it with toast and cream cheese, for breakfast or with a side salad for lunch.