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Once the weather starts to turn colder and the calendar hits November, I crave the comforting combination of sweet potatoes with butter and brown sugar. Instead of boiling on the stove, I use my favorite kitchen appliance: the Instant Pot. The result is a bright orange bowl of richly textured, slightly sweetened mashed potatoes that will feed a hungry crowd. What Type of Sweet Potatoes Should I Use? There are many different varieties of sweet potatoes....

What I don’t see is staying inside and cooking all day. I don’t see turning on an oven and making my already too-warm apartment even hotter. Don’t get me wrong: I love cooking! But there’s something about the summer where I crave ease. And this summer I’m leaning into it instead of feeling guilty. That’s why Simply Recipes is giving you all of our tips, ideas, and recipes for the best easy summer dinners ever so you can enjoy everything else that the season has to offer....

Had to laugh, I’m so so so much a thigh girl myself. What’s the secret to wonderful lemon chicken? Use chicken thighs (or legs, but thighs are easier to eat), bone-in and skin-on. Video: How to Make Lemon Chicken Tips for Making Lemon Chicken Lemon is acidic and helps balance the stronger flavor of the dark meat in thighs and legs, and the fat from the chicken skin. Of course, you can use chicken breasts if you prefer....

There’s just something about a creamy, dense lemon filling topped with sour cream, settled on top of a graham cracker crust. It’s one of those old-fashioned desserts that takes you back in time. It makes your cheeks pucker and your eyes roll with pleasure. Lemon Icebox Pie Is Always on the Menu Lemon icebox pie was one of the first desserts on our menu at the tiny restaurant I started with friends in upstate New York....

Disclaimer: We partnered with Bob’s Red Mill to bring you this post. We only work with companies and brands we truly believe in and use ourselves. Therefore, all opinions and recipes are entirely our own. Thank you for supporting The Real Simple Good Life and our partners. Gluten free, grain free, dairy free, nut free + paleo pancakes These pancakes are easy to make work for everyone! They’re even toddler approved!...

Lassis come in all kinds of flavors, some are salty, some are sweet, some have mint, some have fruit. A mango lassi is basically a yogurt based mango milkshake or smoothie. Fresh vs. Frozen Mango You can use either canned mango pulp or cubed fresh or frozen mango. If you use fresh, you’ll want to use a ripe, sweet mango. A Little Sugar and Spice Make Everything Nice! If your mango isn’t ripe enough it will be too tart and you’ll have to add more sugar or honey than you would like....

While doing research for this post, I found references to many different ways of making red chile sauce. In Mexico alone, there are as many ways to prepare this sauce as there are varieties of chilies! There are even more when you take into account the regional twists. A Basic Red Chile Sauce The following is a recipe for a basic red chile sauce, made with ancho chiles (also known as pasilla chiles - see notes)....

The rebel in me refused to do so, thinking, “I love mint! I’ll use it in cooking.” (Gardeners reading this are laughing about now.) Let’s just say that mint grows very well indeed, and is especially well suited to containers, where it cannot send out runners and take over every nook and cranny in a yard. I have kept the mint, but I do have to be diligent, and pull it up where it doesn’t belong....

Disclaimer: We partnered with Bob’s Red Mill to bring you this post. We only work with companies and brands we truly believe in and use ourselves. Therefore, all opinions and recipes are entirely our own. Thank you for supporting Real Simple Good and our partners. We like to make this Paleo cornbread in a cast iron skillet It just feels right making this Paleo “cornbread” in a cast iron skillet....

Of course you can never go wrong with bacon and when you add some apples, cabbage and tangy mustard flavor you get a great side dish that is light but savory and full of flavor. This paleo coleslaw with apples and bacon will be a great side dish for your next BBQ or get together. It’s even better the next day after all of the flavors blend together, so if you have time and are planning ahead, make it in advance and leave it in the fridge overnight....

Paleo friendly tortillas I’m going to be real with you…we go on dates nights weekly and tacos are often what we end up having. In those cases, I just eat tacos with corn tortillas if it’s at a restaurant. And honestly, I figure it’s not the end of the world if corn tortillas make a debut in my life sometimes, especially if they are authentic and made with quality lard. But when we are cooking at home, we like to keep it grain-free most of the time and Siete Family Foods is our favorite for that!...

Do you remember being a younger, not-so-wise, and less health conscious version of yourself? Did you love cakes? Perhaps you could have leaped into a vat of ice cream and swam around for a bit (that was me and maybe still is!). Maybe your thing was potato chips, or could you devour those squishy, salty fries from the double arches? Oh man, I sure remember those! Whatever it was, you probably had your guilty pleasures, and hopefully you still do because they sure make life a little more fun, but hopefully they are much healthier versions these days....

Just sauté a hefty amount of mushrooms, add cooked pasta and spinach, and stir until the spinach wilts. Just like that, dinner is ready! The Secret Is in the Sauce With so few ingredients you might think this dish would be too plain. But that’s where the magic of brown butter comes in. Brown butter transforms this very basic pasta into something special. You might have seen it used in recipes for baked goods, like Elise’s Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies, but its nutty flavor is also great with pasta....

I was re-watching a video of my friend Maangchi making Sausage Ppang (소세지빵), a Korean bakery staple made with a fluffy, slightly sweet yeasted dough. It has a hot dog wrapped inside and it’s cut to look like a flower or leaf. Toppings vary, but one of the most common is similar to Korean corn cheese with corn, onion, mayonnaise, mozzarella cheese, and green bell pepper or scallions. Everything melts together into what ends up becoming a pull-apart version of pigs in a blanket, great for an afternoon snack, party appetizer, or even a surprising school or al-desko lunch....

The light, sweet scones enjoyed in England are nothing like the heavy, somewhat dry scones we usually have here in the states. They are more like our biscuits, but sweet. Of course “biscuit” in England means what we here would call a cookie. So confusing. I set out to make a light, savory scone, and in the process learned that, at least here in America, what I was making would more normally be called a biscuit....

This simple recipe of pasta, sausage, Parmesan cheese and rabe or kale is very easy to prepare and delicious. We all agreed that it is a keeper! Ms. Weir’s original recipe calls for broccoli rabe, but kale makes a perfectly fine substitution. Kale can be quite bitter on its own, but included in this dish there is no trace of bitterness. The kale accents the flavors of the sausage and cheese....