Quick, easy and amazing stir fry is a great idea for dinner. The one trick with doing any kind of stir fry is having everything ready to cook. The chicken velveting is the key to this stir fry really ...

This easy, Thai-inspired chicken stir-fry makes good use of two favorite summer farmers market finds, basil and chili peppers. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS) My kitchen garden is often a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Green bean season is shorter than my list of ways to prepare them. Before I can cycle through the dozen or so dishes, it’s time to move on to wintry Brussels sprouts and cabbage. This green bean dish, ...

½ pound green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces Instructions: Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the green beans and cook for 2 minutes, until crisp-tender. Drain ...

Crispy beef stir-fry is a popular Chinese restaurant dish for a reason — you get tender, crispy slices of beef tossed in a spicy, savory, or even sweet sauce. I’ve eaten various versions of this dish ...

Spicy Stir-Fried Green Beans With Pork. (Nathan Hostler/Special to The Oregonian) Green beans are at their very best in late summer and early fall. Unlike the rather wooden green beans on offer at ...

Stir fry dishes are really easy to make for dinner. Get all of your ingredients together before you start cooking. The nice thing about stir-fry dishes is the variety of vegetables that can be used.

My kitchen garden is often a hit or miss proposition, depending on how hungry the fat (and happy) groundhog who lives under my shed is on any given day or week. But I almost always can count on ...