Life Changing Recipes

 A new year means a new outlook especially in cooking and baking. You may want to cook vegan or even learn how to cook. You may want to try your hand at baking - finally. yet what recipes to use? Not to worry There are some good ones to give a whirl.

New contributor Tanya Sichynsky Times cooking editor wrote an informative how to with recipes for yesterday's New York Times Food section. She covers simple recipes for those noivce chefs who want tasty but easy along with vegan ones for newly turned herbivores. There's also a section iwth easy baking recipes for those who want to start or hone their baking skills. The recipes come fromthe Food sections' other contributors . Beginners should try Melissa Clark's foolproof fish which is skin on salmon cooked with mustard.The whole dish takes only fifteen minutes to create. There's also her crisp edged quesdadilla for a great weekend meal.Ot's just a fried tortilla stuffed with three kinds of cheeses. For a more Asian bent there is Eric Kim's gye ran bap or egg rice that also has the salty tang of seaweed added.New vegetarians can try Zainah Sha's sheet pan tikka that also has bell peppers and onions spiced and flavored with ghee. Again Melissa Clark offers her vegan red lemtil soup, perfect for January days and beyond. Serve it with Sohla El-Wayily's quinoa and broccoli spoons salad.

A new year means a new stab at baking. Here the recipes don;t fail, in their easiness or tastiness. Everyone will love Scott Loitch's Rice Krispie Treats with Brown Butter. Browned butter heightens the taste ofany baked good , from browmies to cake. Novices can try their hand with it in this simple recipe. They're elevated with a sprinkling of flaky sea salt and colored sprinkles. As home bakers progress they then cna move on to Genevieve Ko's flourless chocolate cake. This is more like a gooey mousse in a way , with a fudgy center, perfect to be served with ice cream ro whipped cream. Then there is Marti Buckley's Basque cheesecake , adapted from her "Basque Country Cookbook.It spares the water bath and is baked at a higher temp than the New York ones.it has a burnished look because of this and has a flavor reminiscent of a toasted marshmallow.It also has the look of a more sophisticated cake despite its'simplicity.

This is the year to try. it can be as simple as try to cook, ro try to bake.It can also be as complex as try to eat healthier . Whatever is decided these recipes are here to help.