Eating

A classic combination of the crisp, crunchy and aromatic with the slick and luscious. Great with your boeuf bourguignon. And amazing with hot dogs. Takes the place of cole slaw and sauerkraut. Make it in 10 minutes.

50 cents per aromatic, sweet, sour and slightly rich side serving. 200% of your daily Vitamin C, 50% of your Vitamin A and 100% of your Vitamin K per serving. Wow! And great color, too.

Thin slices of apple on top of sweet, creamy onions and crisp, super smoky bacon. On a very, very thin and crisp no-tossing, no-spinning, no-rolling pizza crust you easily make from scratch. You're forgiven in advance if you eat too much.

Might be the richest sauce known to mankind. But only 45 calories per tablespoon, a tablespoon that goes a long, long Way. It'll make a steak blush. Or transform a thick slice of cauliflower into a spectacular dish.

Your eyes say pumpkin pie but your nose knows Better. Dozens of savory-sweet aromas. So many flavors. All your taste buds are working overtime. And that's before the incredibly buttery, flaky pie crust begins to melt in your mouth.

Soffrito, the Italian sauce base you make with carrot, celery and onion, is One of The Best and Smartest Ways to Spend 30 Minutes in the Kitchen. Make a week's worth of this stuff and eat Better for a week.

The last of this season's peaches could use a little heat to bring out the sweetness they're not getting from the sun on these shorter days. Here's a Way to make them Better. Takes about 10 minutes and $4 to prepare. Makes 8 -12 happy people.

A casserole for chard lovers and chard deniers. Kathy had seconds because she loves the flavors of the accomplices. Tomatoes. Feta cheese. Bacon. But this really is a chard casserole. Lots of chard. A very little bit of everything else. Just enough to distract the deniers.