Eric Akis is the author of eight cookbooks. His columns appear in the Life section Wednesday and Sunday.

Vegetable soup + frozen mini meatballs: Veggie soup doesn't fill up your family? Make it more substantial by adding precooked mini (a.k.a. cocktail) meatballs and simmer 8 to 12 minutes, until ...

Despite being called chestnuts, water chestnuts are actually a type of vegetable. Here are 5 benefits of water chestnuts, plus how to use them.