Recipe: Chicken Lentil Soup — Dinner Recipes from The Kitchn

For me, especially when I'm focusing on my health or losing weight, there is nothing more comforting than having many containers of this nourishing, delicious, filling lentil soup with chicken stashed away in the freezer. Lentil soup is actually the very first dish I learned to cook, and I am still amazed at how easy it is to make something so much better than you get from a can. I'm also sentimental about this soup, so it will probably always be among my favorite things to make.

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10 Things to Make While Everyone Else Is Watching the Super Bowl — Super Bowl 2015

How To Make Homemade Fresh Mozzarella

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Let's skip the part where you pretend like you're excited to watch the Super Bowl and focus on the opportunity that the game actually presents. While everyone else is eating nachos and swimming in blue cheese dip, you will have four uninterrupted hours in your kitchen. How will you take advantage of this precious time?

From trying your hand at pretzel cinnamon rolls, to stocking up on DIY ketchup, here are 10 mini kitchen projects you can complete in under four hours.

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Recipe: Vegan Cashew Cheese Sauce — Snack Recipes from The Kitchn

This is my favorite spread for making veggie nori rolls, but I also love it as dip for raw vgetables, a sandwich spread, or even a salad dressing, thinned with a little water. I would never say that this really tastes like cheese, but it does make a fine plate of nachos spooned over tortilla chips topped with warmed black beans and scallions.

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Obama Lifting Curtain on 'Precision Medicine' Plan

President Barack Obama will unveil details Friday about the “Precision Medicine Initiative” – a move toward tailoring and personalizing individual medical treatment.



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Colon Cancer Rates Rising Among Americans Under 50

Still, only 10 percent of cases occur in younger group, study finds



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Insurance Choices Dwindle In Rural California As Blue Shield Pulls Back

Blue Shield of California stopped selling individual plans on the state health insurance exchange in about 250 zip codes, leaving nearly 30,000 residents with only one insurer to choose from on the exchange.



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Too Much Alcohol at Midlife Raises Stroke Risk, Study Finds

The danger zone: more than 2 drinks daily



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