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Basically Croque Monsieur
Like a hot ham and cheese sandwich, but slathered with cream sauce and baked to bubbly perfection. (Yeah, it's as good as it sounds.)
By Kat Boytsova
Foolproof Fish With Spiced Chickpeas
Just about the most approachable at-home fish cooking method there is.
By Lauren Schaefer
Adult Mac and Cheese
Our creamy stovetop mac and cheese is about as easy as opening a box—and a whooooole lot more delicious.
By Molly Baz
Raw and Roasted Dinner Salad
Crunchy, creamy, sweet, salty, and highly satisfying, this is the kind of salad you can make a meal out of.
By Kat Boytsova
Smashed and Loaded Crispy Potatoes
Cooking potatoes twice—once in water, and a second time in hot oil—is hands-down the best way to achieve extra-crispy potatoes at home.
By Molly Baz
Brown Butter Wedding Cookies
Six-ingredient cookies for people who don't think they can bake cookies.
By Kat Boytsova
Sheet-Pan Garam Masala Chicken
Marinating in spiced yogurt gets you a juicy and super-tender chicken every time.
By Kat Boytsova
Vegan Butternut Squash Soup
If you've always thought you needed hours to make a luxuriously silky puréed vegetable soup, well, this recipe is here to say you don't!
By Christina Chaey
Lemon Pound Cake
Every cook should have at least one good dessert up their sleeve, and this classic, lightly-glazed lemon pound cake should be yours.
By Lauren Schaefer
Crispy Roasted Broccoli With Tahini Sauce
High heat and the simplest sauce ever make for roasted veggies that feel like a dish, not an afterthought.
By Lauren Schaefer
Corn Salsa
Whether it’s scooped up with tortilla chips or spooned over a simple fillet of fish, this zippy charred corn salsa is the ultimate peak-August condiment.
By Claire Saffitz
Oven-Barbecued Chicken
No backyard? No problem. All the sticky-sweet goodness of barbecued chicken without having to leave the house.
By Claire Saffitz
Stuffed Eggplant With Crispy Beef
Custardy eggplant, sweet-tart pomegranate, creamy garlic yogurt, and crispy beef—eggplant naysayers, we're coming for you.
By Claire Saffitz
Slow-Roasted Onion Dip
Like the one you make with the packet of soup mix, but with no weird chemicals and 1,000 percent tastier.
By Andy Baraghani
The Basically Fried Chicken Sandwich
Everything you want in a crispy chicken sandwich, with none of the fuss.
By Claire Saffitz
Easy Blueberry Cream Scones
Think of these scones as the easier, cooler cousin of the blueberry muffin.
By Claire Saffitz
Shrimp and No-Stir Grits
Brunch, lunch, or dinner, we're never not excited about sweet, garlicky shrimp and cheesy grits.
By Claire Saffitz