Cinnamon Toast with Butter and Honey

Everything you remember from childhood–crisped (but not burnt) at the edges, slathered with butter, sprinkled with cinnamon, and, if you were fortunate, drizzled with honey.

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• 3

Roasted Strawberries

Whether you have unripe berries, overripe berries, or an abundance of the season’s sweetest, most fragrant berries, say hello to your sweetly sticky solution.

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Sautéed Broccoli Rabe with Potatoes

Rabe. Raab. Rapini. Call it what you will, but this mustardy green veggie of Italian descent is never better than when jumbled with sautéed garlic and crisped potatoes.

Chocolate Mousse

This seemingly sophisticated chocolate fix draws on just two ingredients, each a pantry staple, and comes together in minutes. Not that anyone’d guess this from tasting it.

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• 13

Macaroni and Cheese with Crunchy Crumb Topping

This classic mac n cheese melds Cheddar and butter and milk, oh my, before being baked to bubbling, crumb-topped, ridiculously indulgent goodness.

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• 25 M
• 1 H
• 19

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

This little bit of heaven is exactly what it purports to be: a smooth, rich confection made from a strawberry Philly cream cheese cheesecake.

Quick Blender Hollandaise

This quickie hollandaise has all the luxuriant loveliness of the classic sauce yet comes together in just five minutes. Ideal for entertaining. Or the unabashedly lazy.

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Congo Bars

Better known as seven layer bars, this bewitching stack of graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate, coconut, and nuts just may exceed your childhood memories.

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Open-Face Egg Sandwich

We know. You already have an egg salad sandwich recipe. But trust us, it’s nothing like this one, which is whoppingly old school in taste, blissfully healthful in every other way.

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• 25 M
• 20

Chocolate-Coconut Macaroon Pies

These little cups of toasted coconut, full of creamy dark chocolate, are like chocolate-dipped macaroons in reverse: lots of chocolate and a little coconut.

Coconut Cake

Flaunting an ever-practical, always-stunning, goes-with-anything white, this froufrou coconut cake livens up holidays, dinner parties, bridal showers, weddings, birthdays, and Tuesday nights.

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• 25 M
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• 22

Herbed Ricotta Dip with Vegetables

True story: This luscious little number inspired one toddler to dip and dunk his way through an entire bag of baby carrots. An entire bag. Behold, the power of the dipper!

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• 20 M
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• 6

Minted Fresh Peas

Clap of hands. Is there anything that screams spring more than these lightly buttered peas with a wee bit of cooling mint on top? We think not.

Asparagus Tart

A simple, sophisticated tart with an eggy cheese filling, a shatteringly crisp phyllo crust, and those much-coveted spring spears.

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• 1 H
• 2

Brioche

Is there a more perfect breakfast? These glorious, golden brown brioche get their glow from lots of egg yolks and a healthy amount of butter.

Brown Butter Pasta

A tempting tangle of fettuccine, brown butter, and eggs that makes a few paltry pantry items seem perfection, whether for brunch, lunch, or a late, late supper.

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• 14

Spoon Bread

From the cooking icon Edna Lewis, this light, airy spoon bread whispers, in that inimitable Southern way, to be included on tables everywhere. Even in the North.

Arugula, Fennel, and Orange Salad

This salad, bright with arugula, fennel, and orange, is everything you need for a light lunch or side. It’s peppery, sweet, licorice-y and oh-so-tempting.

Roasted Asparagus with Bay Leaves and Crispy Capers

For this radically simple recipe, stalks of spring-green asparagus, bay leaves, and capers are tossed in olive oil and blasted in the oven. Gotta love it.

Orange Flan | Flan de Naranja

This flan is oh-so-refreshing, tangy, and creamy rich with orange flavor. Serve it as a sweet coda to a luxe dinner or a simple brunch.