budget | cheap eats

You tell us whether the best part of these seared pork with caramelized apples is the taste or just one skillet to clean.

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• 30 M
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Mac and cheese doesn’t get any easier than this 3 ingredient macaroni and cheese that’s done in 20 minutes. Kids! Dinner!

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• 20 M
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Not your classic oatmeal raisin cookies, these boast golden raisins, maple syrup, and cardamom in addition to pistachios. Practically paleo. Entirely good.

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• 50 M
• 6

Lassi popsicles? That’s right. The classic Indian drink in frozen form. Just fruit–mango, blueberry, strawberry–yogurt, sugar, and maybe a hint of spice. Pure and simple and delicious.

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Icy. Slushy. Sorbet-y. Creamy. Melony. Everything you imagine a granita could be, you’ll find it here.

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• 4 H, 20 M
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A jumble of raw shaved vegetables that comes together easily, tastes magnificent, and doesn’t even require you to turn on the stove. Sounds like a summer staple to us.

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• 20 M
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Typical of eastern Carolina ‘cue, this tangy sauce is exactly what you want—nay, need—for your next barbecue.

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• 10 M
• 2

Leave it to the French to make something as simple as roast chicken seem so darn alluring.

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• 1 H, 50 M
• 4

“An absolute knockout!” “Wowzers!” “Incredibly moist.” “Just like banana bread.” That’s what folks are saying about this recipe.

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• 30 M
• 4

Mashed potatoes this is not, although it does have a uniquely and really quite charming caulifloweriness all its own that we quite like.

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• 15 M
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Homemade Greek yogurt that folks are calling the creamiest and most loveliest homemade yogurt ever. Sorta makes you want to see what the fuss is about, doesn’t it?

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• 12 H
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These lovely little summer gems take their crisp coating from cornmeal. As memorable as the movie named after them.

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• 1 H, 30 M
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Is there anything better than roasted garlic? We think not. Three ingredients. Almost no effort. And yet what results is both complex and versatile and knee-wobblingly lovely.

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• 2

Couldn’t be easier. Simply freeze puréed fruit, water, and sugar and you have sorbet. Any-flavor-you-want fruit sorbet. Best part? No ice cream maker required.

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• 3 H
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