Easy Chicken Enchiladas

An uber-quick and less traditional approach to chicken enchiladas gets you a tasty dinner, weeknight or not. The secret? Your toaster oven.

1 hr 15 mins

Spicy Lamb Meatballs

Gorgeously spiced and juicy lamb meatballs are easier to prepare than you'd think. And when served with a creamy harissa yogurt sauce, they're even easier to eat.

45 mins

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies

You shouldn't have to choose between your two competing cravings. The only disappointing thing about these? That we didn’t discover them sooner.

1 hr 20 mins

Coconut Candy Bars

These taste like an indulgent mash-up of Mounds candy bars, peanut butter, and graham cracker crumb crust. And chances are you already have everything you need.

45 mins

Steak and Ale Pies

Steak and ale. A classic duo. Though this may be a slightly different format than you're accustomed, it's just as indulgent as a steak and a pint alongside. Maybe more so.

5 hrs

Braised Pork in Red Chile Sauce

Our testers were smitten with this perfectly smoky and not-in-your-face spicy pork in red chile sauce from chef Rosa Martinez. It's a cinch to make. And a pleasure to make disappear.

2 hrs 45 mins

Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

Using bacon drippings in place of butter makes these can't-stop-at-just-one cookies both frugal and indulgent at the same time. And let's not overlook their salty, smoky, sweetly lovely taste.

45 mins

Football Cheese Ball

Going for a pigskin theme for the big game? You need this. Easy as can be to whip together and it's been described as being "disturbingly good." Too good, in fact, to let pass.

2 hrs 40 mins

Shredded Beef Chili With Sweet Potatoes

"OMG!" "Not too spicy, eat-it-from-the-pot tasty." "We loved it!" That's what folks are saying about this unexpected and robust chili with its sweet heat.

4 hrs

New Mexican Red Pork Chili

This riff on carne adovada is a lazy cook's dream come true. Red pork chili with layers of flavor? Yes, please. Set-it-and-forget-it comfort food.

6 hrs 45 mins

Homemade Snickers Bars

Know what really satisfies? Making your own gooey, peanutty, caramel-y, milk chocolate-y Snickers candy bars at home.

2 hrs

Pork Belly Tacos

Tacos-meet-pork belly. An explosion of sweet, spicy, salty flavors from pork that's slowly roasted and then fried. Chef Robyn Almodovar likes to call these tacos “a party in your mouth.” What she said.

18 hrs

Parmesan Tater Tots

Frozen tater tots and Parmesan cheese. Seems so intuitive, doesn't it? And yet it's so wonderfully unexpected. Easy, kid-friendly, adult-appeasing.

45 mins

Cheddar-Parmesan Crackers

Who knew that making your own crackers could be so easy?! This dough is a cinch to work with although the results disappear rather frighteningly quickly when there's wine involved.

2 hrs 40 mins

Creole Shrimp and Grits

Tanya Holland gives us Southern comfort food with Big Easy flair. That’s what we think of these perfectly spiced shrimp swimming in a slightly spicy sauce with ample cheesy grits to soak it all up.

1 hr 30 mins

Instant Pot Chicken Gumbo

Comforting. Satiating. Easy. Authentic. One-pot. And adaptable for the slow cooker, pressure cooker, or stovetop. You're welcome.

3 hrs 30 mins

Braised Cranberry Beans with Chorizo

Folks are literally receiving high fives from people at the table for these braised beans. Yes, high fives. For braised beans. THAT'S how damn good they are.

1 hr 50 mins

Slow Cooker French Dip

Slow cooker roast beef au jus. Perhaps the first slow cooker recipe yet that'll keep everyone at the table uber satisfied—including the person making and cleaning up after the meal.

8 hrs