Barb P., Recipe Tester

“The epitome of success.” “Simple yet elegant.” “I definitely will be making this again and again.” That’s what folks are saying about this recipe. Sorta makes you forget it’s healthy.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 4

There’s cornbread. And then there’s cornbread enhanced with bacon, corn, and good ol’ bacon drippings. Just as God intended, folks who’ve made it have been saying.

• (9)
• 35 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 34

Everything you’d expect from a Dorie Greenspan recipe—easy, utterly delicious, and crowd-pleasing.

• (3)
• 45 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 8

This cranberry sauce veers on the tart side of things, but pleasingly so, with just enough sugar to tease you into wanting it all year long.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 2 H, 25 M
• 2

Fried chicken as you’ve never, ever experienced. Waffle-battered thighs are fried until crisp and doused with a spiked syrup that boasts a sweet heat.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 1 H
• 2

Fried dough in any incarnation is something to get excited about. Though we’re sorta partial to this particular cinnamon sugar-coated awesomeness.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 40 M
• 4

Stealthy healthy. That’s how we think of things, such as this summer quick bread with whole-wheat flour and just a little honey, that are incredibly satisfying yet actually quite healthy.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 5 M
• 4

Five ingredients. Fifteen minutes. And with just that you’re rewarded with an enticing side that doesn’t make you dread being healthy. Quite the opposite, actually.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 15 M
• 4

This recipe from the late, great Edna Lewis turns out skillet-fried chicken that’s perfectly seasoned, extra-crisp, and gosh darn beautiful in every way.

• (3)
• 1 H, 30 M
• 1 D
• 11

Crisp at the edges, chewy in the center, and (sorta) wholesome through and through, these are a revelatory riff on the classic.

• (14)
• 25 M
• 40 M
• 50