Barb P., Recipe Tester

This ingenious approach to spaghetti requires just your usual boxed pasta, a bottle of wine, and 30 minutes. Gorgeousness ensues.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 0

An easy way to gussy up green beans and make them seem fancy without being fussy.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 15 M
• 2

Crisp onion and creamy white beans turn tuna into a light dinner, courtesy of the always impressive Stanley Tucci.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 0

When it’s half past when you’d wanted to eat and you’re too exhausted to think, turn to this kid-friendly, adult-approved fix.

• (3)
• 15 M
• 30 M
• 23

Exactly what you want—nay, need—when you’re crave something that’s satiating as heck but you need it to be quick and with some semblance of healthy.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 30 M
• 8

“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.

• (1)
• 45 M
• 1 H
• 4