Caroline Chang, Recipe Tester

A little pile of tasty meat cushioned by a warm tortilla and electrified by a little salsa. Life is good.

This sweet and spicy little number wooed us from our very first spoonful, banishing bottled barbecue sauce forever from our pantries.

Fresh herbs and a squeeze of lemon lend this chicken its effusive Greek accent. A foolproof grilling technique makes it irresistible in any language.

These subtly flavored, relatively healthful (shhhh!) sliders are the sleeper hit at The Meatball Shop. Not hard to understand why.

Beautiful burger buns. Were ever three words joined in such harmony? There are a lot more lovely things to be said about these pillowy specimens of bread awesomeness.

“Beautiful.” “Filled with flavors.” “A tad spicy.” “Simple.” “Perfect!” That’s just a taste of what our testers are saying about this soup. Sort of makes you want some, doesn’t it?

Crisp at the edges. Chewy within. Peanutty through and through. A classic perfected. Pass the milk, please.

A crisp-skinned bird that’s inflected with orange and coriander for a very unique flair. And it comes together in a single pot, making it a cinch to prep as well as clean up afterward.

Tomato soup with grilled cheese croutons for dunking. And it requires barely more effort than heating up some Campbell’s.

This life-changer of a recipe isn’t your mom’s banana bread. It’s better. And we’ve got no qualms saying that.