Cindy Zaiffdeen, Recipe Tester

Yeah, watermelon juice dripping off your elbow is a swell thing. So is this incomparably elegant yet easy salad that melds sweet and heat.

• 15 M
• 15 M
• 6

We beg to differ with the name of this fetching creation, as it’s far too easy to mistake “classic” for “blah.” Far more fitting, we think, is “best white cake.” Ever.

• 25 M
• 45 M
• 76

Beautiful burger buns. Were ever three words joined in such harmonious sequence? Actually, let’s add buxom and buttery.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 38

Chimichurri-induced happiness can be yours with this foolproof, fuss-free, Argentine-approved answer to what’s for dinner.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 2 H, 50 M
• 2

We know. You already have an egg salad sandwich recipe. But trust us, it’s nothing like this one, which is whoppingly old school in taste, blissfully healthful in every other way.

• 10 M
• 25 M
• 10

Yup. Vegan chocolate cake. If you tasted it without knowing, all you’d experience is chocolate through and through. No one will ever know it’s vegan…unless you tell them.

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• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 22

A drinkable dessert composed of, quite simply, bitter grapefruit segments soused with sweet sparkling wine. Cin cin!

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 4

Think you’ve got nothing in the house for supper? Take a look at this nifty little pasta recipe that comes together in minutes. And then think again.

• 15 M
• 15 M
• 18

Tired of settling for an ordinary blue cheese dip that practically necessitates a search party to locate a stray chunk of cheese swimming in mayo? This one won’t disappoint.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 0

In this inspired Italian creation, traditional lasagna noodles are supplanted by polenta. Trust us, you’ll feel no guilt nor regret over forsaking custom.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 2 H
• 12

Rabe. Raab. Rapini. Call it what you will, but it’s never better than when jumbled with sautéed garlic and crisped potatoes.

• 30 M
• 50 M
• 14

Making stock from scratch was never difficult. And it just became even easier thanks to this slick slow cooker approach.

• 15 M
• 12 H
• 29

Forget Robitussin. This fragrant infusion not only makes a run to the pharmacy unnecessary, but it goes down with far, far more ease than that syrupy medicinal stuff.

• 5 M
• 15 M
• 12

An exceptionally tender roast and crisp-as-can-be roasted potatoes that will make any meal memorable beyond words.

• 30 M
• 2 H
• 4