Colleen Bloxham, Recipe Tester

Perhaps the quickest pickles ever, these tongue-tinglingly tangy specimens stack flavor on flavor all in the span of a few minutes of work and a few hours of waiting.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 45 M
• 6

For something so unexpectedly unconventional, this melding of burger, lamb, feta, arugula, cucumber, and lemon tastes remarkably intuitive.

• (1)
• 40 M
• 40 M
• 4

These curiously named, easy peasy, shamelessly simple meldings of biscuit and muffins may make you swear off roll-out biscuits for good.

• (3)
• 10 M
• 45 M
• 23

No more excuses about how there’s a dearth of decent bagels in your neighborhood. Nope. Not when you can make these.

• (2)
• 3 H
• 3 H, 50 M
• 45

Let loose with some fanciful flourishes in fashioning this lovely lemon meringue pie-inspired tart with a nutty crust, a creamy lemon curd, and billows of meringue.

• (2)
• 1 H
• 1 H, 30 M
• 6

A simple, step-by-step recipe for the classic French crêpe that can easily be mastered by anyone. Yes, anyone. Including you.

• (14)
• 25 M
• 30 M
• 47

New York Times’ reporter Julia Moskin divulges the recipe for City Bakery’s Peanut Butter Sandies. You’re welcome.

• (3)
• 20 M
• 50 M
• 13

Close your eyes and we swear you’d never guess this sweet, banana-y smoothie is suffused with good-for-you greens.

• (6)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 25

Chicken is coaxed to incredible taste and tenderness in this stew of sorts made healthful with root vegetables. Simple to make. Complex in taste. Unforgettable all around.

• (11)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 37

Stop your scoffing. This may not be conventional chili, but it’s no sissy imposter. It’s just a little subtler, soupier, and smokier.

• (4)
• 35 M
• 1 H
• 10