Debbie Vargo, Recipe Tester

A big fat sandwich of deliciousness. That’s how one person referred to this brilliant riff on the classic grilled cheese that’s salty, tangy, spicy, melty, and mood-lifting as heck.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 0

Lunch just got a lot less boring thanks to this simple miso glaze that packs a touch of heat and a wallop of umami.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 45 M
• 0

Not your standard roast vegetable side dish. Not at all. And all it takes is adding a pinch of curry powder and a generous splash of lime. So simple. So spectacular.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 1 H
• 0

These wonders of wonders are irresistible cakey donuts baked in muffin tins that are spiked with nutmeg and cardamom and rolled in melted butter and cinnamon sugar.

• 15 M
• 45 M
• 4

This is definitely not your classic shakshuka. But with its lilt of lemon, its hearty braised greens, and it sprinkling of za’atar, it’s not something we’d kick out of bed.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 0

From the Barefoot Contessa herself, these chocolate pecan scones are packed with plenty of bittersweet chocolate and pecan chunks and are, predictably, flaky and tender pastry perfection.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 0

Traditional Moroccan tagine reimagined by turning it into a slightly less hearty yet no less compelling salad.

• 40 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 6

A yearround charmer, this is sorta like Bundt cake gone to finishing school yet retains all the comforts of home. From the justifiably famous Red Truck Bakery in rural Virginia.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 0

An unconventional jumble of roast vegetables, crisp bacon, maple cinnamon pecans, and a dreamy, creamy maple-Sriracha yogurt sauce with a runny egg as a final flourish. Um. Yum.

• 35 M
• 1 H
• 2

Made with just coconut milk, bananas, peanut butter, cacao, and honey. 5 ingredients that are healthy, easy, and ridiculously like ice cream when prepared in this manner.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 4 H, 10 M
• 0

This grown-up rendition of mac and cheese has a little more gusto in the form of mild heat. And that smattering of crushed tortilla chips, rather than bread crumbs, may be a game changer for you.

• 30 M
• 45 M
• 2

Ladies and gentlemen, this is why we have pressure cookers. Because they render an inexpensive cut of pork and plain old pinto beans into a smoky, soulful, put-your-spoon-down-and-sigh bowl of chili in a fraction of the usual time.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 0

All that familiar autumnal spice loveliness in perhaps the only pumpkin spice incarnation you’ve yet to try.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 0

A subtle tweak to an ordinary roast hen can make all the difference. Here a single Middle Eastern spice elevates an everyday roast hen to something special. Something very special.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 0