Elizabeth and Lena Alvarez, Recipe Tester

“Magical.” “An 11 out of 10.” “The finest peach cobbler that I have ever, or will ever, eat.” “WOW!” That’s what folks are saying about this crazy easy peach cobbler.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 62

Tasting is one thing. Believing it’s vegan? Entirely another thing. You’ll never guess the ingredients in this surprise summer sleeper of a vegan ice cream.

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• 30 M
• 3 H, 50 M
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Four ingredients and one simple technique that will leave everyone asking—maybe even demanding—you for more. A keeper of a side dish.

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• 10 M
• 55 M
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Yoohoo, you who’s trying to eat more healthfully, start cramming carrots in your pieholes with this satisfying little number.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 4

We think of this recipe as jazz hands heralding the arrival of spring asparagus, peas, artichokes, and green all jumbled together. Lovely atop all that pasta you have on hand.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 15 M
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We have a confession. This baklava is not the classic Greek ideal. Not at all. But that doesn’t seem to be stopping it from disappearing.

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• 45 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 8

This natural alternative to overpriced, chemical-laden liquid dish soap is inexpensive, effective, and gentle on hands. Doesn’t get much more practical than that.

Pretty much banana nut bread smothered in honey cinnamon butter. Feels indulgent. But actually quite virtuous.

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• 20 M
• 30 M
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Made with honey, ginger, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, and cayenne, this sweet sipper is incomparably better than those blechy-tasting, over-priced, brand-name cold medicines.

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• 5 M
• 4

Elegant evidence that salad need not be reserved for warmer months. A stunner of a salad in which humble root vegetables are elevated with peppery greens, fried pancetta, and Parmesan.

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• 25 M
• 25 M
• 4