Helen S., Recipe Tester

You can imagine the expression of unabashed happiness that’s on the strawberry-smudged face that goes with the sweet little hand holding this popsicle.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 45 M
• 19

Better known as seven layer bars, this bewitching stack of graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate, coconut, and nuts just may exceed your childhood memories.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 22

This loosely defined “lasagna” is an easy little cheat of a recipe that relies on store-bought ravioli, jarred sauce, and shredded cheese. Shhhhhh.

• (10)
• 15 M
• 45 M
• 41

Scandalously simple. Ethereally airy. Magical. That’s but a sampling of what folks are saying about these two-ingredient, Southern-style cream biscuits.

• (4)
• 15 M
• 30 M
• 32

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.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 25 M
• 16

This anything-but-boring bird borrows its Peruvian accent from a technicolor dreamcoat of paprika, lemon, garlic, and cumin.

• (8)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 38

Magically delicate and nuanced cookies that satisfy the little kid cookie craving in an adult sorta way.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 12

We’ve clamored for dessert for breakfast many a time, but breakfast for dessert? With this inspired makeover, you betcha.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 45 M
• 16

Though this cool, creamy, don’t-turn-on-the-stove soup is hardly penance, it certainly makes amends for all those burgers and brats. Summer detox, anyone?

• (3)
• 25 M
• 35 M
• 7

A simple, old-style French dessert that’s as easy to toss together as it is to tie a scarf.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 45 M
• 8