Jenna Helwig, Recipe Tester

It may seem criminal to bathe the walloping nutrition of lentils and mushrooms in anything but wholesomeness, but there’s something to be said for quality of life. Hello, bacon!

• (10)
• 20 M
• 1 H
• 42

Our easy and elegant solution when you buy not-quite-spring spears of asparagus from the grocery store? Just add cheese and butter and bread crumbs.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 30 M
• 10

If you can master this über basic recipe, you can grill a steak waaaaay better than any of your friends. Promise.

• (7)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 16

Quiche for one? It sounds a lot more ambitious than it actually is. It’s truly a cinch to make. So go on. Love yourself a little. Or a lot.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 8

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

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

Who knew that making your own crackers could be so easy?! This dough is a cinch to work with although the results disappear rather frighteningly quickly when there’s wine involved.

• (3)
• 25 M
• 2 H, 40 M
• 6

Mint. Muddled. Mine. When we’ve got this gin-based mojito on our minds, those are about the only words we can muster. Well, maybe add “More.”

• (1)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 12

And, on the eighth day, there was gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah). Namely, hazelnuts harmoniously cozying up to chocolate. Aka Nutella. And the world has been a more glorious place ever since.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 4

Bury a whole snapper in a heap of wet salt. Shove it in the oven. Then forget about it. Your reward for so little effort? The sweetest, most tender fish you’ll ever experience.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 1 H
• 6