Jess Bender

We're declaring this easy, healthy salad of carrots, cilantro, and toasted cumin vinaigrette your summer go-to salad.

Creamy pasta. Crispy pancetta. Pan-fried Brussels sprouts. Garlicky bread crumbs. All jumbled together to create a spectacular meal.

A quick salad doesn't have to be boring. Bitter greens, tossed with crunchy walnuts, salty cheese, and tangy pomegranate sounds pretty exciting, doesn't it?

An exceptional combination of autumnal flavors in a paleo dish that will make everyone happy. Apples and pork are a match made in heaven.

Antoni Porowski's chicken with grapes is a revelation. Sweet and jammy, with woodsy herbs and roasted onions--this chicken has it all.

Sheet pan dinners are not only trendy but they're a weeknight lifesaver, too. Less dishes to wash, less time spent in the kitchen and loads more flavor.

An easy-peasy breakfast (or anytime) that's full of veg. Zucchini adds some greenery to your basic scrambled eggs.

A sticky, sweet, and lightly spiced platter of roasted chicken thighs sounds pretty fantastic, doesn't it? Let us assure you, it really is.

Vegan Caesar salad that might even pass as the real deal. This Swiss chard-based beauty is chock-full of good-for-you ingredients. It tastes so good, you won't even mind.

In an hour, you can have a hearty, healthy, and incredibly tasty pot of this traditional Roman soup—or stew, if you prefer. Blended chickpeas get thick in an instant.

Summer is for steaks—big beefy steaks. Grill one to perfection then top with a lemony and salty pat of life-changing magic. Seriously. You're going to slather it on everything.

Richly flavored, not too spicy, and umami-packed, this curry won rave reviews from our testers. The sauce is perfectly suited to mopping up with piles of naan bread, too.

An apple crumble is the ultimate in comfort food. It subs in for breakfast or takes the place of a much fancier dessert. It's the triple threat of sweets—fruit, oats, and sugar. What else is there?

Comfort food at its finest and, perhaps, easiest. Made with rice, lentils, and caramelized onions, it's as good room temp as it is warm and goes with almost anything. Full of flavor yet also frugal.

What did our discerning testers say about this recipe? "Wildy satisfying." "Zesty." "Quick and tasty." "A marriage made in heaven." "A stunning nosh." And they should know.

Ropa vieja is a magic act of sorts. Slowly braised beef and a handful of ingredients become more sumptuous than the sum of its parts.

Satiating and healthy-ish, this salad is a vibrant and quick dinner. No peeling required. Just a little chopping and cooking.

Flavor guru Nik Sharma wraps ground lamb in creamy mashed potatoes before lightly frying. Spicy, crunchy comfort food at it’s best.

Swear you'll forget you're eating healthy with these crisp-edged carrots and cabbage that are burnished to tempting heights after being slathered with an iconic Korean spice paste.

A harmony of sweet citrus notes nudges the classic lemon poppy seed cake in a less one-dimensional direction here. We may even be thinking of this as a 5D cake.