Joan Osborne, Recipe Tester

Need to bring something to a backyard bash when all you want is mad crazy gratitude and an empty dish to take home? This blueberry crumble with a crumbly oatmeal cookie topping is your answer.

• 15 M
• 50 M
• 51

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.

• 10 M
• 25 M
• 14

Some things never go out of style. Witness this throwback to the 50s recipe for drumsticks rolled in crumbs of any sort. Potato chips. Wasabi peas. Rice crackers.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 50 M
• 17

“So satisfying.” “Cakey and chocolatey and everything a brownie should be.” That’s what folks are saying about this crowd-pleaser.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 0

All the scintillating, fall-off-the-bone magnificence of smoked ribs. None of the standing outside in the snow or sleet to tend your grill or smoker.

• 25 M
• 6 H, 45 M
• 31

Yup. It’s still winter. Darn good thing this simple made-from-scratch soup requires barely more effort than heating up some Campbell’s.

• 10 M
• 45 M
• 19

Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. It may even make us think corned beef on March 17th.

• 45 M
• 3 H
• 36

This is, quite frankly, the loveliest hot and sour soup we’ve ever had, with none of the usual gloppiness of takeout Chinese. And it’s on the table in just 20 minutes.

• 20 M
• 20 M
• 46

We got nothing against the Larabars we’ve been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here’s a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

• 15 M
• 50 M
• 191

After trying this Southern good-luck charm of black-eyed peas, we say forget the luck. Just pass more of these peas, please.

• 20 M
• 2 H
• 4

This life-changer of a recipe isn’t your mom’s banana bread. It’s better. And we’ve got no qualms saying that.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 36

“Delicate.” “Flaky.” “Perfect.” “I could not stop eating it!” That’s what folks are saying about this hors d’oeuvre that’s a cinch to make—and devour.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 5

Comfort finds us in unexpected ways. And thank goodness for that—or rather, thank goodness for this not-too-sweet, subtly apple-y quick bread.

• 10 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 34

Crisp at the edges. Chewy within. Peanutty through and through. A classic perfected. Pass the milk, please.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 29