K. Zimmerman, Recipe Tester

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
• 2

Tarragon chicken. A French classic for a reason. And no one but you needs to know just how easily it comes together.

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• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 0

All natural. No artificial colors or flavors. Family friendly. Adult approved. And as delicious as any mint chip ice cream we’ve ever tasted.

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• 20 M
• 4 H
• 0

These spice-rubbed grilled pork chops get their awesomeness from a mix of coriander seeds, chipotle chile powder, ground cumin, smoked paprika, and mustard powder. Perfection.

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• 10 M
• 25 M
• 0

Comforting as heck yet impressive enough to share with company. And did we mention that making it is essentially effortless? Entertaining made easy.

• 25 M
• 2 H
• 2

An easy, light, spring-inspired riff on traditional risotto that still manages to maintain all the rich, indulgent, creamy goodness of the Italian classic.

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• 40 M
• 40 M
• 0

A cinnamon walnut filling swirls through this obscenely moist, buttery cake Bundt. Caution: Highly addictive.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 20

Chinese chicken salad is just like those salads you get at the restaurants with the oranges and cashews and the lovely balance of crunchy and tender and sweet and savory.

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• 1 H
• 1 H
• 0

Chocolate Bundt cake is a homemade paean to the chocolate cakes of yesteryear but with a contemporary dark chocolate oomph that we think turns tradition upside down in the best possible way.

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• 50 M
• 2 H
• 0

Magnificently easy to marinate. Quick to toss on the grill. And distinctly Thai thanks to the lilt of coconut milk, fish sauce, cilantro, and curry.

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• 25 M
• 25 M
• 0

Pickled watermelon rinds. They’re a Southern classic that are sweet and tangy and oh so enticing. Tasting is believing. Here’s how to make them.

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• 1 H, 30 M
• 12 H
• 4

Blueberry pie. The mere mention of it sorta makes you wanna stop everything and sprint to the kitchen, doesn’t it? This pie is soooooooooo worth the interruption to your day.

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• 30 M
• 2 H
• 2

A perfectly cooked and gently spiced specimen of cruciferous loveliness. You’re seriously not going to be able to stop noshing this.

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• 15 M
• 1 H
• 0

A British classic, this pot pie bubbles away into meltingly tender, luxuriant, aromatic awesomeness beneath its crackling pastry crust.

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• 1 H
• 3 H, 30 M
• 0