Kim Beaulieu, Recipe Tester

Yoohoo, you who’s trying to eat more healthfully, start cramming carrots in your pieholes with this satisfying little number.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 2

The words “orange chicken” used to make us think of gloppy Chinese takeout—until we tried this orange chicken.

• (3)
• 40 M
• 2 H, 40 M
• 17

For those of us who dread cleaning up the kitchen, this innovative lazy man’s approach for homemade french fries is a godsend. It’s also darn good.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 2 H
• 4

If you’re going to splurge on brownies, you may as well, you know, SPLURGE on brownies. But not in terms of effort or expense. Just taste. These brownies handle it splendidly.

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• 10 M
• 45 M
• 4

Normally we have an issue with people talking fresh to us. But in the case of these agua frescas, or fresh flavored waters, we’re all ears.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 8

Easy. Economical. On the table in 45 minutes. And essentially pork wrapped in bacon and roasted until crisp outside and juicily tender inside. Any objections?

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• 35 M
• 45 M
• 10

Stylish on any salad, this versatile little number is a staple in every discerning cook’s recipe wardrobe.

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 2

Sweet meets salty. Salty meets sweet. There. That didn’t take long for them to get acquainted.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 50 M
• 2

Cold, creamy, and eminently slurpable, just like the vanilla milkshakes mom used to make. In other words, perfect in all ways.

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 2

Wanna know how to stretch a single steak into supper for four without seeming skimpy? Your answer awaits.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 2