Lisa Ward, Recipe Tester

Make it regular or make it dairy-free and vegan. Either way, it’s going to be satisfying as can be.

• 1 H
• 5 H, 30 M
• 2

Your favorite Greek tzatziki sauce transformed into an insanely cooling, soothing summer soup. No stove required.

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• 20 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 0

No matter how much soggy steamed zucchini you were forced to choke down as a child, you won’t turn away this moist zucchini cake that tastes just like grandma used to make.

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• 25 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 0

Oh baby. We wait all year for stone fruits to be in season so we can make this. Ideal for breakfast, desert, and everything in between.

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• 35 M
• 1 H, 55 M
• 2

Inspired by the tropics, this simple single-layer cake is quick and easy yet lacks nothing in terms of satisfying richness.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 12

A tongue-tingling chile oil with a haunting and earthy and floral taste thanks to the dance of dried chiles, Sichuan peppers, cinnamon, cloves, and star anise.

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• 15 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 0

Everything you would imagine in a pound cake. Buttery. Indulgent. Moist. Rich. And with a perfectly balanced and ever so slightly puckery lemon glaze.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 10

Weeknight comfort food with ease. That’s what we’re talking about when it comes to these easy scalloped potatoes. Barely any effort or time. Lotsa payoff.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 2

Chocolate pudding that’s intensely rich and fudgy and done in minutes. God help us all.

• 30 M
• 45 M
• 2

Cook once. Eat twice. This baked pasta casserole cleverly relies on a big batch of tomato soup as its sauce. Leftover soup means you have lunches done for the rest of the week.

• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

Hearty and satisfying and reheats beautifully. Our sorta winter dinner, office lunch, afternoon nosh, and midnight snack.

• 20 M
• 50 M
• 6

A breakfast classic. And rightfully so. Tasting is understanding.

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• 30 M
• 30 M
• 0

You read that correctly. Pork wrapped in bacon. Need we say more?

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• 15 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 0

This gingerbread Bundt cake has all the warm spicy goodness of gingerbread cookies. As if that weren’t enough, it’s gilded with a sassy and sweetly tart lemon glaze.

• 45 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 10