Michele F., Recipe Tester

A list of all the recipes Michele F. has tested.

A baking dish with chicken thighs topped with garlic cloves, red potatoes, and thyme. A silver spoon is nestled in the dish.

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

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Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic is a classic for one reason—it’s damn good. Using chicken thighs ensures the meat remains juicy. Using our trick for quickly peeling garlic makes it hassle free.

  • (3)
  • 45 M
  • 1 H, 45 M
  • 18
An apple coffee cake with one slice cut from it on a wire cooling rack with parchment underneath.

Apple Coffee Cake

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Elegant enough for company, simple enough for every day, and versatile enough for breakfast and midnight snack and pretty much every moment in between.

  • (4)
  • 30 M
  • 2 H
  • 21
A patty melt sandwich filled with ground beef, caramelized onions and cheese.

Classic Patty Melt

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A properly made patty melt is a hot mess that demands all your attention and a lotta napkins. Sorta as if a grilled cheese and hamburger had a love child.

  • (3)
  • 35 M
  • 35 M
  • 13
A person mashing avocado into a bowl of easy guacamole on a table with salt, avocado, cilantro, lime, and chiles.

Easy Guacamole

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Easy as heck, this guacamole takes a minimalistic approach that keeps ingredients to the essentials yet doesn’t disappoint. Sorta tricky to come by that these days. And yet here we are.

  • (1)
  • 15 M
  • 15 M
  • 14
Four bottles of infused water prepared using the instructions on how to infuse water.

How to Infuse Water

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Why spend half your paycheck on pricey infused waters when you can make them at home? It’s easy, inexpensive, and lovely.

  • (2)
  • 5 M
  • 8 H, 5 M
  • 4
Sunday Berry Almond Pastries

Puff Pastry Turnovers

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Say so long to sad, soggy, store-bought pastries. Hello, easy and irresistibly flaky pastries oozing with summer fruit awesomeness.

  • (1)
  • 15 M
  • 40 M
  • 2
A bowl of seven layer dip with a spoon resting inside and a plate of tortilla chips and dip beside the bowl.

Seven Layer Dip

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Seriously the best seven layer dip we’ve ever had. Swear. And it comes together in minutes without any heat. Summer supper, anyone?

  • (3)
  • 45 M
  • 1 H
  • 15
A white plate topped with a spring panzanella made with tomatoes, bread, asparagus, and Parmesan. A small plate of additional shaved Parmesan sits beside it.

Spring Panzanella

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For when you just can’t wait until midsummer for your fave Italian bread salad.

  • (1)
  • 30 M
  • 45 M
  • 2