M.K. Morgan, Recipe Tester

Tomato soup with grilled cheese croutons for dunking. And it requires barely more effort than heating up some Campbell’s.

• (4)
• 10 M
• 45 M
• 19

Perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner conceivable. Here’s how to cook your pricey (and worth every penny) sea scallops to perfection.

• (14)
• 10 M
• 15 M
• 47

We’ve been wobbly in the knees for these sweet and shatteringly crisp little Spanish olive oil tortas. And now that we know how to make them at home, we can’t decide if that’s a good thing or not…

• (4)
• 30 M
• 50 M
• 44

Easy. Economical. On the table in 45 minutes. And essentially pork wrapped in more pork and roasted until crisp outside and juicily tender inside. Comfort food for when you need it.

• (2)
• 35 M
• 45 M
• 12

Chewy, gooey, and chocolatey, these crackly topped brownies buried beneath slightly charred marshmallow are the ideal balance of cakey, fudgy, and nostalgia-inducing messiness.

• (5)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 14

Roast beets until sweet enough to be considered dirt candy. Plonk on a place with tangy goat cheese, peppery greens, and a generous drizzle of honey. Lunch is done.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

This Havana-style black bean soup is gonna surprise you with just how intensely flavored it is despite calling for just cheap vegetarian ingredients.

• (2)
• 40 M
• 3 H, 15 M
• 10

Incomparably easier than traditional English muffins yet with all the requisite nooks and crannies that God—and the British—intended.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 6

This is not the insipid, gloppy, cloying sauce you’re using to getting takeout. This is, quite simply, sweet and sour and lovely.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 20 M
• 2

A sweet nuttiness, a dense crumb, a crunchy crust, and bags more flavor than normal bread. Whatcha waiting for?

• (4)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 27