Noelle C. Serafino, Recipe Tester

A list of all the recipes Noelle C. Serafino has tested.

Two glasses of chai latte with cinnamon sticks on a wooden surface.

Chai Latte

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How to make authentic chai latte at home with just tea, spices, a little sweetener, and your choice of milk. As easy at that.

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  • 10 M
  • 25 M
  • 0
A bowl of slow cooker applesauce with two spoons nearby

Slow Cooker Applesauce

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This recipe is gonna change your mind about store-bought applesauce. And not just because it lets you use your slow cooker and walk away. Wait’ll you taste it.

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  • 15 M
  • 6 H, 15 M
  • 4
An ice cream scoop with a scoop of easy fruit sorbet resting on top of a container of sorbet.

Easy Fruit Sorbet

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Couldn’t be easier. Simply freeze puréed fruit, water, and sugar and you have sorbet. Any-flavor-you-want fruit sorbet. Best part? No ice cream maker required.

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  • 20 M
  • 3 H
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A chocolate zucchini cake glazed with chocolate icing on a green plate on a wooden table

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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Reason number #456 to love summer? This luxuriously decadent yet relatively marginally healthful chocolate zucchini cake. Seriously.

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  • 45 M
  • 1 H, 35 M
  • 2
A raspberry crostata--a rustic tart with the crust folded over a filling of raspberries--on a sheet of parchment

Raspberry Crostata

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Sometimes a pie craving is just too strong to wait for a plate and fork and fussily crimping a top crust. Enter this easy peasy yet elegant crostata.

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  • 25 M
  • 1 H, 50 M
  • 2
Two chocolate banana pops, one covered in sprinkles and the other in chopped nuts on a piece of parchment.

Chocolate Banana Pops

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Bring back memories? How about we make some new memories with whatever the heck you feel like sprinkling on top of your chocolate-covered bananas? After all, you’re an adult. You get to decide.

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  • 15 M
  • 1 H, 15 M
  • 4
A sheet of parchment paper topped with chocolate truffles and a sifter of cocoa powder on the side

Spiced Chocolate Truffles

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At last, spiced chocolate truffles made with dark chocolate that taste delectable, are easy to make, and—believe it!—nutrient dense. Our prayers have been answered.

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  • 45 M
  • 2 H, 30 M
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A coconut carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut on the sides on a glass cake platter with a glass domed lid.

Coconut Carrot Cake

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Lighter, more delicate, some may even say more sophisticated, and we dare say better than any other carrot cake you’ve ever had. No pineapple. No raisins. No complaints.

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  • 30 M
  • 3 H
  • 0
Two individual size blueberry pies on a wooden table.

Blueberry Pie

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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 rimmed baking sheet with several vegetarian summer rolls, a plate, fresh herbs, a bowl of dip, and a bowl of sesame seeds on it.

Vegetarian Summer Rolls

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We usurped traditional Vietnamese fillings with colorful and crunchy vegetables. Crazy good. And crazy good for you.

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  • 45 M
  • 45 M
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