Sue Epstein, Recipe Tester

Close your eyes and we swear you’d never guess this sweet, banana-y smoothie is suffused with good-for-you greens.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 17

This classic brings good luck to all who partake on New Year’s Day. Or so says Southern tradition. We can’t vouch for that, but we can vouch for it’s ability to bring sated appetites.

• (3)
• 25 M
• 2 H, 45 M
• 16

Babkalicious! Best babka ever! Holy Cow! Holy Babka! Those are just some of the responses we’re hearing ’bout this indulgent loaf of buttery, chocolatey, Jewishy goodness.

• (8)
• 1 H
• 4 H
• 28

Sure, made-from-scratch stock like grandma used to make is frugal beyond belief. But wait till you see what it does for your cooking.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 6 H
• 2

What’s so special about these wings? You sorta gotta experience them to understand.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 2

Kalamata olives lend this no-knead bread ample flavor while a long, slow rise brings it a bakery-quality crumb.

• (6)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 29

Japanese grilling at its sweetest–and simplest, with just a quick turn over the coals and a happy little sauce of soy, sake, honey, and ginger for dipping and drizzling.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 30 M
• 8

Ah, summer. Ah, cobbler. Those two sentiments are sort of one in the same, don’t you agree, seeing as each is easy, effortless, and always enticing?

• (3)
• 30 M
• 1 H
• 10

The best version we’ve experienced of this classic steakhouse salad with a creamy blue cheese dressing that’s basically an excuse to eat your vegetables.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 0

A swoon-worthy collision of creamy cheesecake and cakey brownie and sweetly tart raspberries that you simply gotta taste to believe.

• (3)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 8

This recipe for thin, crisp matzoh couldn’t be simpler and, natch, tastes incomparable to the stuff you buy in a box.

• (10)
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 61

The best kosher-for-Passover brownies we’ve ever had. Ever so slightly crumbly outside and splendiferously fudgy inside.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 8

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

• (2)
• 40 M
• 2 H, 40 M
• 15

Let’s get clear about what hummus is and what it ain’t. Real hummus tastes like nothing but hummus. Not fancy. Just perfect.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 1 H
• 24