Victoria Filippi, Recipe Tester

We got nothing against the Larabars we’ve been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here’s a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

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• 15 M
• 50 M
• 195

This eminently reliable, no-fuss recipe doesn’t ambush you with carving trickery. It’s just a simple, supple roast beef tenderloin napped with a slightly boozy but goof-proof sauce.

• (4)
• 1 H
• 1 H, 45 M
• 9

Perhaps the most surprising crucifers we’ve experienced in a while. They’r tossed with a fragrant, warming spice blend and finished with—surprise!—dried cranberries and macadamia nuts. Wonders never cease.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 35 M
• 0

This is what we consider to be the ultimate pot roast for company. (Heck, with two types of booze, it’s gotta be good!)

• (6)
• 1 H
• 3 H, 45 M
• 44

Doesn’t get much simpler than this make-ahead cranberry sauce. Simply simmer cranberries, sugar, and orange until you hear a “Pop!” Then slide it in the fridge. Your work is done.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 15 M
• 20

“Super easy.” “Great with beer.” “Disappear fast.” “Yummy!” That’s what folks are saying about this recipe that’s a little sticky, a little sweet, a little spicy, and incredibly stunning.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 2

Eggplant, celery, fennel, zucchini, onion, tomatoes, olives, raisins, and pine nuts, oh my! Sicilian heaven in the form of a pleasingly tart side dish of sorts.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 6

Fresh crab necessitates only Old Bay and very little in way of other ingredients. That’s exactly what you’ll find here.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 0

A simple, satiating, summery Vietnamese tradition known as ca phe sua da, this seductive classic is simply coffee, ice, and sweet, sweet, sweetened condensed milk. Here’s how to succumb at home.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 15 M
• 28

Blender drinks don’t get much boozier than this rendition of that raid-the-liquor-cabinet classic. Umbrella optional.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 2

Sweet, moist, tender, can’t-stop-at-just-one coconut macaroons that are reminiscent of what’s found at the loveliest bakery in town.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 4

This is definitely not your classic shakshuka. But with its lilt of lemon, its hearty braised greens, and it sprinkling of za’atar, it’s not something we’d kick out of bed.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 0

These are, in all seriousness, remarkably fudgy and as rich as the real deal despite being flourless. But don’t take our word for it. Make a batch and see if anyone can tell the difference. Bet you they can’t.

• (2)
• 20 M
• 45 M
• 10

Rib eye steak. Salt. Pepper. Flame. And this technique. That’s all it takes to create one of the most superlative suppers known to man.

• (2)
• 40 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 16