Spaghetti with Bread Crumbs

Bet you've already got everything you need for this frugal pantry pasta. All you need now is 15 minutes to pull it together.

20 mins

Catalan Bread Salad ~ Escalivada

We wish someone had told us a heck of a lot sooner about this uncommon bread salad, which embellishes the usual ingredient suspects with figs and walnuts.

40 mins

Melon and Avocado Salad

A combination of taste and textures that seems unconventional yet tastes so intuitive you'll wonder why you haven't tried it before.

25 mins

French Vanilla Ice Cream

For vanilla ice cream purists, nothing competes with a recipe that relies on just the essentials: milk, sugar, vanilla bean, eggs, and cream.

1 hr 15 mins

Baja-Style Tempura Fish Tacos

Relax with these crunchy-tender fish tacos filled with a kicky cabbage slaw and sweet-tart mango-banana salsa. Think flip-flops and a beer—all year long.

1 hr

Sautéed Spinach with Bread Crumbs

That frugal Italian trick of adding buttery bread crumbs to just about anything to make it more enticing works its considerable charms here. Swoon.

20 mins

Posole Salad

Summer posole cravings are satisfied with this cooling summer riff on the classic Mexican soup that we simply can't stop wanting yearround.

3 hrs

Chicken Yakitori with Honey Sauce

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.

30 mins

Charred Corn Salad

You just found your next sweet corn infatuation that'll entice you night after night all the way through the end of summer.

30 mins

Steak and Quinoa Salad

An exceptionally easy, ridiculously satisfying, and even righteously healthy use for that leftover steak in the fridge. (And yes, there is such a thing as leftover steak...)

1 hr

Pimm’s Cup for Wimbledon

A sprightly summer cocktail, this vibrant variant on a Pimm's Cup is a wham bam grand slam of booze, orange, lemon, cucumber, mint, and lemon-lime soda.

5 mins

Eggplant Kebabs

A healthy, veggie-packed dinner that's most magnificent during the height of summer. No turning on the stove required.

1 hr 30 mins

Broccoli with Peanut Sauce

Say hello to the most failproof way we know to get everyone to eat their veggies—and just about anything else you can dip or dunk or douse.

20 mins

Pepperoni Pan Pizza

Made with the simplest, freshest tomato sauce ever, two types of mozzarella, and everyone's favorite topping. And it's made on a plain old baking sheet. No fancy pizza stone required.

3 hrs 30 mins

Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting

And you thought that boxed yellow cake mix and canned chocolate frosting you inhaled as a kid was good. This version may make you rethink your childhood.

5 hrs

Cinnamon-Raisin Swirl Bread

And you thought those perfect swirls of cinnamon raisin awesomeness were something you could only get in store-bought loaf. This recipe dispels that myth.

3 hrs 30 mins

Kimchi

Canadian by birth but Southerner by choice, chef Hugh Acheson makes a mean Korean kimchi. And just wait'll you learn his ideas for using it.

3 hrs 45 mins

Korean Style Steak

This ginger-spiked, Korean-style marinade comes together from pantry staples and takes just minutes to work its considerable magic before you toss the steak on the grill.

35 mins