Cheese
Fresh Fettuccine With Vegemite and Aged Cheddar
This easy 5-ingredient pasta uses Vegemite to achieve phenomenally rich and savory flavor, with plenty of aged cheddar along for the ride as well.
By Shaina Loew-Banayan
Sweet Potato and Blue Cheese Dip
Roasted sweet potatoes become a creamy, luscious dip when whipped with blue cheese and cream. Serve with crispy chips alongside for a crowd-pleasing starter.
By Chris Rogienski
Baked Brie Bites With Jezebel Sauce
These Brie bites are an entertaining power move, featuring melty Brie inside crisp puff pastry, finished with a dollop of tangy citrus-and-mustard sauce.
By Jeff Tonidandel
Baked Ziti
With its creamy Parmesan béchamel and tangy pancetta-enriched marinara sauce, this baked ziti recipe is one of our favorite uses for a casserole dish.
By Dawn Perry
Cheese-Stuffed Pork Katsu
Everything you love about katsu (the crispy breading, the juicy meat) with a molten, cheesy center.
By Kiera Wright-Ruiz
Blackberries and Vanilla Cream With Crispy Puff Pastry
This hassle-free version of delicate mille feuille comes together quickly thanks to store bought puff pastry and a quicker alternative to pastry cream.
By Zaynab Issa
Spiced Beef and Refried Bean Tostadas
Weeknight dinner can't get much easier—or tastier—thanks to these spiced beef tostadas.
By Kendra Vaculin
Elote Corn Pasta
This golden pasta inspired by the zesty, spicy flavors of Mexican street corn is luxuriously creamy—but doesn’t have a drop of cream.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Cachapas
These savory-sweet Venezuelan cheesy corn pancakes are endlessly customizable, making them the ultimate kid-friendly recipe or WFH lunch.
By Gaby Melian
Spicy Green Bean Ditalini With Caramelized Lemon
With lots of crunchy green beans, caramelized lemon, toasted nuts, and creamy cheese, this is somewhere between a great pasta and a delicious salad.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Broken Meatball Lasagna
Free yourself from the notion that lasagna is a weekend-only affair! This version is lighter, brighter, and faster than the baked casserole you’re used to.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Grilled Chicken Pizza With Vodka Sauce
Tangy vodka sauce and grilled chicken make a savory base for this pizza, which gets topped with a bright arugula salad and pickled red onions after it’s baked.
By Brandon Gray
Charred Sun Gold Tomato and Fennel Pizza
The addition of homemade confit garlic—a 20-minute set-it-and-forget-it move—takes this fennel-forward pizza to the next level.
By Brandon Gray
Summer Squash and Arugula Pesto Pizza
Zucchini is one of summer’s most abundant offerings; here it stars on a pesto pizza alongside ricotta-stuffed squash blossoms and a showering of mint.
By Brandon Gray
Tomato Salad With Basil Vinaigrette
Salting and straining ripe tomatoes extracts their flavorful juices; when combined with verdant basil oil, it makes a slightly sweet and vegetal salad dressing.
By Brandon Gray
Fresh Pasta With Buttered Tomatoes
Two-ingredient homemade pasta (no machine required!) meets a buttery yet fresh tomato sauce finished with a drop of umami-rich fish sauce.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Pasta alla Norma
Let your summer eggplant and basil shine in this classic Sicilian pasta.
By Kendra Vaculin
Homemade Refried Beans
This refried beans recipe comes from cookbook author Rick Martinez’s dad, who uses salt pork and bacon drippings for deeply savory beans.
By Rick Martinez
Fried Eggplant With Whipped Honey Feta
Crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside, this irresistible summer eggplant (and its tangy dipping sauce!) will have you going back for more.
By Kendra Vaculin