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Skip the Packaged Taco Seasoning and Make the Best Taco Meat at Home

Seriously, taco seasoning is gross. Learn how to make fresher, tastier ground beef seasoning at home.

Ground Beef Tacos

When you're craving those childhood favorite Tex-Mex flavors, nothing but seasoned ground beef in a hard shell will do.

No-Cook Barbecue Sauce

Though I’m all for high-quality prepared sauces and such to use as shortcuts, I’ve never found a bottled vegan barbecue sauce I really like. But this nearly instant sauce is so easy that I’ve ended the search. It’s especially good with tofu, tempeh, and seitan.

Boozy Concord-Grape Ice Pops

If you want boozier pops, increase the gin to 1/3 cup. They will still freeze but not quite as hard, and they will get slushy quickly once unmolded.

Vegetarian Taco Salad With Creamy Avocado-Lime Dressing

Here's my vegetarian taco salad of romaine and peppery arugula tossed in a creamy, avocado-lime dressing. Chili-flavored quinoa and black beans make it hearty.

3-Ingredient Buffalo Grilled Chicken Wings

A simple Buffalo-style hot sauce delivers a big punch of flavor to these grilled wings. Brush a little sauce on the wings at the end of grilling for caramelized flavor, then toss them in more sauce before serving for full spicy saturation.

Frozen Boozy Arnold Palmer

Turn the classic iced tea and lemonade combo into a frozen cocktail for all of your backyard parties. Freeze the drink components into ice cubes before blending for an icy drink that isn't watered down.

Chicken Skewers with Italian Dressing

A creamy Italian vinaigrette acts as both the marinade and the dressing for this super-easy grilled chicken and tomato number.

Waffled Ham and Cheese Melt With Maple Butter

Buttering the bread before you waffle it ensures a crispy, golden brown exterior. Adding the maple butter right as the sandwich comes out of the waffle iron means the sweet, rich mixture soaks into the still-warm bread

Waffled Macaroni and Cheese

Leftover mac and cheese is not exactly one of life’s biggest problems, but if it happens to you, here’s what to do.

A Low-Country Shrimp Boil is Perfect for Family-Friendly Summer Entertaining

Spread out the newspaper and pull up the lawn chairs for one of the liveliest, tastiest, messiest meals of the summer.

Cowboy Shandy

Highwest’s Campfire whiskey is a blend of Scotch, bourbon, and rye; a gently peaty blended Scotch is the next best thing.

James Beard: He's More American Than We Are

A man with a bowtie killed Continental snobbery and taught us how to love the food we cooked, from sea to shining sea.

Breakfast Sandwiches with Chile-Fennel Sausage Patties

This sandwich combines the classic combo of pork and fennel, some heat from the red pepper flakes, and a gorgeous golden sunny-side-up egg. Perfect with English Muffins and a giant cup of joe.

Strawberry Shortcake with Thyme

This summery, thyme-scented layer cake is easier to pull off than it looks. The genoise-style sponge is made with melted butter for a tender, flavorful base, and sour cream adds brightness to the whipped-cream filling.

Malted Milk Piñata Cake

This is a really fun cake which goes down well with children and adults alike.

Maple Butter

Spread this easy compound butter on waffles, pancakes, and French toast for sure, but it's also great on a ham and cheese sandwich.

Wild Rice with Watercress and Hazelnuts

The sturdier your cress, the longer this salad will hold up at room temperature.

Charred Asparagus With Citrus Bagna Cauda

The one–two punch of citrus zest and juice balances all that anchovy richness in our new favorite dressing recipe for spring veg.

Soy Sauce–Marinated Short Ribs with Ginger

A drizzle of Sriracha at the end balances out the glaze’s sweetness and adds earthy complexity to this short ribs recipe.
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