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19 Recipes for Breakfast on the Go
Make these granola bars, overnight oats, and muffins ahead of time, and eat well every morning of the week.
Grenadine
Make your own grenadine from pomegranate juice for flavor-packed cocktails at home.
Vegan Pumpkin Pie
With silky pumpkin filling and a beautifully flaky crust, this vegan pumpkin pie is a dessert everyone will love.
Lemon Poppy Seed Traybake
As good as this lemon cake is, it’s the tangy icing that finishes it off perfectly. The cake holds up well in the fridge, so you can prepare it in advance.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Six ingredients (including salt and pepper) stand between you and what may just be the world’s most perfect side dish.
Butternut Squash Soup
Go all-out autumnal with this easy soup recipe that combines roasted butternut squash with fresh ginger and cinnamon.
Nightshade Confit
Eggplant, zucchini, and peppers take a long, slow bath in lots of olive oil, becoming meltingly tender in the pan and getting even better the following day.
Monkey Bread
It’s impossible to hate monkey bread, especially this version ribboned with spiced pecans and gooey caramel sauce.
Simple Turkey Chili With All the Toppings
Having a dependable turkey chili recipe in your culinary repertoire means that a hearty, crowd-pleasing weeknight dinner is never far from reach.
Our Favorite Pie Crust
This easy recipe for pie dough takes all the guesswork out of making a buttery, flaky pie crust. It’s ideal for pretty much any pie you want to make.
Applesauce
Transform your orchard or farmers market haul into a spiced applesauce you’ll want to eat by the bowlful.
Coffee Parfait With Dark Chocolate
This elegant dessert relies on the energizing powers of coffee and chocolate—balanced with the richness of cream—to liven up the mood.
Classic Cocktail Sauce
While many cocktail sauce recipes call for chili sauce, ketchup lets you add your desired level of spice to tailor it to your exact taste.
Béarnaise Sauce
This easy blender béarnaise sauce stems from classic creamy hollandaise. A combination of vinegar, lemon juice, and tarragon gives it a bit of bright, fresh flavor.
New England Clam Chowder
This New England clam chowder recipe gets its creamy consistency from half-and-half and smokiness from finely chopped bacon.
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43 Make-Ahead Desserts for Effortless Entertaining
These desserts mean one less thing to worry about at your next gathering.
Tamarind Millionaire’s Shortbread
The sourness of tamarind breathes new life into the classic millionaire’s shortbread.
Chocolate Syrup
This homemade chocolate syrup recipe is rich and versatile, and the process is nearly as easy as running to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of Hershey’s.
Philly Fluff Cake
Far less dense (and far more flavorful) than a traditional pound cake, the Philly fluff cake is known for its ethereally light, fluffy texture.
Quick-and-Easy Hot Fudge Sauce
This luscious hot fudge sauce comes together in the time it takes to let your ice cream soften up a bit.