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Chicken Brodo with Spring Vegetables and Fried Bread
This spring brodo is fully equipped with a lemony broth, bright green asparagus, and fresh pea shoots. The slice of olive oil–fried bread on top stays crunchy on the edges and gets custardy in the center.
By Aaron Crowder, Katie Jackson, and Nick Perkins
Brothy Noodle Bowl with Mushrooms and Chiles
Feel free to swap out the vermicelli for a different noodle—this recipe is designed to be customizable.
By Alison Carroll
Cashew Chicken
Coating chicken in cornstarch before stir-frying gives the meat in this takeout-inspired dinner a golden crust and helps thicken the oyster sauce–fortified glaze.
By Chris Morocco
Dinner Salad With Radicchio and Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Hard-boiled eggs, roasted sweet potatoes, and a creamy cashew dressing make this salad recipe a full meal, not a sidekick.
By Molly Baz
Skirt Steak with Spicy Coconut Dressing
This recipe is exceptionally weeknight-friendly (it goes from start to finish in less than an hour) and fully adaptable depending on the tastes of your family.
By Carla Lalli Music
Sesame Pork Burgers with Sweet and Spicy Slaw
These pork burgers—inspired by Southeast Asian dumplings—are an ideal weeknight meal. The sweet and spicy mayo acts as both a dressing for the slaw and a sauce for the burger.
By Tara O'Brady
Cheesy Loaded Sweet Potatoes
For an easy 15-minute dinner, steam a batch of potatoes in advance. Then, top them with sour cream, avocado, radishes, pickled onions, and other fixings for a quick variation of the taco bar concept.
By Sarah Copeland
Safoi’s Moroccan Chicken Tagine
This fragrant, hearty stew is traditionally cooked in an earthenware dish on the stove-top, but a slow cooker does the job almost as well.
By Anna Francese Gass
Deep Dish Quiche with Garnishes
Made with crème fraîche and chives, this quiche is good enough to be eaten plain. But a buffet of garnishes—smoked salmon, avocado, braised leeks—make this Easter brunch truly memorable.
By Tara O'Brady
Crispy Skin Chicken With Dill and Garlic Sauce
Quickly shallow-frying chicken halves locks in their juices and yields crispy, golden-brown skin. Serve them with garlicky potatoes, fried shallots, and dill.
By Kat Boytsova
Spicy Buckwheat Noodles With Chicken
A simple dish of soba noodles tossed with poached chicken, chili oil, soy sauce, and scallions.
Foolproof Grilled Chicken
For the very best results, brine the chicken, sear it over the flames, and finish cooking it on the other side of the grill before tossing with a robust vinaigrette.
Manicotti
This is project cooking at its best: tender manicotti wrappers are made by quickly cooking batter into pasta-like crepes. They're filled with a creamy trio of ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella, and covered with fresh tomato sauce before baking.
By Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez and Marie Miraglia
Spring Pea Fish Chowder
Sweet peas, pea shoots, and lemon zest give this bright, lightly creamy chowder a dose of freshness.
By Anna Stockwell
Deconstructed Chicken Caesar Salad
This go-to meal, ready in less than 20 minutes, has all the elements of a classic chicken Caesar salad—but instead of tossing them together, we celebrate each on its own.
By Marge Perry and David Bonom
Rigatoni with Meat Sauce
This is the hearty pasta dish that everyone loves to eat. The rigatoni cooks right in the sauce, which not only saves you from having to wash an extra pan—it makes the pasta more flavorful.
By Marge Perry and David Bonom
Sheet-Pan Rice and Beans
This dish is so tasty and satisfying that you’ll be happy to eat it for days (and so healthful and nutritious that you should eat it for days).
By Marge Perry and David Bonom
Potato Tart with Mustard Greens and Thyme
Whole wheat phyllo dough makes a crispy crust for this lively potato tart with the flavors of mustard greens, lemon thyme, and goat cheese.
By Art Smith
Grilled Lamb Chops with Kefir Verde Sauce
Step up your marinade game by soaking lamb chops in tart pomegranate juice and tenderizing kefir. The chops will develop a beautiful caramelization during grilling, thanks to the natural sugars in the marinade.
By Julie Smolyansky
Saffron Breakfast Kheer
There is little more nourishing than milk and rice together—easy to eat and cleansing in the best possible sense of the word. Make a double batch and reheat it with a little extra milk on the following days.
By Anna Jones