Our Very Best Recipes

I’m afraid you’re about to make your neighbors very jealous. They will smell this cooking as they walk up to, and then pass by, your door — forced to smell those aromas of garlic, chicken, and cumin, all without getting a single bite. You, and only you, will get to come home from work, take a bowl from the cupboard, and proceed immediately to the table without even needing to turn on the stove.

Editor’s Note: If you’ve cooked this beloved recipe before, it might look a little different these days! We recently improved it to make it even easier to follow and more delicious.Thanksgiving is near! You’ve got recipes for the best roast turkey and creamy mashed potatoes. But do you have a recipe for my very favorite holiday condiment: cranberry sauce? My family have always been pretty staunch cranberry relish people.

You’ll never guess the secret ingredient.

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No time, no meat, no problem.

Pure magic.

Perfect with ice cream.

They're crunchy, salty, snacking perfection.

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This easy vegan number won't wilt like more fragile salads.

This is so easy to make at home.

The most delicious leftover sandwich starts here.

It’s impossibly delicious.

Here’s how you make a pan-fried pork chop that can truly rival a great steak at home: Brine it with brown sugar, pan-fry it, and then baste it with butter. If that sounds a lot like how you cook a steak at home, you’re right — this is basically pork chop steak!

Bananas turning black? Lucky you.

I still remember the sweet sense of victory I felt when I cooked one dinner that my whole family — including my toddler — adored and gobbled up. I’m still new to this, but have learned that feeding toddlers is tricky business that requires patience, understanding, creativity, and persistence. These days I put my meal-planning efforts into building a roster of easy dinners that my whole family enjoys.

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It's scary good.

Against all odds, yes, it works.

Mashed potatoes are a requirement on most Thanksgiving tables, and we set a high bar. They must be lush and creamy with enough flavor to stand on their own, but not so assertive that they clash with the turkey gravy. I don’t like to brag, but I think this is the ultimate potato side dish you’re looking for. It’s the perfect make-ahead side dish.

The crispy bacon and creamy potatoes are simply made for each other.

The sauce is perfection!

The crumb topping is so good!

It’s a classic.

Plus, it’s a complete meal.

I can't believe I've never thought to use them before.

You’ve never tried anything like it.

It’s the kind of comfort food you’ll want to make again and again.

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Calling all pumpkin spice lovers!

Baked brie in puff pastry takes “rich and luxurious” to a whole new level. Add a few friends and some good tunes playing in the background, and you’ve got yourself a bonafide party situation. When I make this appetizer as part of a big holiday gathering or for a cocktail party with lots of other nibbles, I often like to bake it in a pie plate instead of on a baking sheet.

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Southern biscuits are the perfect fictional device for telling the narratives of Southern families. One cook makes his biscuits with White Lily flour only because that’s how his Maw Mae did it. Another swears by lard, as her family never had the funds for high-dollar butter or shortening. Most Southern cooks bake biscuits at least once a week — a ritual and rite of passage as the recipe is handed down through the generations. My biscuit recipe is much the same.

It's classic and potato perfection.

They're shockingly simple to make.

Simply the most delicious.

Tastes like apple pie.

A delicious dinner as easy as one, two, fricassée.

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It’s an AperFall Spritz, if you will.

The sauce is so vibrant and incredibly flavorful.

Looking for ways to feed a crowd for breakfast, but are stumped on ideas? There’s a solution for it and it comes down to what you can make ahead of time. We’re talking low-effort, big-impact breakfasts that you can whip together easily.Finding breakfast ideas you actually look forward to eating and that can be made in advance takes the guesswork out of what to make first thing in the morning and has to the potential to save lots of time.

They make weeknights so much easier.

Got chicken in the fridge? Make one of these tonight!

It's key to the juiciest Thanksgiving bird.

Crispy outside + ultra-creamy inside = your new signature sweet potato.

Bacon and maple syrup make everything better.

Bonus: It’s ready in 30 minutes!

It's shockingly simple.

On their own, baked potatoes are one of the absolute best foods. They’re cheap, filling, and require practically zero effort to make. All you really need is salt, pepper, and a pat of butter. You could be satisfied — no, delighted — by this simplest of preparations. But let us indulge, if you will, in what a humble baked potato could become.You don’t even need a recipe.

It cooks in under 30 minutes.

Quick! What’s the first meal that comes to mind when you think of ground beef? For me it’s grilled burgers or crunchy tacos that I used to eat as a kid. But those two foods barely scratch the surface of all the different dinners you can cook up with some ground beef. Arm yourself with a pack of ground beef and the sky’s the limit when it comes to dinner possibilities.

If you love classic carbonara, this French onion carbonara is a comforting twist you’ll want to try. Traditional carbonara features pasta tossed with crispy guanciale or pancetta, egg yolks, and Pecorino Romano cheese. This version adds the sweet, savory depth of caramelized onions, a splash of dry white wine, and fresh thyme, giving the dish a nod to French onion soup.

Food doesn’t get more fun than this.

You’ll eat it straight from the pan.

I’ll be the first to admit that before I started working at The Kitchn, I had no idea what a “bee sting” dessert entailed. But then we developed our now-famous recipe for Bee Sting Cake, the triple-layer German delicacy that’s “heaven in a cake,” as our recipe tester nicknamed it. What makes it “bee sting”? The crunchy topping of caramelized honey and almonds. (See the best jars of honey — the flavor matters for this recipe!

Quick and easy!

I only have one note!

They make weeknights so much easier.

I am not sure which is more tried-and-true when it comes to weeknight cooking: a trusty skillet dinner or crowd-pleasing chicken. It really doesn’t matter, though, because if you bring the two together you have easy eating at its very best. Take your pick between bone-in or boneless thighs, lean chicken breasts, or even whole chicken, because they’re all fair game in these chicken skillet recipes.

It’s one-pan, too!

There are many reasons to love black cod — it is sustainably fished, full of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, and wonderfully buttery when cooked. Here’s one more: Nobu restaurant’s miso-marinated black cod, a classic Japanese-influenced recipe that makes an easy, elegant dinner for guests or a quick main dish you can prep over the weekend.

You’ll never guess the secret ingredient.

It’s so good, you’ll make it every weekend.

A one-ingredient wonder.

Easier than pie.

It’s the ultimate breakfast mash-up.

They're light and crispy, too.

Cabbage is the unsung kitchen hero. Some people wait until St. Patrick’s Day rolls around to make it, but cabbage is delicious any time of the year! And it’s one of the most versatile vegetables in your arsenal. Let’s start with a quick refresher: When it comes to buying a head of cabbage, you’ve got some choices.

These smooth and creamy grits are ready in record time.

It's just that good.

If meal planning feels like another insurmountable task on your to-do list, we’re here to offer some help. Meal plans can be a framework for maintaining a sense of normalcy and routine during times of stress (like during the busy back-to-school season!).This plan simplifies weeknights with dinners that rely on the slow cooker to do all the heavy lifting (think: stuffed peppers, pot roast, and “baked” ziti).

Classic lasagna has met its match.

Pommes aligot is more than just a cheesy twist on mashed potatoes. This incredibly magical blend of creamy potatoes and cheese was born in the French region of Midi-Pyrénées, and it is a celebration of regional cheese, served on special occasions alongside sausage or roasted meat.

Not only are eggs delicious, but they are also one of the most versatile foods in the world. You can eat them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They can be scrambled, poached, baked, fried — you name it. They taste amazing in their simplest forms, but they can easily be transformed into complex, layered dishes. Personally, my favorite part about eggs is how quickly and easily they usually come together for a meal.

This taco Tuesday, we’re having mac and cheese.

They’re so soft and pillowy.

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Dinner party plans stressing you out? Puff pastry cheese straws are here for you. These crispy, flaky, cheesy twists require just two ingredients and a few minutes of your time, and yet they deliver big — real big — out on the buffet table. Make puff pastry cheese straws for your next holiday party or serve them with cocktails for happy hour at home.These cheese straws are really an equal-opportunity appetizer. They go just as well with a glass of wine or a pint of beer.

It's so nostalgic.

Classic, creamy, and crowd-pleasing.

Straight from mom’s kitchen.

So garlicky and buttery.

It absolutely lives up to the hype — but I do have notes.

Your whole kitchen will smell like fall.

The café de olla syrup is so good, I want to drink it by the spoonful.

A match made in heaven.

Plus, you don't even need a mixer.

All our favorite meals in one pot.

Anytime I’m sick (or even on the verge of being sick), two things are certain: My energy and inspiration to cook are pretty low. Even when my meals are planned out for the week, I’m happy to abandon my plans for pork chops or a casserole for another night. This is a time when I crave simple foods that are warm, nourishing, and supremely comforting. A pot of warm and comforting soup is often the go-to for whatever ails us.

Ah, pumpkin pie — that most quintessential of Thanksgiving desserts. Here’s my own favorite take on pumpkin pie — one that skips the sometimes-finicky, sometimes-soggy pie crust for one made from crispy graham crackers. Add a heaping spoonful of fresh ginger and you have the pumpkin pie I look forward to all year long.Pumpkin pie didn’t used to be a favorite. I liked the flavor and spices of traditional pumpkin pie, but often found it unpleasantly soggy.

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Okay, we’re not going to win any awards for thinking up this combination, but hey — these potato bites are easy, delicious, and perfect for a sports-loving crowd, should you find yourself surrounded by one this weekend. They even remind us of sports-bar food, like little deconstructed potato skins.We decided to make these after countless evenings munching on these bacon-wrapped dates, which are also very yummy, but got us thinking about other things we could wrap in bacon. Potatoes?

It’s so tangy.

Short on prep, but big in flavor.

The gooey lemon curd center is so velvety and perfectly tart.

Everyone begs for seconds.

So rich and irresistible.

Keep them in your rotation.

Perfect on cool fall days.

It also happens to be vegan.

The cake is so light and fluffy.

They're ready in 30 minutes or less.

So much easier than apple pie.

You'll want the sauce on everything.

You'll never make broccoli another way.

Unlike any other pancake.

Peach cobbler, but in drink form.

Everything’s coming up roses.

You and this dessert go together like peanut butter and jelly.

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It’s popular for a reason.

Full of lemon-lime flavor, this cake is pure nostalgia in every bite.

There’s only 10 minutes of prep.

Perfect for those busy weeknights.

If you're looking for some inspiration on how to turn chicken thighs into dinner, don't worry — we have plenty of ideas. Here are 18 ways to pull it off.

The humble banana gets the spotlight.

They're not just for breakfast.

The best way to use pudding mix.