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Golden lasagna

Golden lasagna

A carrot lasagna so light you could eat the lot and still fancy pudding.

Serves 41 hr 15 min
Chunky chimichurri for steak night

Chunky chimichurri for steak night

Parsley, oregano, garlic and vinegar, chopped not blended. The steak's best friend.

10 min
Five-minute harissa yogurt

Five-minute harissa yogurt

Smoky, cooling and quick. The yogurt does the calming, the harissa does the talking.

5 min
Salsa cruda for peak tomatoes

Salsa cruda for peak tomatoes

Grated ripe tomato, garlic and basil. The less you do to it, the better it is.

10 min
Grated tomato and Calabrian chili

Grated tomato and Calabrian chili

Grated tomato with a Calabrian kick and a lemon lift. Sauce or dip, your call.

10 min
Za'atar yogurt with sumac

Za'atar yogurt with sumac

Herby, tangy and green-flecked. The cooling spoon for anything off the grill.

5 min
Zhoug with a proper temper

Zhoug with a proper temper

The Yemeni green sauce that bites back. The cardamom is the tell.

10 min
Lemon pesto spaghetti, all zest and no juice

Lemon pesto spaghetti, all zest and no juice

The Amalfi trick: zest steeped into the pasta water and pounded into the pesto, toasted almonds underneath, not a drop of juice anywhere.

Serves 425 min
Sweet corn campanelle with miso butter

Sweet corn campanelle with miso butter

Corn three ways in one pot, then the fix the original never knew it needed: white miso in the butter and a lemon squeezed over the lot.

Serves 41 hr
Brown-butter and miso gnocchi with a jammy egg

Brown-butter and miso gnocchi with a jammy egg

Nutty brown butter whisked with miso, crisp gnocchi, fried sage and a soft egg broken over the top.

Serves 420 min
Crispy spanakopita gnocchi

Crispy spanakopita gnocchi

Spanakopita flavors massaged raw, over a cool swipe of chili-flecked yogurt.

Serves 425 min
Gnocchi and asparagus with a devious butter

Gnocchi and asparagus with a devious butter

Fifteen minutes, one skillet and a butter with a secret.

Serves 315 min
Miso mascarpone shells

Miso mascarpone shells

Six ingredients and one pot. The audacity of it.

Serves 430 min
Preserved lemon spaghetti in a fur coat

Preserved lemon spaghetti in a fur coat

Tomato and cream with a Moroccan secret in the pocket.

Serves 425 min
Spaghetti squash under a Parmesan lid

Spaghetti squash under a Parmesan lid

The vegetable that does a passable impression of pasta, finally dressed for company.

Serves 41 hr 10 min
Butternut congee with a chile-oil slick

Butternut congee with a chile-oil slick

The bowl you want when you are a little bit sorry for yourself.

Serves 445 min
A ricotta pasta that begs to be messed with

A ricotta pasta that begs to be messed with

Stir it in a bowl while the water boils, then fiddle until it tastes like yours.

Serves 620 min
Midnight peanut butter noodles

Midnight peanut butter noodles

The one-pot bowl you make standing up, for an audience of yourself.

Serves 120 min
Sheet-pan quesadillas, six at once

Sheet-pan quesadillas, six at once

The whole batch crisped in the oven while you stand around doing nothing.

15 min
Baba ghanouj, minus the mashing

Baba ghanouj, minus the mashing

The dip's more glamorous sister, who refuses to be puréed.

Serves 41 hr
Feta under the broiler with corn and shishitos

Feta under the broiler with corn and shishitos

Ten minutes under the broiler and dinner simply happens.

Serves 425 min
House dressing you'll eat by the spoon

House dressing you'll eat by the spoon

The one you make once and then put on absolutely everything, darling. Do keep up.

10 min
The lemon-caper dressing that thinks it's a Caesar

The lemon-caper dressing that thinks it's a Caesar

All of Caesar's swagger, none of its baggage.

5 min
The potato salad that forgot the mayonnaise

The potato salad that forgot the mayonnaise

Bright, herby and unbothered by a jar of anything beige.

Serves 845 min
Marcella's tomato sauce, and the onion you throw away

Marcella's tomato sauce, and the onion you throw away

Three things, one of which you bin. Trust her, and me.

Serves 41 hr
Miso-sesame vinaigrette, good on almost anything

Miso-sesame vinaigrette, good on almost anything

The jar in the fridge door you reach for without thinking.

5 min
Tahini and Parmesan, an unlikely pasta salad

Tahini and Parmesan, an unlikely pasta salad

Nobody asked for this pairing. Everybody wants seconds.

Serves 445 min
Baked feta dip with hot honey

Baked feta dip with hot honey

The block of feta that went viral, finally behaving like a dip.

Serves 81 hr 20 min
Roasted broccoli on whipped tofu, all crunch

Roasted broccoli on whipped tofu, all crunch

A cloud of tofu, a heap of charred broccoli and a hailstorm of chile crisp.

Serves 430 min
Roasted cauliflower under a tahini-parsley flood

Roasted cauliflower under a tahini-parsley flood

The cauliflower is fine. The sauce is the reason you came.

Serves 61 hr
Corn bake with ideas above its station

Corn bake with ideas above its station

One bowl, one box of Jiffy and no shame whatsoever.

Serves 855 min
Crispy gnocchi with burst tomatoes

Crispy gnocchi with burst tomatoes

Skip the pot. Fry the gnocchi like they owe you money.

Serves 425 min
Mákos tészta, sweet poppy seed noodles

Mákos tészta, sweet poppy seed noodles

Sweet, nutty buttered noodles that Budapest sits down to for supper.

Serves 430 min
Blistered gochujang cabbage

Blistered gochujang cabbage

A whole cabbage, roasted hard until it chars and converts the skeptics.

Serves 41 hr
Tahini ranch, hold the Hidden Valley

Tahini ranch, hold the Hidden Valley

Ranch, reimagined in tahini and soft herbs. Not a bottle in sight.

15 min
Buttered noodles that bite back

Buttered noodles that bite back

Butter, garlic and gochujang reduced to a brick-red gloss. Dinner from the shelf in 25 minutes.

Serves 425 min
Garlic tahini, properly loosened

Garlic tahini, properly loosened

Nutty, garlicky and pourable. The sauce that makes vegetables interesting.

10 min
Corn salad that skips the vinegar

Corn salad that skips the vinegar

Five minutes, six ingredients and no vinegar. The tomatoes season it themselves.

Serves 45 min
Smashed cucumbers, bruised on purpose

Smashed cucumbers, bruised on purpose

The salad you'll make unprompted. Bring a heavy knife.

Serves 215 min
Tomato tarte tatin

Tomato tarte tatin

Sweet, sharp and considerably more interesting than the version that started it.

Serves 245 min
Shatta white bean dip

Shatta white bean dip

The Parmesan crust does all the work. The shatta takes all the credit.

Serves 815 min
Fiery gnocchi with creamy gochujang

Fiery gnocchi with creamy gochujang

Vodka sauce went to Seoul and came back a great deal more interesting.

Serves 225 min

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