Snack

The texture is delightfully soft, almost cake-like, and sweetened with a quick-and-easy lime glaze. These cookies make great holiday gifts.

Savory cornmeal meets the sweetness of blueberries and zest of a lemon for tender muffins that come together in 45 minutes.

This lovely, simple dish is great to have in your fridge at all times. It adds a wonderful, distinctive flavor to any dish it accompanies.

This isn't really cassoulet, but it is very, very good! Cut into little bars as a pre-dinner bite or serve one toast per person alongside a crisp salad of bitter greens for lunch.

These hamantaschen are filled with a celebration of seeds set in chewy-soft caramelized honey. While poppy is traditional, we threw in sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin as well for variety and crunch.

This recipe is a game-changer for people who think they don't like tofu. To get the right balance between moisture and texture, we provide three techniques for removing excess liquid.

The dairy-free secret to this fudge's creaminess? Avocado.

Stash a jar of this spiced-up, seed-packed almond butter in your desk drawer or kitchen cupboard to turn a rice cake into an instant breakfast.

Full of both dark chocolate chunks and bits of unsweetened chocolate, this cookie is rich and chewy—perfect for dunking into a glass of milk.

Quickly roasting oysters in a hot oven pops the shells apart so they can be opened the rest of the way by hand, no shucking skills required.

This simple appetizer is a hit every time due in large part to the vast appeal of warm cheesy things.

This traditional South American honey-almond cookie gets a tropical twist with an easy-bake coconut dulce de leche filling.

Dark soy sauce along with regular soy sauce is what gives these wings their rich color. We like to use all flats—arguably the best part of the wing!—but a mix with drumettes or whole wings works too.

This crispy-crunchy-salty mix gets its green hue from a blend of ground seaweed snacks, dried dill, and lime zest. The seasoning of garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and sugar rounds it all out.

Shelled raw peanuts are easy to find at Asian markets, health food stores, and other specialty food stores.

Nachos can stand an ingredient riff, but to make sure that the cheese is melted throughout and that each bite has the requisite combination of tastes and textures, follow this plan.

Watermelon contains natural sugars and plenty of liquid, which make this smoothie light and refreshing. The fresh mint gives it that je ne sais quoi that you might not be able to pinpoint right away, but which makes the flavor a total standout. 

Serve this dish of mashed beans wrapped in flatbread and pan-fried until crisp as a appetizer, or alongside a big green salad for lunch or dinner.