Summer
Chicken Thighs with Kale, Apricots, and Olives
While the chicken thighs braise in the oven, the kale gets nice and crispy, making it the most irresistible part of this cozy one-pot dinner.
Romaine Salad with Rye Crisps and Pecorino Vinaigrette
This Caesar salad–update makes more vinaigrette than you’ll need, and that’s not an accident. Once you taste it, you’ll want a jarful in your fridge at all times.
Beets With Dill, Lime, and Yogurt
In this colorful dish, sweet beets are zipped up with lime, yogurt, and garlic. If you only have Greek yogurt on hand, thin it down with a little water or milk; you’re looking for a sauce that’s thin enough to drizzle. You can use any kind of beets here. Red and candy cane beets are sweeter than yellow beets, but all work wonderfully well. Or use a combination for the most stunning presentation imaginable.
Our Favorite Sides for Beef Tenderloin
When you're serving a beef roast, you want a side dish with flavor that will stand up to the meat, but won't overpower it. Here are 43 suggestions we love.
The Best Way to Cook Hot Dogs and Make Them Perfect Every Time
We found a simple, two-step process that never fails.
Veggie Chips 101
How to turn (almost) any vegetable into a crunchy, salty chip.
The Best Ways to Enjoy Garlic Scapes
Grab these curly green stalks before they're gone. But be careful—they've got a bite to them.
Charred Buttered Plums with Cheese
Plums are summer’s all-stars. You should eat and cook with them only when they are peaking, plentiful, and widely available in many varieties.
Radicchio and Plum Salad
You can use almost any type of plum in this salad recipe, even hybrid ones like Pluots and Peacotums. If it looks like a plum, it probably acts like a plum too.
Tomato-Lemon Tart
Using frozen puff pastry is the shortcut that makes this tart a new summer weeknight favorite recipe.
Blackberry-Tahini Yogurt Cake
This simple berry-studded cake recipe is a real keeper.
Why You Should Be Grating Your Tomatoes
Luscious, dead-ripe tomatoes abound right now. And there's really only thing to do with them.
10-Minute Shrimp Dinner With Green Beans
We call this one a picnic dinner since everything can be eaten with your hands. It's easy to pack up and take to the park if you want, but it also works great on the family table.
Turn End-of-Summer Tomatoes Into This Stunning Vegetarian Dinner
A hearty and beautiful one-dish meal starring tomatoes in their prime.
Pounded Flank Steak with Zucchini Salsa
A little meat-mallet action transforms this tough cut of beef into a quick-grilling all-star.
Cheddar-Stuffed Turkey Burgers
I love burgers that ooze cheese when you bite into them, but turkey burgers typically fall apart when you make them with a chunk of cheese in the center. Instead of working against the ingredients, I work with them.
Spicy Korean Steak Tacos
Baste grilled steaks with a sweet and spicy chile-ginger sauce, then pile into tortillas with kimchi, cilantro, and mayo for a fusion dinner everyone will love.
This Week's Meal Plan: One-Pan Dinners to Ease Into September
Keep things simple for the first week after Labor Day with a week of seasonal one-pot (or pan) dinners.
E.L.T. (Egg, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich)
With each bite you get that ideal combo of ingredients—sweet tomato, rich egg, crisp iceberg lettuce.
Ultimate Caprese Salad
Real talk: This is a dish to make when the tomatoes are peaking—at the farmers’ market, you should be able to smell them before you see them.