Back to School

Easy Back-to-School Dinners You’ll Love

Potato Soup

Naz Deravian

1 hour 30 minutes

Easy

Sheet-Pan Grilled Cheese

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Easy

White Chicken Chili

Lidey Heuck

50 minutes

Skillet Broccoli Spaghetti

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Easy

Angel Hair Pasta

Dan Pelosi

30 minutes

Healthy

Turkey Burgers

Martha Rose Shulman

30 minutes

Marry Me Chicken

Naz Deravian

1 hour

Easy

Hamburger Soup

Melissa Knific

45 minutes

Easy

Three-Cup Chicken

Sam Sifton

30 minutes

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Our Best Weeknight Dinner Recipes

Easy

Sticky Miso Salmon Bowl

Andy Baraghani

35 minutes

Easy

Basil-Butter Pasta

Ali Slagle

40 minutes

Easy

Garlicky Shrimp Tacos

Kay Chun

30 minutes

Easy

Slow-Cooker Masala Dal

Sarah DiGregorio, Julie Sahni

4 hours and 25 minutes

Healthy

Baked Tamarind Fish

Zainab Shah

25 minutes

Easy

Ssamjang Pork Meatballs

Samantha Seneviratne

30 minutes

Easy

Butter Paneer

Zainab Shah

30 minutes

Easy

Crispy Gnocchi With Sausage and Broccoli

Ali Slagle

45 minutes

Easy

Chile Crisp Fried Rice With Tofu and Edamame

Hetty Lui McKinnon

20 minutes

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Best Slow Cooker Recipes

Slow-Cooker Picadillo

Sarah DiGregorio

5 1/2 hours

Mississippi Roast

Sam Sifton, Robin Chapman

6 1/2 to 8 1/2 hours

Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

Sarah DiGregorio

4 to 6 hours

Easy

Slow Cooker Pasta e Fagioli

Sarah DiGregorio

7 hours and 30 minutes

Easy

Slow-Cooker Masala Dal

Sarah DiGregorio, Julie Sahni

4 hours and 25 minutes

Easy

Slow-Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

Sarah DiGregorio

6 1/2 hours

Easy

Slow-Cooker Jalapeño Pulled Pork

Ali Slagle

About 6½ hours

Easy

Slow-Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken

Ali Slagle

About 3 ½ hours

Easy

Slow Cooker Sausages, Peppers and Onions

Ali Slagle

About 6 hours

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Back-to-School Lunch Ideas Your Kid Might Actually Eat

Easy

Italian Hero Sandwich

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Easy

Tomato Sandwiches

Melissa Clark

10 minutes

Brownies

Lidey Heuck

45 minutes

Easy

Chicken Quesadillas

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Easy

Avocado Hand Rolls

Eric Kim

35 minutes

Easy

Classic Bean Salad

Melissa Clark

20 minutes

Vegetable Soup

Lidey Heuck

About 1 hour

Easy

Jambon Beurre

Florence Fabricant

20 minutes

Easy

Granola Bites

Genevieve Ko

20 minutes

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Easy Kid-Friendly Recipes

Easy

Chicken Quesadillas

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Easy

Crisp Gnocchi With Brussels Sprouts and Brown Butter

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Easy

Cheesy Pull-Apart Bread

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Easy

Pizza Salad

Sohla El-Waylly

35 minutes

Easy

Sheet-Pan Chicken and Cheesy Broccoli

Kay Chun

55 minutes

Easy

Kalakand

Zainab Shah

20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling

Easy

Microwave Baked Potato

Genevieve Ko

20 minutes

Easy

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies

Samantha Seneviratne

35 minutes

Easy

Chile Cheese Toast

Zainab Shah

15 minutes

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Our Best Brownie Recipes

Easy

Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies

The New York Times

About 45 minutes

Brownies

Lidey Heuck

45 minutes

Grasshopper Brownies

Yossy Arefi

About 1 hour plus chilling

Brownies With Coffee and Cardamom

Nargisse Benkabbou

1 hour

Easy

Coconut Almond Blondies

Samantha Seneviratne

40 minutes

Easy

Cream Cheese Brownies

Samantha Seneviratne

About 1 hour, plus cooling

Fudgy Nutella Brownies

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes

Salted Caramel Brownies

Julia Moskin, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

1 1/4 hours

Easy

Easy Brownies

Mark Bittman

40 minutes

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Instant Pot Recipes

Pressure Cooker Pot Roast

Sarah DiGregorio

1 3/4 hours

Pressure Cooker Classic Beef Chili

Melissa Clark

1 hour

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes With Sour Cream and Chives

Melissa Clark

20 minutes

Pressure Cooker Porcini Risotto

Mark Bittman, Lorna Sass

15 minutes

Pressure Cooker Bone Broth or Chicken Stock

Melissa Clark

Between 1 and 5 hours, depending on bones used and desired result

Pressure Cooker White Bean-Parmesan Soup

Sarah DiGregorio

2 hours

Pressure Cooker Chocolate Pudding

Melissa Clark

40 minutes, plus chilling

Pressure Cooker Sweet Potato-Coconut Curry Soup

Sarah DiGregorio

1 1/4 hours

Instant Pot Rice Pudding

Melissa Clark

30 minutes, plus chilling

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Breakfast in 10 Minutes Or Less

Easy

Crispy Parmesan Eggs

Melissa Clark

10 minutes

Healthy

Green Smoothie

Ali Slagle, Veggies Natural Juice Bar & Cafe

10 minutes

Cinnamon Toast

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Easy

Overnight Oats

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes, plus overnight soaking

Ferran Adrià’s Potato Chip Omelet

Alexa Weibel, Ferran Adrià

10 minutes

Easy

Microwave Bacon

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes

Easy

Oatmeal

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

French Toast

Genevieve Ko

10 minutes

Easy

Microwave-Steamed Eggs

Eric Kim

10 minutes

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Best Salmon Recipes for Weeknight Dinners

Easy

Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry

Kay Chun

25 minutes

Easy

Oven-Seared Salmon With Corn and Tomatoes

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Easy

Black Lime Salmon

Yotam Ottolenghi

35 minutes

Easy

Baked Salmon

Lidey Heuck

20 minutes

Easy

Miso Roasted Salmon

Eric Kim

15 minutes plus overnight marinating

Easy

Parmesan-Crusted Salmon Caesar Salad

Jerrelle Guy

40 minutes

Easy

Salmon and Kimchi Skillet

Sarah DiGregorio

20 minutes

Easy

Salmon With Freshly Grated Tomatoes and Butter

Carolina Gelen

35 minutes

Everything Salmon With Creamy Caper Sauce

Carolina Gelen

30 minutes

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Bean Soups and Stews

Ham and Bean Soup

Naz Deravian

2 hours, plus soaking

Parmesan Braised Beans With Olives

Eric Kim, Hillary Sterling

6 1/2 hours

Baghali Ghatogh (Fava Bean Stew)

Naz Deravian

40 minutes

Winter Minestrone With Cabbage Pesto

Yotam Ottolenghi

1 hour 10 minutes

Easy

Sopa de Fideo y Frijoles con Chorizo (Fideo and Bean Soup With Chorizo)

Rick A. Martínez

40 minutes

Stew Peas and Spinners

Bryan Washington

3 hours, plus overnight soaking

Csülkös Bableves (Creamy Ham and Bean Soup)

Sarah Copeland

2 hours 35 minutes, plus overnight soaking

Healthy

Three-Bean Soup

Martha Rose Shulman

2 hours 30 minutes

Creamy White Bean Soup With Spicy Paprika Oil

Alexa Weibel

30 minutes

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Our Best Fall Recipes

Sheet-Pan Chicken With Apple, Fennel and Onion

Colu Henry

40 minutes

Beef Tagine With Green Beans and Olives

Nargisse Benkabbou

2 1/4 hours

Easy

Bangers With Mashed Winter Squash and Fried Sage

Lidey Heuck

50 minutes

Breakfast Casserole

Lidey Heuck

1 hour 20 minutes

Pumpkin Maple Cornbread

Samantha Seneviratne

40 minutes

Pot Roast

Brett Anderson, Gavin Kaysen

3 hours

Easy

Honey-Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Apples

Ali Slagle

40 minutes

Pumpkin Soup

Lidey Heuck

50 minutes

Classic

Original Plum Torte

Marian Burros

1 hour 15 minutes

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Easy Shrimp Recipes

Coconut-Lime Shrimp

Melissa Clark

25 minutes

Smoky Shrimp Saganaki

Yotam Ottolenghi

35 minutes

Easy

Shrimp Tacos

Yewande Komolafe

35 minutes

Easy

Spicy Caramelized Shrimp With Lemongrass

Alexa Weibel, Charles Phan

30 minutes

Easy

Kaddu With Greens and Shrimp

Zainab Shah

1 hour 10 minutes

Chingri Dopiaza (Shrimp With Onion, Tomato, Chile and Turmeric)

Alexa Weibel, Korai Kitchen

40 minutes

Peel and Eat Shrimp

Farideh Sadeghin

40 minutes

Easy

Shrimp Salad With Sesame-Ginger Dressing

Christian Reynoso

30 minutes

Easy

Garlicky Shrimp Tacos

Kay Chun

30 minutes

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Steak Recipes

Filet Mignon

Ali Slagle

30 minutes

Butter-Basted Steak With Asparagus

Eric Kim

45 minutes

Easy

Air-Fryer Steak with Garlic-Herb Butter

Eleanore Park

45 minutes

Carne Asada

Genevieve Ko, Esteban Castillo

35 minutes, plus 2 hours’ marinating

Bistec a la Yucateca Tacos (Yucatán Steak Tacos)

Ali Slagle, Alex Henry

5 hour 15 minutes

Easy

Grilled Steak With Tomatoes, Basil and Cheddar

Christian Reynoso

35 minutes

Rib-Eye Steak

Ali Slagle

About 1 hour

Cast-Iron Steak

Julia Moskin

About 1 hour

Easy

Garlic Butter Steak Bites

Yasmin Fahr

1 hour

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Quick Pasta Recipes

Pasta Amatriciana

Kay Chun

25 minutes

Easy

Cold Sesame Noodles With Cucumber, Corn and Basil

Hetty Lui McKinnon

25 minutes

Easy

Garlicky Crab and Brown Butter Pasta

Cybelle Tondu

20 minutes

Easy

One-Pot Miso-Mascarpone Pasta

Sarah DiGregorio

30 minutes

Easy

Angel Hair Pasta

Dan Pelosi

30 minutes

Easy

Cacio e Pepe Ramen

Andy Baraghani

15 minutes

Easy

Fresh Lemon and Chile Pasta

Andy Baraghani

20 minutes

Easy

Gochujang Shrimp Pasta

Alexa Weibel

30 minutes

Easy

Mortadella Carbonara

Ali Slagle

30 minutes

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