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Von Diaz s Pork Tenderloin Pernil Style
Von Diaz is sitting on the secret to not-at-all boring or dry pork tenderloin. In an ode to her mother, a working parent who always preferred her meats light and lean, Diaz seasons and marinates tenderloin like pernil, a Puerto Rican dish that's traditionally made with pork shoulder and roasted low and slow for several hours. Bonus: Because tenderloin can cook much faster and hotter and stay tender, you get to pernil in under 30 minutes.
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J Kenji Lopez-Alt s 10 Minute Lime Cracker Pie
This icebox cake has the spirit of a Key lime pie and can be layered up in 10 minutes (if you’re not too precious about lining things neatly), then sent to the refrigerator to meld into a glorious tart-sweet-creamy-cakey pudding. But it has a salty secret: its structure comes from Ritz crackers.
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The Tiniest Meatballs
My Tiniest Meatballs have a few tricks up their (size XXXS) sleeves, to pack maximum flavor while requiring the least amount of work—making them my all-time favorite easy weeknight meatball. They call in sweet Italian sausage, rather than plain old ground pork, so you get a couple of extras on the seasoning front: fennel seeds, dried parsley, onion powder, in most blends. They also let you skip all of the chopping and mincing of herbs and garlic and stale bread—instead, you just blitz it together in a food processor, in a flash. And finally, they invite ricotta to the party, because they don't want you to find them too dense. The ricotta in these tiny meatballs add extra tenderness to their interiors that serves as a perfect foil to the crisped-as-heck exteriors.
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Artichoke Tapenade
Recipe excerpted with permission from Vegetarian Party Food by Jessica Oldfield, published by Hardie Grant Books.
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Easiest Creamiest Homemade Oat Milk
I might be revealing a bit too much about what generation I'm in when I confess: I adore oat milk. Or "milk," I should say. It took me—like the rest of the tristate area—by storm, when it arrived in New York City a few years back. And then things took a turn when an Oatly shortage befell the city earlier this year. I had to take matters into my own hands.
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J Kenji Lopez Alt s 10 Minute Lime Cracker Pie
This icebox cake has the spirit of a Key lime pie and can be layered up in 10 minutes (if you’re not too precious about lining things neatly), then sent to the refrigerator to meld into a glorious tart-sweet-creamy-cakey pudding. But it has a salty secret: its structure comes from Ritz crackers.
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Dori Sanders No Churn Fresh Lemon Ice Cream
When it’s too hot to make a custard or do much at all, it’s nice to know that you can still have sweet-tart, bracing lemon ice cream all the same. This recipe—from Dori Sanders, a peach farmer, novelist, and cookbook author—only asks you to juice, zest, and stir.
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Bacon & Egg Fried Cauliflower Rice
Some people make pasta carbonara when they’re too tired to cook. I prefer the bacon-and-egg combo with a zip of garlic, ginger, and scallions, so I make fried rice. Using cauliflower rice makes the dish healthy-ish and low-carb, if you’re into that kind of thing. To help this dish come together even faster, use 1 1/2 pounds of premade cauliflower rice instead of making your own.
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New Potato Salad with Crispy Radishes, Fennel & Celery
Delicious as a side for summer BBQs. The crunchiness of the radish, fennel, and celery is lovely against the soft potatoes.
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Estela s Candied Sesame Seeds
This is one of the more rewarding ways to spend 10 minutes. As you stir sesame seeds in a sticky syrup, suddenly the water disappears and a dry crystalline layer of sugar pops to the surface. At Estela, chef Ignacio Mattos’s curve-shattering restaurant in New York City, they roll scoops of caramelized white chocolate in the candied seeds, but the seeds are also just as good sprinkled over ice cream or paletas, or topping a brownie or a slice of cheesecake—anywhere you want a little crunchy sesame-flavored twinkle.
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Crispy Farro and Tomato Salad
For a whole new summer grain salad experience, broil farro until it's crackly and crispy, toss with parsley, parmesan, and lemon zest, then scatter over the ripest, juiciest tomatoes you have. Repeat all summer long.
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New Potato Salad with Crispy Radishes Fennel & Celery
Delicious as a side for summer BBQs. The crunchiness of the radish, fennel, and celery is lovely against the soft potatoes.
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Lentil Tomato & Olive Baked Cod with Lemon Caper Vinaigrette
It’s always great to have a couple of impressive dinner dishes that you can throw together for a party or feed to a crowd without having to do a lot of dishes. This baked fish recipe is perfect for an impromptu gathering. It’s basically a one-dish meal—everything (including cooking the lentils) is done in one pan. You can switch up the cod for whatever fish is local and in season, keeping in mind the cooking time might change depending on the thickness of the fish, so check it accordingly while cooking.
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Session Margarita
For most drinkers, classic cocktails serve as craving benchmarks. When it’s sweater weather and you’ve got whiskey on the brain? Make it a Manhattan. When you’re roasting in the midsummer sun and in desperate need of refreshment? Send margaritas.| New Window The trouble is, our benchmarks tend to clock in above the mark where they can reasonably be dubbed sessionable. The good news is they can easily be altered to bring down the ABV while still preserving the flavor profiles that made these drinks classics in the first place.
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Lemon Ricotta Spaghetti with Arugula
I find myself making this dish after a long, hard day after work. It is bright yet filling pasta dish that will get you out of the kitchen in the time it take you to boil the pasta.
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White Bean Salad with Tarragon
A refreshing white bean salad featuring tender beans, crisp vegetables, and a light vinaigrette infused with fragrant tarragon. Perfect as a side dish or light lunch, it's vibrant, herby, and full of fresh, zesty flavor.
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Pea and Bacon Panzanella with Warm Vinaigrette
The strawberries and peaches might be screaming out for you, but it’s okay to make a lunch entirely from the freezer. Make it throughout the summer. Make it when it's not too hot to turn on your oven. Make it when you need a bowl of comfort. Make some for me.
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Summer Veggie Sandwich
Basil mayonnaise transforms an ordinary sandwich to a summertime staple; make extra and use it on everything from grilled corn to egg salad to lobster rolls.