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Dinners on a budget
Five generous meals built around beans, lentils, pasta, rice, and vegetables—without pretending every store costs the same.
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Oaxacan Mexican · Dinner
Tlayudas with black beans
Oversized corn tortillas spread with asiento and avocado-leaf black beans, covered with quesillo and cabbage, then toasted until crisp-chewy and folded around avocado and salsa.
About 1 hr 20 min6 tlayudas
New York US · Breads & baking
New York-style bagels
Hand-rolled overnight bagels with a glossy blistered crust and dense, satisfyingly chewy crumb.
About 13 hr 20 min8 bagels
Vietnamese · Breakfast & brunch
Bò kho breakfast with baguette
Fragrant Vietnamese beef and carrot stew with lemongrass, star anise, tomato, and a crisp baguette for dipping.
About 4 hr6 servings
Italian · Dinner
Roasted branzino with lemon
Whole Mediterranean sea bass roasted hot with lemon, garlic, parsley, and thyme until the skin crisps and the flesh lifts cleanly from the bone.
About 45 min4 servings
American · Desserts
Red velvet cake
A soft crimson cocoa-buttermilk sheet cake under a thick layer of tangy cream cheese frosting.
About 2 hr 15 min15 squares
Italian-inspired · Dinner
Caprese chicken with pesto beans
Caprese chicken with pesto beans brings together juicy chicken, burst tomatoes, pesto white beans, green beans, and mozzarella in a colorful, weeknight-ready dinner.
About 40 min4 servings
French · Breakfast & brunch
Ham and cheese savory crêpes
Thin buckwheat-accented crêpes folded around ham, Gruyère, Dijon, and softly set egg.
About 1 hr 55 min8 crêpes
French · Lunch & handhelds
Jambon-beurre
The Parisian essential: crackling same-day baguette, a generous cool layer of salted cultured butter, and silky folds of mild jambon de Paris.
About 25 min4 sandwiches
Lebanese · Dinner
Lebanese baked kibbeh (kibbeh bil sanieh)
A family-style tray of tender beef-and-bulgur kibbeh layered around warmly spiced beef, onion, and toasted pine nuts.
About 2 hr 10 min8 servings
Louisiana Creole · Soups & stews
Louisiana seafood gumbo
Shrimp, crab, and oysters folded into an okra-thickened, medium-roux gumbo with tomatoes, the Louisiana trinity, and seafood stock.
About 2 hr8 servings
Mexican · Dinner
Chiles rellenos
Charred poblanos filled with melting cheese, cloaked in airy egg batter, fried golden, and served immediately over a light roasted-tomato caldillo.
About 1 hr 35 min6 chiles
Thai · Dinner
Thai crispy fish with chile-garlic sauce (pla rad prik)
Crisp white-fish fillets topped at the last moment with a sticky tamarind, chile, garlic, palm-sugar, and fish-sauce glaze.
About 50 min4 servings
Persian · Dinner
Persian pomegranate-walnut chicken stew (fesenjan)
Chicken thighs slowly braised in a deep mahogany sauce of finely ground walnuts, sweet-tart pomegranate molasses, onion, and saffron.
About 2 hr 10 min6 servings
French · Breads & baking
Butter croissants
Classic crescent pastries with crisp caramelized shells, visible honeycomb layers, and a rich butter aroma.
About 19 hr 55 min12 croissants
Swedish · Lunch & handhelds
Swedish meatball open sandwich
A Swedish köttbullemacka on buttered dark rye, layered with cool crisp lettuce, tender beef-and-pork meatballs, and creamy sweet-tart beet-and-apple salad.
About 1 hr 30 min4 open sandwiches
American · Appetizers & snacks
Classic deviled eggs
Tender egg-white halves filled generously with smooth, mustardy yolks and finished with paprika and chives.
About 55 min24 halves
Vietnamese-inspired · Dinner
Vietnamese-style caramel tofu
Vietnamese-style caramel tofu brings together sticky tofu, green beans, peppers, brown rice, and fresh herbs in a colorful, weeknight-ready dinner.
About 35 min4 servings
Israeli · Breakfast & brunch
Bourekas with egg and salad
Flaky cheese-and-potato bourekas with hard-boiled eggs, chopped tomato-cucumber salad, tahini, and zhug.
About 1 hr 20 min8 bourekas
New Orleans US · Desserts
New Orleans beignets
Hot square yeast doughnuts with airy centers, tender edges, and a generous snowfall of powdered sugar.
About 11 hr 10 min24 beignets
Mediterranean · Dinner
Mediterranean salmon with olive relish
Mediterranean salmon with olive relish brings together roasted salmon, lemon potatoes, green beans, and briny relish in a colorful, weeknight-ready dinner.
About 40 min4 servings
Thai · Dinner
Thai pineapple shrimp fried rice (khao pad sapparot)
Dry, separate jasmine rice tossed with seared shrimp, pineapple, egg, curry powder, cashews, scallions, and a savory fish-sauce finish.
About 35 min4 servings
Modern · Lunch & handhelds
Mediterranean hummus veggie wrap
A sturdy lavash wrap spread edge to edge with exceptionally smooth lemon-tahini hummus, then layered with dry crisp vegetables, feta, olives, herbs, and za’atar.
About 1 hr 5 min4 wraps
Chinese · Dinner
Moo shu pork
A northern Chinese home-style stir-fry of velveted pork, soft golden egg, crisp cucumber, wood ear mushrooms, scallion, ginger, and a light wine-soy glaze.
About 1 hr4 servings
New England US · Soups & stews
New England clam chowder
Briny clams, tender potatoes, bacon, onion, and celery in a lightly thickened cream broth with thyme and black pepper.
About 55 min6 servings