ready in about 40 minutes; serves 10
You might need to buy:
  • green tomatillo salsa
  • shredded cooked chicken
  • Olive oil or olive oil cooking spray

If the chive-and-onion sour cream potato topper isn’t available, you can use regular sour cream plus about 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

ready in about an hour and a half; serves 18
You might need to buy:
  • pepper

You can skip browning the butter in step 2 and just stir in plain butter and roasted garlic. The results are still great.

ready in about an hour and a half; serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • butter
  • freshly ground pepper
  • salt
  • olive oil
  • large bulb garlic
  • milk

Grate only the thin, colored layer of the lime peel, not the bitter white pith. Use the fine-holed side of a four-sided grater.

ready in about an hour and 20 minutes; serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • fresh lime juice
  • grated lime peel
  • honey or packed light brown sugar
  • ginger ale
  • fresh raspberries
  • fresh blackberries

Look for cooking parchment paper near the waxed paper and other paper products at the grocery store.

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • shredded cooked chicken
  • lightly packed torn romaine lettuce
  • creamy Caesar dressing
  • chopped fresh chives

Orange-flavored or regular sweetened dried cranberries can be substituted for raisins.

ready in about 20 minutes; serves 7
You might need to buy:
  • sugar
  • plain yogurt
  • golden raisins
  • fresh orange juice

Add chopped deli rotisserie chicken to make this a main-dish salad.

ready in about 30 minutes; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • chopped fresh parsley
  • chopped red onion
  • pitted ripe or kalamata olives coarsely chopped
  • chopped red bell pepper
  • chopped green bell pepper
  • lightly packed coarsely chopped romaine lettuce
  • Greek vinaigrette dressing

Pick any tubular pasta like penne for this recipe so that the sauce will cling to its ridges.

ready in about an hour and a half; serves 11
You might need to buy:
  • salt
  • sliced yellow summer squash
  • sliced zucchini
  • olive oil

This simple marinade would also be great with chicken, steaks or pork chops on the grill.

ready in about 270 minutes; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • chopped fresh oregano leaves
  • chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • honey
  • Sriracha sauce
  • pork tenderloin
ready in about an hour and 10 minutes; serves 5
You might need to buy:
  • coarsely broken tortilla chips
  • sliced rip olives
  • shredded lettuce