Cheesy jalapeño chalupas with avocado purée are 25-minute Mexican comfort: golden fried tortillas topped with molten Monterey Jack and jalapeño, then cooled down with lemony avocado. It is impossible to eat just one. Get ready to fall in love with your new favorite...

This savory buttermilk, herb, and onion tart is what I make when I want dinner to feel a little fancy on a Tuesday. Sweet onions melt into a tangy buttermilk-egg custard scented with basil, thyme, tarragon, and oregano, all nestled in a pre-baked whole wheat crust....

Cheesy bean tostadas are my favorite 30-minute weeknight win: crisp tortillas piled high with garlicky kidney beans and melty Monterey Jack. Everyone builds their own at the table with sour cream and salsa, which turns dinner into a little party. Looking for a...

This zucchini and tomato frittata is late-summer dinner at its simplest — soft coins of zucchini and concentrated tomatoes under a basil-flecked blanket of eggs. It is good warm, better at room temperature, and gone by the second day. Looking for a show-stopping...

This elegant spinach ring with tomato cream sauce is old-school entertaining at its best — a baked ring of spinach custard sliced and fanned over a rosy sauce. It looks like culinary school and is really just spinach, eggs, and cream doing graceful work. Looking for a...

This smoked Gouda and roasted potato frittata is the breakfast I make when guests are staying over — potatoes and onions roast first, then eggs and smoked cheese bake over them into a golden, sliceable round. It feeds four generously and reheats like a dream. Looking...

These noodle timbales with pesto cream sauce look like restaurant plating but are really egg noodles baked in a savory custard, then unmolded. A warm cream sauce spiked with pesto makes them feel downright elegant for the effort. Looking for an elegant vegetarian main...

Vegetarian moo shu is the ultimate takeout-at-home project — rehydrated cloud ears and tiger lily buds in a quick, savory stir-fry, wrapped in thin pancakes with dipping sauce. The soaking is the only slow part; the cooking itself takes fifteen minutes. The Ultimate...

These simple Mandarin pancakes for moo shu are thinner than you would believe homemade bread could be — soft, chewy wrappers that fold around any savory filling. Flour, boiling water, and a brush of sesame oil: that is the whole list. Ever wonder how restaurants make...

Akoori — vibrant Parsi-style scrambled eggs — is the weekend breakfast worth waking up for: soft curds folded through sautéed mushrooms, scallions, ginger, and tomato, tinted gold with turmeric. Twenty-five minutes, start to finish. Ready to transform your morning...