Cheese recipes

A simple herb and garlic roasted leg of lamb: garlic slivers tucked into the meat, rubbed with olive oil and a Mediterranean herb blend, then roasted to medium-rare. The classic Easter or Sunday-dinner main.

Super easy pizza crust upgrades a boxed pizza mix with a secret handful of cornmeal kneaded in, for a crisp, golden, slightly crunchy crust. Roll it thin, oil it, and top it your way.

Denver grainlette is a vegan twist on the diner omelet, combining cooked lentil-grain mix with tomatoes, bell pepper, scallion, and mushrooms in a quick skillet sauté. Egg-free and hearty.

Southern spoonbread with fresh corn kernels, buttermilk, and cornmeal, leavened with beaten egg whites. Puffed, golden, and custardy, served straight from the oven.

Mocha zucchini bread with cocoa powder and instant coffee folded into a moist quick bread batter with grated zucchini. A chocolate-coffee twist on classic zucchini bread.

Quick oat cracker bread with rolled oats, sugar, egg, and milk. A simple baking-powder-leavened flatbread that skips yeast and rises in the oven.

This vegan tofu turkey is the plant-based centerpiece your holiday table needs. Five pounds of pressed tofu shaped into a roast, stuffed with your favorite filling, then basted with nutty sesame oil and soy sauce until golden and crispy.

Five-ingredient potato casserole with cream of cheddar soup and sour cream baked until golden and bubbly. Thinly sliced potatoes, maximum comfort, minimal effort.

Hearty Italian wedding soup simmered for hours with beef shanks, tiny meatballs, vegetables, tomatoes, and small pasta shells. Topped with grated Parmesan for a soul-warming bowl.

Oysters Rockefeller, the New Orleans classic appetizer with fresh oysters on the half shell topped with a rich spinach, scallion, and anchovy butter and broiled hot.

Frijoles de olla are traditional Mexican pot beans simmered with whole garlic heads, onion, and cilantro. Simple black beans cooked from dried in their own broth, no soaking required.

Spaghetti alla chitarra tossed with butter-sauteed mushrooms, garlic, crushed chilies, oregano, and freshly grated Parmesan. An elegant Italian pasta that comes together in under 45 minutes.

Meaty sausage pizza sauce with browned pork sausage simmered in tomato sauce with oregano, mustard, and garlic. Freezer-friendly and ready in 25 minutes.

Mushrooms with onions sautés sliced mushrooms, sweet onion, and garlic in oil with dried epazote until the pan goes dry. Serve as a side, taco filling, or quesadilla stuffing.

Stuffed lemon eggs filled with yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, and hot sauce instead of mayo. Topped with a single caper for a lighter, tangier take on deviled eggs.

Plump mussels steamed in white wine, then ladled into a fragrant broth of ginger, lime, bok choy, and rice noodles. A Thai-inspired seafood soup that's briny, bright, and deeply satisfying.