Recipes

The 10 Most Popular Recipes in November 2019

A broccoli-parm umami bomb, ginger cakes with tons of crumb, a high-impact spinach-and-feta tarte, and more.
A cast iron pan filled with a broccoli stir fry recipe with red onions and lemon wedges for squeezing.
Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova

Chances are, the only thing you’re thinking about cooking right now is your Thanksgiving meal. The excitement (and intensity) around Thursday’s holiday has reached such a fever pitch, it’s easy to forget there were actually other days this month when our meal planning wasn’t completely focused on turkey, stuffing, sides, and pies. We’re here to remind you that, in fact, there were a lot of other delicious things you made this November, including a deeply rich and comforting okra gumbo; a high-impact, low-lift spinach-and-feta tarte soleil; a ginger cake with the correct amount of crumb (meaning, twice as much as usual, of course); and the very appropriately named “Big-Flavor Broccoli,” an umami bomb of savory vegetable goodness. Here were the month’s most popular recipes, starting with No. 1.

  • A cast iron pan filled with a broccoli stir fry recipe with red onions and lemon wedges for squeezing.
    Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova
    1/10

    Big-Flavor Broccoli

    Chances are you’re trimming off and discarding way too much of your broccoli stems. This is our hands-down favorite way to cook the whole plant. 

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  • This image may contain Human Person Confectionery Food and Sweets
    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boytsova
    2/10

    Spinach and Feta Tarte Soleil

    The most impressive appetizer to “casually” pull out of the oven when your friends come over (and it also happens to make a nice Thanksgiving snack for while the turkey rests—just sayin').

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  • Image may contain Dish Food Meal Bowl Stew Curry Plant and Soup Bowl
    Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Pearl Jones
    5/10

    Okra Gumbo

    This rich, warming stew, punctuated by succulent shrimp, juicy hunks of beef, and crisp-tender okra, is one of our favorites from Toni Tipton-Martin’s new cookbook Jubilee.

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    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boytsova
    6/10

    Sweet Potatoes With Charred Lemons and Crunchies

    With custardy insides and charred exteriors, these sweet potatoes are everything you always wish roasted sweet potatoes could be. A crunchy mixture of toasted nuts and seeds provides pops of texture and spice, and a cooling lemony yogurt sauce cuts through the richness. 

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  • This image may contain Food Dish Meal Platter Pork Dinner Supper and Plant
    Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Pearl Jones
    7/10

    One-Skillet Mushroom Cornbread Stuffing

    This gluten-free stuffing has all the familiar aromatics and flavors baked right into cornbread batter, resulting in a crunchy, craggly, super-savory side dish.

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  • Romaine lettuce and sliced Asian pear on a platter with tahini dressing and sesame seeds.
    Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Kay Boytsova
    8/10

    Sesame Caesar Salad

    Swapping tahini for the mayonnaise that you typically see in classic Caesar salads keeps things creamy but adds nutty earthiness to the tangy mustard and funk from Parmesan cheese.

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  • This image may contain Food Dish Meal Pasta Spaghetti Platter and Noodle
    Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Pearl Jones
    9/10

    Fideos With Chicken Thighs and Kale

    With a crispy, toasted top hiding saucy, tomato-y noodles, this one-skillet broken spaghetti dish is anything but one-note.

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  • Crumb cake slice
    Photo by Emma Fishman, Food styling by Pearl Jones
    10/10

    Double-Crumb Crumb Cake

    Equal parts crunchy-sweet crumb and moist-pillowy cake—plus lots of ginger to balance all that buttery goodness.

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