Make Ahead

Think creamed onions but reimagined with the flavors of alla vodka sauce: tomato paste, heavy cream, Parmesan, and (yup, you guessed it) vodka.

Four simple ingredients, one party-ready dip that takes mere minutes to blitz together.

Subtly sweet and a smidge savory, this cake is an ideal on-the-go breakfast or afternoon pick-me-up.

Become the relative who has to bring their famous Jell-O salad to every family gathering.

Free up oven space and thank yourself later.

Love cottage cheese? You’ll love this lasagna. Hate cottage cheese? You’ll still love this lasagna.

This easy recipe for sweet potato pecan pie uses a frozen deep-dish pie shell and a food processor to make the mashed sweet potato pie filling.

With three kinds of cheese and enough mayo and sour cream to bind it together, this luxurious dip is a cinch to make and a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

Nutritional yeast lends nutty richness and helps keep this Italian-style blender dressing silky and emulsified.

This delightful, triple-layered pie with chunks of frozen cookie dough, chocolate ganache, and vanilla semifreddo makes for a showstopping dessert.

Our method guarantees perfect pumpkin pie that just happens to be three months old.

This frosty version of the bittersweet Italian cocktail is easy to make ahead for drinks on demand.

Refreshing gazpacho gets the salty-spicy nuoc cham treatment in this twist on the warm weather soup. Sesame oil provides nutty balance and helps curb the heat.

A PSL lover’s dream come true. Big, soft bakery-style pumpkin muffins with crunchy pumpkin seed streusel and lots of spice. Great with butter and coffee.

Got summer fruit and a few slices of staling sandwich bread? You’re just an hour away from this bubbling, juicy, cinnamon toast-y brown Betty.

This homey one-pot stew boasts a short ingredient list but tons of complex flavors, built over three hours in a mostly hands-off braise.

Vanilla ice cream, espresso-spiked fudge, and lots (and lots) of chocolate cookie crunchies.

This showstopper has confetti cake layers, vanilla and strawberry ice cream, and rainbow sprinkles. Let’s party.

Custardy Atlantic Beach Pie meets a favorite fruity drink in this easy-breezy dessert.

Cannoli but make it ice cream. An egg-free homemade ricotta ice cream chock-full of crushed sugar cones, chocolate, and pistachios.

Molly Yeh’s turkey burgers are genuinely juicy, supremely crispy, flavored like falafel, and browned in a skillet for ultimate ease.

If you think you can’t bake bread, this one’s for you. Your food processor does all the hard work, delivering soft, silky dough in under 10 minutes.

Often served in a tidy scoop, this creamy, tangy, subtly sweet potato salad goes great with whatever’s coming off the grill.

This giant panna cotta has a sleek mirror finish that’s a thing of beauty. No ramekins required.