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Smoky, with a nutty richness coming from a triple threat of olive oil, almonds and pine nuts, our easy romesco sauce recipe is a Catalan classic that brings Spanish flare to everything it touches.

Can creamy, cheesy stovetop mac and cheese perfection be achieved with just four ingredients? You bet your buttons—and this easy macaroni and cheese recipe proves it.

This Mexican corn salad recipe (esquites) takes the flavors of elote—fresh sweet corn, lime juice, cojita cheese, and a mayo-based chipotle crema—and turns them into a beautiful summer salad.

Move over zucchini bread—our savory, Italian-ish (hello salty-licious parmesan cheese!), Greek-ish (hello tzatziki sauce for dipping!) crispy zucchini fritter recipe is here to steal your thunder.

Cooling bits of cucumber counter raw garlic’s sharp bite, while dill adds its own herbal nuance in our classic yogurt-based, easy tzatziki recipe.

Our take on a classic grilled Mexican street corn recipe relies on easy-to-find ingredients to create the creamy, slightly spicy, smoky corn on the cob that we crave when we think of authentic elote.

Potluck-ready and brimming with crunchy vegetables, this easy Asian chopped salad recipe makes a colorful, brightly-flavored accompaniment to almost any meal.

A little smoky, a little spicy and a LOT easy—homemade chipotle mayonnaise is as simple to make as it is dangerous to keep around. Whip up a batch and start slathering it on everything.

With briny olives, juicy cherry tomatoes, spicy arugula, purple pops of red onion, and creamy feta crumbled throughout, this Mediterranean pasta salad is as bright and sunny as a warm summer day.

Chockablock full of iron and protein, these delicious, easy feta-spinach breakfast egg muffins with sun-dried tomatoes will ensure that even the busiest day gets off on the right foot.

A little sweet and a little spicy, this easy, healthy honey-mustard dressing will have you swearing off the store-bought stuff for good.

Peanut butter makes a creamy base for this deeply flavorful Thai salad dressing. With tangy lime juice, fish sauce and a pinch of brown sugar, this Asian vinaigrette will please every palate.