420 zest recipes

Felafel made with cooked chickpeas, garlic, cumin, and turmeric, then pan-fried golden and tucked into pita with a creamy yogurt-tahini sauce, lettuce, and tomato.

Chewy homemade bagels from scratch with just 5 ingredients: whole wheat flour, yeast, honey, salt, and water. Boiled then baked with your favorite toppings. From counter to table in about an hour.

Oven poached pears in wine, whole ripe pears roasted upright in fruity white wine and honey with cinnamon, bay, and orange zest, then drizzled with the reduced syrup. An elegant, light, make-ahead dessert.

Canned pork and beans get the full BBQ treatment: molasses, barbecue sauce, ketchup, mustard, and Worcestershire, topped with bacon and smoked low and slow for over two hours. Cookout-worthy baked beans with minimal prep.

Whole-wheat raspberry muffins folded with fresh berries and lemon zest, crowned with a brown-sugar pecan-cinnamon streusel. Hearty breakfast muffins that lean nutty and lightly sweet.

Blackberry lemon ice cream made with sweetened condensed milk, half-and-half, and fresh lemon juice. No-cook five-ingredient ice cream maker recipe. Bright, tart, and creamy in equal measure.

A dutch baby is a german pancake that is baked in a skillet. This version adds summer fruits to make a recipe that serves as a dessert as well as a breakfast treat.

Blueberry jam infused with Sambuca licorice liqueur and lemon zest, sealed with whole coffee beans in each jar. Italian-inspired homemade preserves with a gentle anise note.

Chocolate chip orange muffins with bright orange zest and 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Bakery-style muffins with a citrus aroma and chocolate in every bite.

Old-fashioned beef vegetable soup built from meaty soup bones, loaded with potatoes, carrots, cabbage, green beans, peas, and rice. One pot, one hour, and enough soul-warming goodness to feed the whole family.

Roasted zucchini and almond with whole wheat pasta, topped with creamy basil sauce.

This best cookie recipe has it all—two kinds of chocolate, nuts, and oatmeal perfectly balanced into an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie that wins contests.

A no-egg, no-butter, no-milk chocolate cake you can mix right in the pan. Eight pantry staples, 40 minutes, and zero cleanup headaches. The classic "wacky cake" that's been saving dessert since the Depression era.

Vegan marinara sauce with fresh Roma tomatoes, mushrooms, carrot, garlic, herbs, and red wine. Sweet without added sugar, freezer-friendly, 16 servings from one pot.

Super moist banana black walnut muffins sweetened with honey and brightened with orange zest. Bakery-tall and tender, made from four overripe bananas.

Chocolate hazelnut tart sets a glossy, gooey chocolate filling studded with toasted hazelnuts into a tender chocolate pastry crust. A rich, gianduja-style dessert with an optional splash of rum.