Recipes We’re Really Cooking! A Summer Recap + The Best of Season 4

What if the best recipes aren’t the newest ones, but the ones you keep coming back to?

This week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite summer meals and sharing the recipes from Season 4 that have earned a permanent spot in our kitchens.

By the end of this episode, you’ll:

1. Discover make-ahead salads that have become staples
2. Find a hosting-worthy sheet-pan dinner that’s easy enough for a weeknight
3. Get two cookie recipes we bake year-round — and that are perfect for cookie boxes and gifting

Tune in now for easy, reliable recipes you’ll want to make again and again!

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Links:

Tostadas:

Vegetarian Mexican tostadas from Muy Bueno Cooking

Kari also mentioned making a take on tostadas based on Roasted Broccoli and Potato Tacos by Kay Chun for NYT Cooking

Salads:

Sweet and spicy melon salad by Christian Reynoso from NYT Cooking

Savory watermelon cucumber salad from the Mediterranean Dish (similar to what Sonya makes, but hers doesn’t have feta)

Korean carrot salad recipe from Alyona’s Cooking, and watch Danielle walk you through making her viral version on TikTok

Sweets:

Sonya’s galette recipe

Sonya made a version with apricot + sour cherry and marzipan (she used frozen fruit), and Kari made a version with nectarine, peaches, and frangipane (with fruit from her Flamingo Estate farm box)

OUR TOP RECIPES FROM SEASON FOUR:

Mains:

Broiled salmon and asparagus with creme fraiche by Molly Gilbert for Sunset Magazine

Kung Pao Tofu by Ham El Waylly for NYT Cooking

Salads:

Smitten Kitchen’s simplified version of the famous roasted chicken and bread salad from the Zuni Café Cookbook

Frizzled-onion cabbage salad by Shilpa Uskokovic for Bon Appetit

Sweets:

Pistachio Halvah Rice Krispie Treats by Miro Uskokovic from NYT Cooking (unlocked)

Jam sugar cookies by Hewn restaurant in Chicago Mag

MORE RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

How to Start a Cookbok Club

The date fudge recipe Kari talked about can be found in Ham El-Waylly’s book: Hello, Home Cooking

Sonya mentioned great tostadas from El Sazaon Di Mi Rancho in Portland, OR, and her Chicken Tinga recipe