Recipes By Leah Colins

102 recipes found

Need a Mediterranean Vacation? This Sheet-Pan Greek Chicken Dinner Is the Next Best Thing
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Aug 30, 2025

Need a Mediterranean Vacation? This Sheet-Pan Greek Chicken Dinner Is the Next Best Thing

Layered with lemon vinaigrette, herbs, vegetables, and tzatziki, this sheet-pan chicken recipe turns a simple supper into a restaurant-style Greek feast.

1h 22m6
This 15-Minute Bean Salad is Perfect for Cookouts and Weeknights
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Aug 27, 2025

This 15-Minute Bean Salad is Perfect for Cookouts and Weeknights

This easy three-bean salad combines crisp green beans, canned beans, and a zesty lemon-vinegar dressing for a quick, fresh side that’s cookout-ready in minutes.

50m8
Your Lunchbox Fave Just Became This Glossy, Gorgeous Pie
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Aug 26, 2025

Your Lunchbox Fave Just Became This Glossy, Gorgeous Pie

This playful peanut butter and jelly pie layers a nutty peanut crust, fluffy peanut butter mousse, and glossy Concord grape jelly for a grown-up spin on your childhood favorite.

This Easy 1-Pan Chicken Dinner Tastes Like Summer in Spain
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Aug 14, 2025

This Easy 1-Pan Chicken Dinner Tastes Like Summer in Spain

This bold skillet chicken dinner with sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, and two easy sauces—one shishito, one sherry—packs peak summer flavor in under an hour.

1h4
These Chocolate-Peanut Butter Brownies Are So Good It's Almost Unfair
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Aug 10, 2025

These Chocolate-Peanut Butter Brownies Are So Good It's Almost Unfair

In this dessert bar reimagining of Ohio’s beloved chocolate–peanut butter buckeye candies, a fudgy brownie base is smothered with a creamy, salty-sweet peanut butter layer and topped with a dark chocolate ganache.

3h 30m10
You’ve Never Had Corn Like This Before—Here’s the Grilling Trick Everyone’s Trying
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Aug 8, 2025

You’ve Never Had Corn Like This Before—Here’s the Grilling Trick Everyone’s Trying

Perfect for a summer gathering, these eat-with-your-hands corn "ribs," thin long strips of corn on the cob, are tossed with garlic-paprika butter and grilled. After cooking, we top them in the style of Mexican elotes—with a squeeze of lime, a drizzle of Cotija crema, and a sprinkle of cilantro.

30m6
This Easy Peaches and Cream Dessert Is Summer in a Slice
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Aug 5, 2025

This Easy Peaches and Cream Dessert Is Summer in a Slice

This easy sheet-pan crêpe roll delivers the layered elegance of a crêpe cake without the fuss. Rolled with roasted peach purée and whipped cream cheese, it's the ultimate make-ahead summer dessert: light, refreshing, and perfect for slicing.

5h 5m4
This Creamy, Retro Salad Belongs on Every Picnic and Potluck Table
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Aug 2, 2025

This Creamy, Retro Salad Belongs on Every Picnic and Potluck Table

Juicy grapes, creamy dressing, crunchy almonds, fresh mint, and a sweet brown sugar topping make this fruit salad a welcome addition to any potluck, holiday meal, or picnic.

15m12
S'mores Who? These Smoky Brownies Are Your New Campfire Star
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Jul 25, 2025

S'mores Who? These Smoky Brownies Are Your New Campfire Star

This smoked ancho skillet brownie is baked on the grill, giving it a light smoky flavor that pairs perfectly with a hint of spice from ground ancho chiles.

2h 5m10
Stop Grilling Eggplant Wrong—Here's How to Make It Amazing
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Jul 9, 2025

Stop Grilling Eggplant Wrong—Here's How to Make It Amazing

Get perfectly grilled eggplant every time with smart slicing and judicious use of a quick garlic-chile oil. A cool yogurt sauce tops off these smoky, silky, never-soggy grilled eggplant slices.

30m6
This Kitchen Staple Makes Grilled Corn Taste Like Magic (It's Not Butter)
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Jul 3, 2025

This Kitchen Staple Makes Grilled Corn Taste Like Magic (It's Not Butter)

This smoked corn is slathered in mayo before and after grilling—for science and because it tastes really, really good.

35m8
Make This 4-Ingredient Mocha Frappé When It's Too Hot to Function
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Jul 1, 2025

Make This 4-Ingredient Mocha Frappé When It's Too Hot to Function

This easy mocha frappe is cold, frothy, and chocolatey—with no espresso machine required. You're just instant coffee, cocoa, ice, and a shaker (or frother) away from your new favorite summer sip.

5m1
The Throwback Strawberry Cake That's Stealing the Show at My Cookouts
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Jun 30, 2025

The Throwback Strawberry Cake That's Stealing the Show at My Cookouts

This summery strawberry poke cake uses jarred preserves for maximum flavor and ease, plus a whipped cream topping that holds up beautifully.

3h 25m12
This 30-Minute Skillet Dinner Is Peak Summer Simplicity
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Jun 24, 2025

This 30-Minute Skillet Dinner Is Peak Summer Simplicity

Make the most of peak strawberry season with this vibrant, easy skillet dinner: seared pork chops topped with a sweet-savory strawberry glaze and served alongside a wilted spinach salad with basil, toasted pecans, and tangy goat cheese.

25m4
Texas-Style Brisket Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated—Here’s Proof
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Jun 4, 2025

Texas-Style Brisket Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated—Here’s Proof

Learn how to make Texas-style smoked brisket at home with this step-by-step guide. This recipe works on both smokers and charcoal grills and balances deep smoke flavor with juicy, tender meat.

24h 5m12
A Grilled Vegetable Board That’s Bold, Beautiful, and Built to Share
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Jun 3, 2025

A Grilled Vegetable Board That’s Bold, Beautiful, and Built to Share

This epic grilled vegetable board brings out the best in summer produce with smart techniques, bold flavors, and a vibrant lemon-herb vinaigrette. It's customizable and perfect for entertaining.

1h 10m10
Step Aside Steak, This Grilled Peach and Burrata Salad Is Dominating My Summer Cookouts
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May 24, 2025

Step Aside Steak, This Grilled Peach and Burrata Salad Is Dominating My Summer Cookouts

This smoky-sweet grilled peach salad—with creamy burrata, salty prosciutto, and a fish sauce–spiked vinaigrette—proves fruit belongs on the grill and on your dinner plate.

35m6
The Easy One-Pot Mediterranean Chicken Dinner I Cook on Repeat
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May 23, 2025

The Easy One-Pot Mediterranean Chicken Dinner I Cook on Repeat

This Spanish-inspired braise combines golden-browned chicken thighs, smoky chorizo, tender fennel, and creamy chickpeas in a savory sherry-infused sauce—all in one skillet.

50m6
The Simple Lemony Pasta Salad You’ll Make on Repeat
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May 21, 2025

The Simple Lemony Pasta Salad You’ll Make on Repeat

This easy orzo pasta salad delivers bold flavor with minimal effort, thanks to a lemony vinaigrette, creamy chickpeas, and just the right amount of bitterness from radicchio.

1h 10m6
This Classic Loco Moco Recipe Brings Hawaiian Comfort to Your Table
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May 15, 2025

This Classic Loco Moco Recipe Brings Hawaiian Comfort to Your Table

This comforting and beloved Hawaiian dish features a stacked tower of fluffy rice topped with a ground beef patty and a crispy fried egg, all smothered in a savory gravy.

27m4
This Briny, Cheesy Dip Is a Dirty Martini Lover’s Dream
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May 9, 2025

This Briny, Cheesy Dip Is a Dirty Martini Lover’s Dream

This briny, cheesy dip is inspired by the dirty martini—olives, pimento, blue cheese and all.

1h 15m8
This Beloved Savory Mediterranean Pastry Is a Spiraled Delight
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May 7, 2025

This Beloved Savory Mediterranean Pastry Is a Spiraled Delight

This borek features hypnotic spirals of golden flaky pastry filled with a savory carrot, mushroom, and feta cheese filling.

1h 25m10
Grilled Smoky Pineapple Margaritas
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May 3, 2025

Grilled Smoky Pineapple Margaritas

This pretty margarita variation gets its fruity, smoky flavor and golden hue from grilled pineapple and limes. It’s the perfect big-batch cocktail for your next cookout.

45m6
The Ultimate Loaded Nachos, but Fresh off the Grill
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May 1, 2025

The Ultimate Loaded Nachos, but Fresh off the Grill

Take your nachos to the next level with this smoky grilled version. They're loaded with charred onions and tomatoes, blistered fresh chiles, black beans, and mounds of cheese. They’re sure to impress at your next cookout.

1h8