Recipes By Leah Colins

102 recipes found

How to Make a Picture-Perfect Cobb Salad
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Apr 29, 2025

How to Make a Picture-Perfect Cobb Salad

This classic Cobb salad recipe hits the sweet spot with just the right balance of hearty ingredients, such as crisp lettuce and bacon, savory chicken and hard-boiled eggs, creamy blue cheese and avocado all tossed together with the star of the show: a tangy vinaigrette. It’s a hearty dinner salad perfect for any night of the week.

15m6
This Restaurant-Worthy Pork Tenderloin Brings the Sauces—One Fruity, One Fresh
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Apr 24, 2025

This Restaurant-Worthy Pork Tenderloin Brings the Sauces—One Fruity, One Fresh

Doused with a sweet tart cherry compote and drizzled with an emerald-green arugula sauce, roasted pork tenderloin has never looked better.

1h 30m4
Hot-Smoked Salmon
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Apr 20, 2025

Hot-Smoked Salmon

The basic method for hot-smoked salmon is simple: Brine the fish with salt and sugar, then rinse and dry thoroughly before smoking it. The result is silky, rich hot-smoked salmon that's even better than store-bought.

11h 30m16
Deviled Egg Dip
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Apr 18, 2025

Deviled Egg Dip

Deviled eggs reimagined into a creamy, rich egg dip.

50m8
Carrot Cake Meets Baklava in This Delightful Spring Dessert
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Apr 18, 2025

Carrot Cake Meets Baklava in This Delightful Spring Dessert

With layers of buttery phyllo dough and a spiced carrot and nut filling drenched in simple syrup, this homemade carrot cake baklava is irresistibly flaky and delicious.

3h 35m24
Quick Pickled Carrots
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Apr 15, 2025

Quick Pickled Carrots

These quick pickled carrot ribbons have just the right amount of punch and crunch, and they're a cinch to make. Try them as a topping for chicken, fish, pork, or tofu, toss them into a salad, or spoon them over rice.

2h 15m8
Lemon Pound Cake
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Apr 12, 2025

Lemon Pound Cake

Buttery, moist pound cake gets a lemon lift in this bright and cheery citrus version.

3h 30m10
Sweet, Crunchy Carrot Salad
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Mar 13, 2025

Sweet, Crunchy Carrot Salad

This delightfully crunchy side salad features crisp shredded carrots, plump raisins, and pistachios, all tossed with a creamy citrusy dressing.

25m4
Colcannon (Irish Mashed Potatoes With Cabbage)
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Mar 11, 2025

Colcannon (Irish Mashed Potatoes With Cabbage)

An Irish favorite, colcannon combines potatoes and simmered greens into a hearty mash.

40m8
Easy, Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Knots
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Feb 28, 2025

Easy, Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Knots

Garlicky, cheesy, and slathered in butter, these easy pull-apart garlic knots take just minutes to assemble, and are miles better than most pizzeria versions.

2h 20m10
Chicken With Warm Bulgur Pilaf and Tomatoes
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Feb 26, 2025

Chicken With Warm Bulgur Pilaf and Tomatoes

This easy, six-ingredient weeknight dinner pairs juicy chicken breasts with a warm bulgur pilaf studded with blistered tomatoes, fragrant scallions, briny olives, and feta cheese. It comes together with just one skillet in under 20 minutes.

25m4
Melting Cabbage
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Feb 19, 2025

Melting Cabbage

Cabbage is transformed into a meltingly tender delight with this easy hybrid cooking method. The wedges are seared, then oven-braised until the leaves become silky with caramelized edges. After the cabbage has cooked, its braising liquid is quickly turned into a delicious buttery honey-mustard sauce that's spooned over the finished dish.

2h 15m8
Steak Oscar
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Feb 13, 2025

Steak Oscar

This updated take on steak Oscar features mahogany-crusted filet mignon stacked with snappy asparagus and a mound of butter-basted crab, all draped with a glossy, rich béarnaise sauce.

1h 40m2
Cheesesteak Egg Rolls
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Feb 5, 2025

Cheesesteak Egg Rolls

Crispy, savory, homemade fried cheesesteak egg rolls are well within your grasp—if you know a few simple tricks.

1h 10m8,8 Egg Rolls
Mushroom and Sun-Dried Tomato Farotto
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Jan 10, 2025

Mushroom and Sun-Dried Tomato Farotto

In this farotto recipe, whole-grain farro delivers deeper flavor and a more substantial chew than traditional risotto made from rice. Here’s how to make a creamy, satisfying version packed with savory mushroom and sun-dried tomato flavor.

1h 5m6
Make-Ahead Bacon and Cheese Egg Bites
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Jan 8, 2025

Make-Ahead Bacon and Cheese Egg Bites

We rigorously tested how to achieve the creamiest copycat Starbucks sous-vide egg bites at home. This version features a silky custard-like egg mixture loaded with bacon and savory Grueyère cheese.

1h 25m5
Perfect Crispy and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies for 1 in 20 Minutes
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Dec 20, 2024

Perfect Crispy and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies for 1 in 20 Minutes

This recipe is for just two thick, gooey, chocolate chip cookies. No special equipment is needed, and they take just 20 minutes from start to finish to make.

30m1,2 Cookies
Italian Rainbow Cookies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
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Dec 19, 2024

Italian Rainbow Cookies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

With their green, white, and red stripes, rainbow cookies are meant to look like little Italian flags. The multicolored layers are flavored with almond paste and stacked together between thin layers of jam, then topped with rich dark chocolate.

4h20,60 Cookies
This Easy (Reverse-Seared!) Stuffed Pork Loin Is an Instant Holiday Classic
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Dec 18, 2024

This Easy (Reverse-Seared!) Stuffed Pork Loin Is an Instant Holiday Classic

To give every bite of this roast pork loin plenty of flavor, we butterfly and coat its interior with a potent pancetta, garlic and herb blend, then roll it, tie it, and reverse sear it for an impressive holiday-worthy centerpiece.

3h 30m8
Classic Pound Cake
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Dec 10, 2024

Classic Pound Cake

Sliced and served in thick slabs, this velvety-soft pound cake is perfect on its own, but is also wonderful dusted with powdered sugar, dollops of whipped cream, or served with fresh fruit.

2h 45m10
Apple Pie Muffins
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Nov 22, 2024

Apple Pie Muffins

Studded with sweet-tart apples and topped with a cinnamon-spiked crumble, these tender muffins deliver big apple flavor.

1h 55m12,12 muffins
Waldorf Salad
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Nov 20, 2024

Waldorf Salad

An American culinary icon that's been around for more than a hundred years, the Waldorf salad is easy to prepare but wonderfully satisfying. And while it's hard to beat the classic combination of fresh, crisp apples and celery, juicy grapes, and crunchy walnuts all tossed in a creamy, tangy dressing, our version employs a simple step that sets it apart and makes it even more special.

1h 20m6
Pear Salad
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Nov 16, 2024

Pear Salad

This salad featuring pan-roasted pears, hearty winter greens, Gouda cheese, and crunchy candied hazelnuts is complemented by a tart balsamic vinaigrette. It’s perfect to serve as a starter or even a light meal.

30m6
Bread Pudding
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Nov 12, 2024

Bread Pudding

In the cold months of winter there’s nothing better than digging into a warm, custardy bread pudding. The good news is it’s incredibly easy to make: Just soak chunks of toasted bread in a spiced vanilla custard and bake the casserole until the top is crisp for a comforting and crowd pleasing dessert for holidays or any day.

1h 45m10