Meal Prep

Make a nutritious lunch by spooning this spread into whole-wheat pita halves and layering with tomato slices. Or, for a cocktail hour snack, dab a small amount on cherry tomato halves.

Be sure your kitchen is well ventilated when you soak the New Mexican and guajillo chiles; their vapors can be a mild irritant.

Store the granola in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

This recipe makes two kinds of mousse: bittersweet chocolate and milk chocolate.

If you are using pasteurized egg whites, you do not need to heat them before beating with the sugar and cream of tartar or coarse salt.

We made this flan in a 4-cup savarin mold, but a 9 × 2-inch round cake pan or a 9-inch glass pie plate can be used as well.

This recipe will also make four 16-ounce servings; divide filling amounts accordingly.

If at any point the dough gets too soft to work with or begins to shrink, refrigerate for 15 minutes before proceeding.

Flageolet, pale green kidney beans, are prevalent in French cooking. Their delicate flavor is well suited for simple preparations and is particularly good with lamb.

To tone down the sauce for little mouths, omit some of the chiles.