10 Classic Ina Garten Recipes to Make All the Time (2024)

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Sautéed Asparagus with Sugar Snap Peas

This quick, two-ingredient side dish could not be easier.

Crudités Platter

Garten neatly arranges fresh vegetables on a platter and drizzles with vinaigrette.

Grilled Halibut with Tomato and Caper Sauce

This is a simple dish that Ina Garten makes for summer parties. The sauce can be made well in advance, and the fish grilled at the last minute.

Country Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream

Garten says she likes to double this recipe and make two cakes at the same time: one to serve right away and a second to freeze for later.

4-Ingredient Vinaigrette

Garten posted the super-simple salad dressing on her Instagram a while back, and I have since memorized the proportions. Simply whisk together a quarter cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, half a cup of "good olive oil," one teaspoon of kosher salt, and half a teaspoon black pepper.

Chicken Pot Pie Soup with Puff Pastry Croutons

This creamy soup from Garten's cookbook Modern Comfort Food is the perfect vehicle for leftover Thanksgiving turkey or rotisserie chicken.

French Lentil and Vegetable Soup

This soothing soup recipe from the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is a classic, plain and simple, and you probably already have all the ingredients you need to make it.

Crusty Baked Shells & Cauliflower

Cheesy, crunchy, and deeply decadent, this cauliflower-packed baked pasta dish is a marvelous way to sneak in the vegetables you didn't feel like eating.

Tabbouleh with Roasted Chicken

This hearty dinner is wonderful with Garten's simple roasted chicken, but she also graciously gives us permission to use store-bought or rotisserie chicken for those nights we don't want to turn on the oven.

Double Chocolate Layer Cake

"This is the most fabulous chocolate cake that I've ever made," Garten told us when we first ran this recipe in 2007. We are inclined to agree.

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