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If you love a good hollandaise sauce, whether it’s over eggs Benedict on Saturday morning or a plate of asparagus at Easter dinner, then you’re a friend of mine. Maybe you didn’t even know that this creamy, buttery, slightly tangy sauce that you love so dearly could be made at home in about two minutes using just a blender. Want to impress your friends this weekend? Invite them for brunch and tell them you’re making hollandaise sauce.

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Everyone likes to dress up now and again, right? Well, scrambled eggs feel the same way. Don’t deny them the opportunity to be adorned with some silky crème fraîche and aromatic herbs. This sandwich will raise your standard breakfast sandwich routine to the height of elegance.

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Slow-Cooker Hearty Chicken Minestrone

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Slow cookers and Dutch ovens are the masters of low-and-slow cooking. These vessels are ideal for everything from soups to stews to braises, so it’s no surprise that recipes written for a Dutch oven can easily be made in a slow cooker, and vice versa. With the help of a few small tweaks, you can ensure Dutch-oven-to-slow-cooker success every time.

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Slow-Cooker Black Bean Enchiladas

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If you read through slow-cooker recipes, you’ll notice a majority of them call for greasing the insert with nonstick cooking spray before adding the ingredients to it. But is it really necessary?

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Masala Chai Tea

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Fact: The best way to survive winter is with a warm beverage in hand at all times. But throwing a tea bag into a mug of boiling water or filling up a thermos with coffee doesn’t always cut it on the most biting cold days. Luckily, we have the slow cooker in these cases.

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Cayenne pepper is the Shakira of spices: bold, beautiful, and smokin’ hot (not to mention an international sensation). Originally cultivated in the Cayenne region of French Guiana, the pepper is frequently found in Indian, Asian, Mexican, African, Middle-Eastern, and Southern American cuisines, to name a few. It’s also an incredibly affordable way to add sweet heat to whatever’s on your stovetop. Unlike hot sauce or Sriracha, you aren’t adding any additional liquid or acid components to your dish when you want to punch up the heat.

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No matter the entrée, an Indian dinner just isn’t complete without a side of naan. In fact, I’ll happily skip the rice and double down with an extra piece of naan every time. But this puffed flatbread has the power to move beyond dinner accoutrement. It’s worthy of a role far better — like actually being the main course.

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Slow-Cooked Brisket and Onions

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Sometimes I feel like a pariah of the food world, carrying around a dark secret that I fear will get me banished from my career and knocked off my perch as a so-called professional. Friends have laughed in my face when I’ve shared it with them in confidence, but I guess it’s finally time to come clean. I am not in love with my slow cooker. Not by a long shot.

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Make-Ahead Ham & Cheese Breakfast Casserole

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Let’s be clear — breakfast food is the best kind of food, and it’s a crying shame if you only enjoy it at breakfast time. We can’t think of a single food traditionally served in the morning hours that we wouldn’t enjoy eating for dinner. Yes, even down to the simple bowl of cereal or humble piece of toast.

These 15 breakfast recipes are some of our favorites, so we’re liberating them from their morning status, and promoting them to prime-dinnertime players.

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