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September's Best Recipes

JBF Editors

Carrot Soup

Carrot Soup

JBF Editors

Mon, May 16, 2016

Here are our recipe tester’s favorite recipes …

Here are our recipe tester’s favorite recipes from the past month:

Chilled Carrot Soup with Golden Raisins, Cashews, and Yogurt Seek out pure, Indian-style chile powder to use in this pleasantly spiced and lush soup.

Stewed Octopus with Tomatoes Made with baby octopus and a handful of other ingredients that you may already have in your kitchen, this one-pot stew is a delicious and satisfying weeknight meal.

Poached Black Cod with Sausage-Spiced Butter Sauce An Italian sausage-studded butter sauce makes this fish entrée feel rich and expensive, but the dish actually takes less than an hour to make.