Cheap, Good Frozen Lasagne

This week’s mission: Healthier breakfast junk food and decent frozen Italian entrées.

Good Label, Bad Wine

CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds.

10 Good Cheap Liquors

Tips from the experts on the best values in booze.

Healthy Butter That Actually Tastes Good

This week’s mission: melted white chocolate dessert sauce and butter with olive oil.

Meal Kits: From Good to Worse

This week’s mission: Just add chicken to two different premade dinners.

10 Canned Goods Worth Using

No need to wait for the apocalypse.

Canned Beer That's Actually Good

Craft brewers see sense in cans.

Pad Kee Mao (Spicy Ground Chicken and Rice Noodles)

A quick, easy, satisfying dinner.

Baked Ziti with Prosciutto

Buttery breadcrumbs provide a nice crunchy crust to balance the creaminess of the sauce.

Broccoli, Mushroom, and Gouda Quiche

A savory pie stuffed with broccoli, portobello mushrooms, and Gouda that makes for a great breakfast or a light lunch.

Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

A hearty casserole scented with porcini mushrooms.

Chocolate Icebox Cake with Mascarpone and Blackberries

A rich, easy, no-bake dessert that combines chocolate wafers and blackberry liqueur.

Peanut Butter–Chocolate Fudge

Peanut butter cups morph into a no-fuss fudge.

Spinach with Raisins and Pine Nuts

An addictive mélange widely used in Catalan kitchens.

Creamy Rice Pudding with Broiled Plums

Plums get sprinkled with sugar, broiled until their skins are blistered, and then nestled in orange-scented rice pudding.