Ina Garten’s pecan squares pack honey, brown sugar, butter, and two pounds of chopped pecans over a buttery crust at about 1010 calories per square. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook puts this at 55 minutes for 20 large squares, and most of the work is just melting and stirring. The recipe leans on honey and brown …
Ina Garten’s ham and cheese in puff pastry layers black forest ham, Gruyere, and Dijon mustard inside flaky sheets at about 535 calories per serving. The whole recipe takes just 50 minutes with five ingredients from her Barefoot Contessa show, so it works for cocktail parties without stress. Ina skips the individual turnovers or pinwheels …
Ina Garten’s espresso martini from her Barefoot Contessa show mixes chilled espresso, orange-flavored vodka, and Kahlua into a foamy cocktail. It serves eight at around 220 calories each and takes just 5 minutes, because the only step is shaking and straining. Ina swaps plain vodka for orange-flavored, then tops each glass with a twist of …
Ina Garten’s curried couscous tosses fluffy grains with yogurt, curry, almonds, currants, and fresh vegetables at around 330 calories per serving. Everything comes together in 20 minutes from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, so it works as a quick side you can make ahead. The recipe starts with a yogurt and olive oil dressing spiked with …
Ina Garten’s cheese puffs are light, golden gougères made with Gruyere, Parmesan, and a rich milk-based choux dough at about 55 calories each. At 40 puffs per batch they take just 40 minutes from her Barefoot in Paris cookbook, and most of that is hands-on prep. Most gougère recipes have you add eggs by hand …
Ina Garten’s blueberry ricotta cake layers butter, ricotta, sour cream, and fresh blueberries into a tender crumb at around 415 calories per slice. From her Go-To Dinners cookbook, this one takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes since the cake needs 15 minutes to cool before serving. What sets this version apart is the ricotta …
Ina Garten’s Bloody Mary mixes tomato juice, fresh celery, horseradish, and vodka into a brunch cocktail at around 170 calories per drink. It serves six and takes 45 minutes from her Food Network recipe, since most of that time is just chilling. Instead of dropping a celery stick in the glass and calling it done, …
Ina Garten chocolate cake uses cocoa, buttermilk, and hot coffee for a two-layer dessert at about 850 calories per slice. The recipe serves 8 from Barefoot Contessa at Home, and the whole thing takes about 2 hours since most of that is just cooling. Instead of creaming butter into the batter like most chocolate cakes, …
Ina Garten salted caramel brownies pack 14 ounces of chocolate chips plus unsweetened chocolate into a fudgy batter at approximately 495 calories per bar. Everything comes together in about 75 minutes from Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, so you get 12 thick bars without any fussy decorating. Ina skips creaming butter and sugar and melts the butter …
Ina Garten frozen key lime pie fills a graham cracker crust with condensed milk, egg yolks, and lime juice at about 540 calories per slice. It serves 8 from Barefoot Contessa Family Style, and takes about 35 minutes of hands-on work because the freezer does the rest. The recipe starts by beating egg yolks and …