Mike McGrath – GRO Test Kitchen

Brown Sugar Banana Bread

Moist, tender banana bread with brown sugar, a little sour cream and toasted walnuts. The best use for spotty bananas.

Four ingredients, no yeast, no kneading. A crusty, tender loaf that goes from bowl to oven in 10 minutes.

A rustic, buttery cake packed with tart apples and a crunchy cinnamon-sugar top. Serve it warm with custard.

Nutty brown butter, dark brown sugar and pools of chocolate. Crisp edges, chewy centers and a sprinkle of flaky salt.

Shatteringly crisp outside, fluffy inside. Parboil, rough them up, and roast in hot oil with garlic and rosemary.

Crisp cucumber, ripe tomatoes, olives and big cubes of feta in a simple oregano vinaigrette. No lettuce required.

Oven-roasted tomatoes, onion and garlic blended with fresh basil and a splash of cream. Grilled cheese strongly recommended.

Fall-apart beef braised in Guinness with carrots, potatoes and thyme. Deep, rich and even better the next day.

Sweet cherry tomatoes cooked down with garlic and olive oil into a silky sauce, tossed with spaghetti, Parmesan and plenty of basil.

Juicy roast chicken with crackly skin, rubbed with garlic-herb butter and roasted over onions for a built-in pan sauce.

Eggs baked in a smoky, spiced tomato and pepper sauce, finished with salty feta and fresh herbs. Brunch for four from one…