The 51 Best Ina Garten Recipes of All Time (2024)

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1. Chicken Piccata 2. Lobster Corn Chowder 3. Parmesan Roasted Broccoli 4. Easy Tomato Soup And Grilled Cheese Croutons 5. Make-ahead Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes 6. Easy Mac And Cheese 7. Perfect Roast Chicken 8. Lemon Yogurt Cake 9. Turkey Lasagna 10. Balsamic Brussels Sprouts 11. Chocolate Cassis Cake 12. Seared Scallops And Potato Celery Root Puree 13. Orzo With Roasted Vegetables 14. Pastit*io 15. Winter Minestrone 16. Lemon Chicken Breasts 17. Shrimp Bisque 18. Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp 19. Ina Garten’s Mustard Roasted Chicken 20. Roasted Artichoke Salad 21. Coconut Cake 22. Chicken Marbella 23. Baked Fontina Cheese Dip 24. Chicken Stew With Biscuits 25. French Chocolate Bark 26. Baked Sweet Potato Fries 27. Salmon Cakes 28. Homemade French Onion Dip 29. Fresh Pea Soup 30. Lovely Lemon Squares 31. Roasted Pear Salad With Grapefruit Vinaigrette 32. Tabbouleh 33. Tomato Feta Pasta Salad 34. Foolproof Ribs With Homemade Barbecue Sauce 35. Chocolate Cake With Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting 36. Caramelized Butternut Squash 37. Peach And Blueberry Crumble 38. The Best Beer Nuts 39. Garlic Roasted Potatoes 40. Essential Vodka Sauce 41. Creamed Spinach Gratin 42. Herbed Ricotta Bruschettas 43. Chocolate Chip Cookies 44. Filet Mignon With Mustard And Mushrooms 45. Caramelized Shallots 46. Asparagus & Prosciutto Bundles 47. Outrageous Brownies 48. Potato Salad 49. Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes 50. Italian Wedding Soup 51. Peanut Butter Cheesecake Shop Kitchen Picks: Freelance Editor FAQs References

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By Lindsay Champion

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Published Dec 25, 2019

Let’s face it: We can never get enough of our idol in all things cooking and life, the fabulous Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. So put on your chambray button-down, grab a wooden spoon and whip up our 51 favorite Ina Garten recipes of all time.

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1. Chicken Piccata

So crunchy and zesty, you’ll want seconds. And thirds.

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Quentin Bacon/Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics

2. Lobster Corn Chowder

Whip up a pot of Ina’s hearty, magical soup any time of year.

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Clara Persis

3. Parmesan Roasted Broccoli

OK, broccoli haters, try this recipe and tell us you still don’t like it. We dare you.

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Food Gal

4. Easy Tomato Soup And Grilled Cheese Croutons

Yes, you read that correctly. Grilled. Cheese. Croutons. And they’re glorious.

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5. Make-ahead Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Reason #764 we’re just like Ina: We loooove a good make-ahead recipe. Cook this now for tomorrow’s dinner.

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6. Easy Mac And Cheese

You can whip this baked deliciousness up in under an hour. Ina, you’re our hero.

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Stone Gable

7. Perfect Roast Chicken

Psst, this is Jeffrey’s favorite recipe. He eats it every Friday night.

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A Little Bit of Spice

8. Lemon Yogurt Cake

And there’s no butter. Because Ina’s looking out for your cholesterol.

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Little Broken

9. Turkey Lasagna

One square and you’ll be hooked.

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10. Balsamic Brussels Sprouts

Haven’t you heard? They’re the new lettuce.

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Quintin Bacon/Barefoot Contessa Foolproof

11. Chocolate Cassis Cake

Giada requests this every year for her birthday. Because it’s just that good.

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12. Seared Scallops And Potato Celery Root Puree

There’s plenty of butter, of course.

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13. Orzo With Roasted Vegetables

Surprisingly easy.

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Vodka and Biscuits

14. Pastit*io

Meat, tomato sauce, pasta and béchamel…

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Home Is Where the Boat Is

15. Winter Minestrone

It’s extra cozy.

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Barefoot Contessa

16. Lemon Chicken Breasts

Preach.

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A Hint of Rosemary

17. Shrimp Bisque

Seafood has never looked this good.

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Marilena's Kitchen

18. Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

A magical sweet-tart combination.

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The View From Great Island

19. Ina Garten’s Mustard Roasted Chicken

We can’t get enough of the crunchy coating.

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Sunday Supper Movement

20. Roasted Artichoke Salad

Timelessly elegant.

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21. Coconut Cake

Ooh-la-la.

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22. Chicken Marbella

She revisited the old recipe, tweaking the flavors a little, and it’s better than ever.

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Dinner Then Dessert

23. Baked Fontina Cheese Dip

No special occasion necessary.

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The Brook Cook

24. Chicken Stew With Biscuits

Your kids will love it.

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What the Fork

25. French Chocolate Bark

Extra fancy.

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Mindy's Cooking Obsession

26. Baked Sweet Potato Fries

A girl after our own heart.

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27. Salmon Cakes

Like something you’d get at a country club.

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28. Homemade French Onion Dip

The jarred stuff doesn’t even compare.

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29. Fresh Pea Soup

Save this stunner for spring.

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30. Lovely Lemon Squares

Like, obviously.

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31. Roasted Pear Salad With Grapefruit Vinaigrette

Très chic.

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Drizzle and Drip

32. Tabbouleh

Grain > lettuce.

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Novice Housewife

33. Tomato Feta Pasta Salad

Make a big batch and eat it all week long.

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Tracey's Culinary Adventures

34. Foolproof Ribs With Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Spoiler: They’re really damn good.

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35. Chocolate Cake With Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

Who’s having a party?

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The Egg Farm

36. Caramelized Butternut Squash

So simple, so elegant.

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Cooking Classy

37. Peach And Blueberry Crumble

It doesn’t get better than this.

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38. The Best Beer Nuts

Grab a cold one.

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39. Garlic Roasted Potatoes

An essential side.

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40. Essential Vodka Sauce

So good we could eat it plain.

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41. Creamed Spinach Gratin

Now that’s a casserole.

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Smells Like Home

42. Herbed Ricotta Bruschettas

Appetizers: done.

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Chezus

43. Chocolate Chip Cookies

Toll House, who?

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44. Filet Mignon With Mustard And Mushrooms

Take out all the stops.

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Honestly Yum

45. Caramelized Shallots

Our dream burger topping.

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46. Asparagus & Prosciutto Bundles

Bundles…of joy.

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The Crepes of Wrath

47. Outrageous Brownies

Your place or mine?

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Garden Table

48. Potato Salad

Who’s having a picnic?

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49. Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes

We’re eating these all year long.

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50. Italian Wedding Soup

It freezes beautifully.

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51. Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Save room for seconds.

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From 2015-2020 Lindsay Champion held the role of Food and Wellness Director. She continues to write for PureWow as a Freelance Editor.

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According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ina Garten's net worth in 2024 is estimated at $60 million. When combined with that of her husband Jeffrey, that amount is estimated at a whopping $120 million.

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The eye-popping figure means that Fieri will hang on to his title as the highest-paid Food Network star and, according to Forbes, the highest-paid TV chef.

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Flay and Garten have been friends and colleagues for decades, so it's no surprise that Flay has such respect for her person and her cooking. And Garten has returned that love in kind. In an interview with the Food Network, Garten waxed impressed about the staggering achievements and stamina of Flay.

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In a new interview for Julia Louis-Dreyfus' podcast, Wiser Than Me, Garten admitted that it "wasn't a struggle at all" to decide against having children. "I had no interest in having children," she told Louis-Dreyfus. "I had a terrible childhood, and it was nothing I wanted to recreate.

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Ina Garten dropped out of college after she married Jeffrey.

After they married, Ina and Jeffrey Garten settled in North Carolina after Jeffrey enlisted in the Army. Garten then decided to discontinue her studies at Syracuse University and focused on cooking for her husband.

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Ina Garten has built an incredible career, which started with writing budgets at the White House. With the support of husband Jeffrey, she then ran a grocery store that launched her cooking journey. Garten has since written 13 cookbooks, and "Barefoot Contessa" has been on TV for 20 years.

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