Live your best life: 15 feel-good recipes

Sorry, but you haven’t lived your best life unless you’ve run a graham cracker through this hot skillet full of melted caramel-chocolate and toasted marshmallows. Get the recipe: Caramel Skillet S’mores

It’s a takeout classic, but it’s truly simple enough to recreate at home. Think tender strips of beef and crisp broccoli piled over noodles (or rice!) and drizzled with a rich, savoury sauce. Be sure to tip your delivery person (that’s you). Get the recipe: Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

This is what’s up: a juicy hand-formed patty stuffed with melty cheese. Yes, you want this for dinner. Yes, we’ll have one, too. Get the recipe: Cheesy Camp Burgers

Italians prize simplicity—and carbonara is one of the easiest dishes—but the ingredients had better be top-notch: eggs, cream, bacon, cheese and pasta. Nothing more, nothing less. Bravo. Get the recipe: Pasta Carbonara

Wanna know the secret to crispy oven-baked wings? Lean in, friends: It’s a dusting of baking powder before they hit the hot oven. Get the recipe: Crispy Oven-Baked Wings

You’ve got the best of both worlds in this comforting classic. Beefy chili hangs out with cheesy noodles. This recipe is a win. Get the recipe: Chili Mac

Pass up the pub and make your own fish and chips at home. Ours is baked, not fried, so you truly are living that best life. Get the recipe: Classic Fish and Chips

We’re pretty confident that after making this once it will join your regular meal rotation. Ground pork and shredded veggies, tossed in a peanut butter sauce over spaghetti, taste so right, there’s no way this can be wrong. Get the recipe: Chinese Dan Dan Noodles

If super saucy tacos are what’s missing from your Tuesday night rotation, we have the perfect beefy solution. Get the recipe: Juicy Ground Beef Tacos

These baked-not-fried chicken tenders get their crunch from corn flake cereal. Try dipping them in honey and serve them with another classic: macaroni salad. Get the recipe: “Fried” Chicken Fingers

You’re slaying at life with this easy ice cream cake at your side. The base? Yeah, that’s a giant chocolate chip cookie. Get the recipe: Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Cake

For when you’re feeling capable of only minimal effort, may we present you with the easiest cake of all time. It’s ready in the microwave in just two minutes. Yes, Queen. Get the recipe: Lemon-Strawberry Mug Cake

Meet the DIY Deep ‘n Delicious cake, complete with studded icing and chocolate sprinkles. You need this in your life. Get the recipe from Chatelaine: Chocolate Cake

Indulgence needn’t be complicated, dude. Melt some chocolate and dunk in your fave brand of kettle-cooked chips. Get the recipe from Chatelaine: Chocolate-Coated Kettle Chips

These stick-to-your-ribs and fill-you-up-good nachos are perfect for a Friday night in sweat pants. There’s ground turkey, navy beans, Monterey jack cheese and lots of other good stuff, too. Get the recipe: Supper Nachos

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