To bake grits, you only need to combine them and your liquid of choice in a bake-safe dish, such as Le Tauci's ceramic pie pan, stick it on a baking sheet, and slide it in the oven to cook.

The filling for these twice-baked potatoes has two notable tweaks from many classic recipes — there's no added milk, and it calls for mascarpone instead of sour cream. A rich cream cheese made ...