10 aka taka recipes

Tom's jerky stew: a Native-American style stew of beef or buffalo jerky simmered with hominy, onion, and potatoes. The frontier survival meal that turns dried meat into deeply savory comfort food.

A delicious cheese ball made out of cream cheese and savory dried beef.

A simple and scrumptious quiche made with dried beef and swiss cheese.

Learn techniques to make a moist meatloaf main dish with traditional and several surprising ingredients that work together to hold in moisture while enriching the sweet, tangy glaze.

A rich soup with layers of earthy warm flavors. Maitake mushrooms (hen of the woods) are believed to have numerous medicinal properties and taste great.

Very easy and super delicious cookies that are 'baked' in a skillet.

Aloo matar rasedaar: North Indian potato and pea curry in a thin tomato gravy with garam masala, ghee, and warming whole spices. The 25-minute weeknight vegetarian comfort dish.

You can use salmon or cod with great results in this cheesy bubbly dish.

Why waste money on a romantic dinner when you can enjoy this tasty chicken dish in the convenience of your home!

*When you buy carambola, also called star fruit, look for ones that are uniformly yellow to orange and have a subtle perfume. If they are green, they aren't ripe and won't yield a great deal of flavor. At their ripest, their flavor is an unmistakably tropical combination of apple, banana and lychee.