14 thumb recipes

Purple thumbs stuff plump steamed prunes with creamy peanut butter for a no-bake two-ingredient snack. Kid-friendly, naturally sweet, fiber-loaded, and ready in 20 minutes.

Very tasteful culinary adventure.. Something completely different than my everyday soups.. Thumb up..

Bring out that green thumb with this delicious salad that contains walnuts and seedless raisins.

Seventh heaven of taste, aroma and sight. Thanks, I could try it.. thumb up!

Quick, easy and super refreshing. The combination in this recipe is excellent, both flavor and texture are absolutely thumb up. Great with many of the main dishes, such as BBQ, grilled fish or any recipe that calls for salsa.

Cauliflower fried rice: riced cauliflower stir-fried with garlic, ginger, and onion, then seasoned with tamari. A quick, low-carb, paleo-friendly stand-in for takeout fried rice.

Roundup stew, a cowboy-style beef stew built in a Dutch oven with thumb-sized beef cubes, potatoes, carrots, and onions browned in bacon drippings. Old-time chuck wagon comfort in a pot.

Find out why Little Jack Horner stuck his thumb into a pie by trying this delicious dessert.

Do something fun with dinner and try this delectable dish that will have your friends and family giving you two thumbs up!

Award-winning thumbprint cookies with buttery dough rolled in finely chopped nuts, pressed with your thumb, and filled with ruby raspberry jam: elegant holiday baking that won first place.

Classic vanilla meringue kisses filled with silky chocolate ganache: crisp shells piped from star-tipped pastry bags, slow-baked low, then thumbed open and spooned full of melted bittersweet cream.

Okra shoyu-zuke quick-pickles thinly sliced raw okra and onion in rice vinegar and soy sauce. Three-ingredient Japanese refrigerator pickle ready in minutes for rice bowls and bento.

Irish soda bread for Saint Patrick's Day with currants, buttermilk, and a whisper of cardamom. Two crusty round loaves scored with a cross, baked until they thump hollow.

Maryetta's Italian sausage bread wraps sweet Italian sausages in a saffron-and-fennel-scented yeasted dough, then bakes them in a clay pot until the loaf thumps hollow. Rustic regional Italian with an unforgettable golden crumb.