Chicken pieces slow-cooked in beer, tomato sauce, and pimento-stuffed green olives with garlic and bay leaves. A Mediterranean-style crockpot dinner served over rice.
Gumbo z'herbes, the New Orleans green gumbo: spinach, mustard, turnip, and collard greens simmered with smoked pork, ham, and oysters, spiced Creole-style and served over rice with file powder.
Slow-simmered Creole lentil soup with bell peppers, celery, onion, tomato paste, and a touch of brown sugar. Hearty, plant-based, and full of bayou soul.
Greek lamb souvlaki marinated in olive oil, white wine, oregano, and garlic then grilled on skewers. A Mediterranean classic for your next cookout.
Robust Italian beef stew with red wine, cinnamon, cloves, Nicoise olives, and roasted peppers, slow-simmered and ladled over soft polenta. A true feast-day spoon-and-fork dinner.
Russian marinated herring (selyodka) layered in Mason jars with olives, dried chilis, coriander, mustard seeds, and a sweet vinegar brine. Ready after 5 to 7 days in the fridge.
East Indian curry chicken from scratch, very mild.
Old-school salt brine fermented dill pickles with fresh cucumbers, dill stems, garlic, and bay. The crunchy deli-style pickle that ferments in a week on your counter, no vinegar needed.
Pork chops and kielbasa braised with 2 pounds of cabbage in white wine, cumin, thyme, and whole cloves. A hearty one-pot European-style braise ready in just over an hour.
Best red snapper Veracruz bakes flaky pan-seared snapper under a tangy tomato sauce loaded with green olives, capers, peppers and a whisper of cinnamon. The classic coastal Mexican pescado a la Veracruzana.
Gone All Day Stew with beef, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and onions baked low and slow in a tomato soup gravy. No browning, no watching, just oven time.
Al's Seafood Bisque - from Al's Soup Kitchen, NYC recipe
A scrumptious dish that is very popular in East Asia.
Microwave-braised tuna steaks studded with garlic slivers, simmered with pearl onions in red wine, and served on wilted spinach with a tomato-thyme sauce.
Santiago pork roast marinated overnight in soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar, ginger, and garlic, then slow-roasted and basted for 3.5 hours. A Filipino-inspired pork loin for a crowd.
A dump-and-go slow cooker lentil soup with crushed tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and curry powder. Ten minutes of prep, eight hours in the crockpot, and dinner is done. Naturally vegan and loaded with fiber.