Chicken and mushrooms in sherry sauce with diced chicken breast simmered in a dry sherry, chicken broth, and lemon pepper pan gravy. Weeknight dinner that drinks like a French bistro classic.
Curried lentils and vegetables simmered with fresh ginger, curry powder, carrots, and celery. Low-fat, high-protein, and served with a cool yogurt-tomato topping.
Green pepper steak stir-fry with thinly sliced round steak marinated in soy sauce, garlic, and fresh ginger, then tossed with bell peppers, scallions, celery, and tomatoes in a glossy cornstarch sauce.
Stuffed soft-shell crawfish: Louisiana bayou classic with shells packed full of buttery crawfish-bread stuffing, fried golden, and crowned with rich hollandaise. A full-on Cajun centerpiece.
North Carolina-style BBQ sauce with caramelized butter and brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, celery seeds, dry mustard, and onion. A sweet, tangy, buttery barbecue sauce with Carolina tang.
Genuine Texas chili, the real-deal bowl of red: chuck roast and coarse ground beef simmered 3 hours with cumin, chili powder, tomatoes, and enchilada sauce. No beans, by Texas law.
Beef shish kebabs marinated in oil, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, lemon juice, and basil then skewered with mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, and onions. Grilled and basted for a classic summer dinner.
This a quick and tasty version of the classic Italian Chicken Marsala.
Split pea and lentil soup with onions, celery, carrots and rosemary, simmered in a vegetable stock built right in the pot. A high-protein, oil-free vegan soup ready in under an hour.
Oven-baked battered scallops soak in garlic buttermilk, then bread crumb coat and bake hot at 500F until opaque. Restaurant-style fried scallop texture without the deep fryer.
Red braised pork shoulder slow-cooked in dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, star anise, cinnamon, and rock sugar. A classic Chinese hong shao technique for meltingly tender pork.
Classic Swiss cheese fondue with aged Gruyere, dry white wine, and a splash of kirsch. Silky, garlicky, and meant for dunking crusty French bread cubes.
Fettuccine tossed with canned clams, fresh tomatoes, sweet corn, garlic, and basil in a quick white-wine pan sauce. A 16-minute summer pasta that bridges pantry and farmer's market in one bowl.
Sali Jardaloo Murgi: Parsi chicken braised with dried apricots, tomato, cinnamon, and warm spices in a tangy-sweet sauce, crowned with crispy fried shoestring potato straws. A Bombay Parsi wedding classic worth the work.
Stir fry pork with snow pea pods, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and fish sauce over rice. A quick, light Asian pork tenderloin stir fry ready in 25 minutes.
Slow cooker Italian beef rollups stuffed with prosciutto, pine nuts, and fresh herbs braised in red wine and dried porcini mushroom broth. Elegant and hands-off.