A big-batch beef chili with 5 lbs of ground beef, three kinds of beans, jalapeños, and three types of onions simmered in chunky tomatoes. Feeds 12 and freezes like a champ.
Smoky eggplant salad mashed with tomatoes, cayenne pepper, and olive oil, served chilled as a dip or spread. A simple vegetarian appetizer with a spicy kick.
Rice pie baked in a pastry crust with long grain rice cooked in tomato juice, beef broth, and butter, topped with peas, carrots, and a lattice pastry lid brushed with egg yolk.
Beef with canned beans that's quick, easy, and delicious. A bachelor recipe.
A Cajun-spiced tuna and egg salad mixing flaked tuna, chopped hard-boiled eggs and fresh tomato with a punchy mayo-mustard dressing kicked up with hot sauce and Worcestershire. Bold, briny and a little fiery.
San Fernando Valley pinquitos are slow-simmered pinto beans cooked with raw sausage, sliced apples, tomato juice, and brown sugar. A sweet-savory Southern California classic.
Pacific pot roast studded with whole garlic cloves, braised low and slow in a Dutch oven, then served with a tomato-spiked flour gravy over rice. Simple, old-school comfort.
Lean cabbage and tomato soup simmered with carrots, onion, and beef bouillon for an hour, a pantry-friendly low-fat brothy bowl that comes together with seven ingredients.
Very easy to prepare; Green beans baked in tomato juice.
Vegan garbanzo squash stew with chickpeas, winter squash, tomatoes, and fresh spinach simmered in spicy tomato broth. A high-fiber plant-based one-pot stew that comes together in under an hour.
Curried vegetable stew with chickpeas, potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, and peas in a tomato-spiced broth. A vegan one-pot curry with ginger, turmeric, cumin, and cinnamon served over rice.
Italian rabbit saddles boned, rolled around a garlic-olive-rosemary stuffing, then seared and braised in fresh tomato sauce. Rustic Tuscan cooking at its most honest.
Gourmet chili: a deeply spiced, meaty beef chili with a secret spoonful of unsweetened cocoa for mole-like richness, plus cumin, paprika, cayenne and green chilies. Beans simmer separately so you can keep them in or on the side.
Old-school navy bean and ham soup simmered low and slow with carrots, celery, potato, and a splash of tomato juice. Stick-to-your-ribs comfort from one pot.
Vegan chili with kidney beans, bulgur wheat, fresh tomatoes, and a heavy hand of mild and hot ground chilies. A hearty meatless chili where bulgur replaces ground meat for satisfying texture.
Hidden vegetable soup with pureed carrots, cabbage, celery, and peppers blended into a tomato-salsa base with brown rice. Picky eaters won't spot a single veggie chunk.