Recipes with vegetable oil

Passover bagels made with matzo meal, eggs, oil, and water. No yeast, no flour, no boiling pot — just a stovetop dough and a quick bake. Chewy on the inside, lightly crisp on the outside, and kosher for Passover.

There are no tomatoes, ketchup, or sugar in this recipe. All of those things caramelize and burn quickly, giving the meat a black color and nasty taste.

Curried pork with sweet potatoes deep-fries sweet potato slices first, then simmers them in a curry-spiced pork stew with ginger, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Asian-inflected curry comfort dish.

Crawfish cornbread loaded with crawfish tails, cheese, creamed corn, jalapenos, and onion. A savory Cajun cornbread that's more main dish than side.

Spinach-stuffed chicken breasts with Madeira sauce: skin-on chicken breasts stuffed under the skin with a chicken-cream-spinach mousse, then pan-seared and oven-finished.

Raspberry chocolate swirl cheesecake on a cocoa-vanilla wafer crust. Two batters marbled together for a dramatic black-and-pink presentation.

Chicken and rice with chipotle peppers, turmeric, bell peppers, cumin, and garlic. A smoky, colorful one-pot dinner with adjustable heat levels for chile lovers and mild palates alike.

Peanuts N Candy Halloween cake, a semi-homemade yellow cake mix studded with roasted peanuts, frosted with peanut butter buttercream, and topped with chopped Butterfinger and candy corn. A festive fall party dessert.

Beef scallops with fresh tomato sauce: top round steak pounded paper-thin, pan-seared, then napped with a quick sauce of fresh tomatoes, green onions, and basil. The Italian veal-scaloppini technique applied to budget beef.

Carrot square cake with walnuts, golden raisins, and a tangy orange-flavored cream cheese icing. A 9-inch square pan version of the classic carrot cake, perfect for small gatherings.

Pan-fried ginger salmon cakes built on canned salmon with fresh grated ginger, scallions, and parsley. Served over peppery watercress with a lemon-ginger oil dressing.

Fried eggplant and yellow squash drizzled with taratour (Lebanese tahini-lemon sauce), served with pita wedges. A Middle Eastern appetizer with crispy, golden vegetables and creamy sauce.

Hershey's 50% Reduced Fat Oatmeal Chip Cookies recipe

Three-layer coconut cake made effortless with cake mix and instant pudding, loaded with shredded coconut and toasted pecans for tropical flavor and tender crumb.

Chili-rubbed bison tenderloin pan-seared and served over creamy morel mushroom linguine with charbroiled vegetables. A wild game dinner that feels like fine dining.

The hot fudge sauce, the chocolate cake and the brownie like texture will make you touch the heaven.