Quick pork carnitas with sliced pork loin, roasted poblano peppers, onion, garlic, and tomatoes, ready in 40 minutes. A weeknight-fast take on the Mexican classic for taco night.
Food processor yeast bread made with cottage cheese, dill weed, and minced onions bakes into a round loaf with soft texture and savory herb flavor in just over an hour.
Moroccan-spiced bulgur baked with dried apricots, prunes, and apples in a fragrant mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, and coriander. A hearty, fiber-rich winter side dish with sweet-savory depth in every bite.
Mexican beef salad with seared round steak strips, hominy, olives, and Monterey Jack over lettuce and tomato in a cumin-oregano vinaigrette. A Tex-Mex taco-salad alternative.
The secret to tender baked beans is to leave the salt out until they are finished cooking. For some reason, salt toughens them. To pamper your tummy, rinse off the beans when they are finished soaking in several changes of cold water. This recipe is easy to prepare ahead and cooks in only two hours.
Cheddar corn casserole bakes whole and creamed corn with cornmeal, sharp cheddar, green chilies, and pimentos into a soft, savory side somewhere between cornbread and spoonbread. A Tex-Mex potluck classic.
Pumpkin oat streusel muffins with rolled oats, pumpkin puree, warm spices, and a crumbly brown sugar oat topping. Classic fall breakfast or coffee break treat.
Homestyle chicken barley soup with carrots, celery, onion, and thyme in a clear chicken broth. Hearty one-pot dinner that uses up leftover chicken.
Cake mix cookies with just 3 ingredients: boxed cake mix, eggs, and oil. Soft, chewy, and ready in 30 minutes. Add raisins, nuts, or coconut for extra texture.
Lemon-herb quinoa toasted in oil then simmered with marjoram, thyme, rosemary, and fresh lemon zest. A bright, nutty vegetarian side dish ready in 30 minutes.
Leftover turkey makes this Asian-style stir-fry that is full of flavor and quick, easy to make.
Strufoli are tiny Italian fried dough balls drizzled with warm honey and topped with rainbow sprinkles. A classic Neapolitan Christmas dessert shaped into a festive mound or wreath.
Chocolate red beet cake: deep cocoa cake with mashed beets baked into a moist, tender crumb you'd never guess was hiding a vegetable. An old-school secret-ingredient cake.
Strawberry cheesecake pie layers a tangy lemon-cream cheese filling in a flaky crust, piled with fresh strawberries and topped with a glossy cooked strawberry glaze. Part cheesecake, part strawberry pie, all chilled.
Put down the barbecue lighter and try this succulent dish that is too good to believe it came from a crockpot!
Moist zucchini bread loaded with grated summer squash, brown sugar, cinnamon, and oil for a soft, never-dry crumb. Makes two freezer-friendly loaves, the classic late-summer use for garden zucchini.