2,395 can ding recipes

Make your pasta dishes hearty with this tantalizing meat sauce that will make everyone want more.

Herbed chicken with spring vegetables: thyme, parsley, and fennel-seed butter stuffed under crispy chicken skin, served with cipollini onions, baby carrots, snap peas, and morels. A restaurant-style one-skillet dinner.

Hearty Italian bean soup with white kidney beans, ham, zucchini, spinach, and stewed tomatoes in chicken broth. Mashed beans thicken the broth for a creamy, rustic texture.

Potato skin soup uses just the peels, sauteed in butter with onion, simmered in chicken broth, and blended smooth. A resourceful, zero-waste soup with surprisingly rich potato flavor.

We like this piquant tomato sauce, which is easy on the calories, but if you are in the mood to indulge, try cream in place of the ricotta and yogurt.

Kare-kare is a rich Filipino meat and vegetable stew in peanut sauce, simmering pork hocks and stewing beef with eggplant, green beans, and annatto-tinted oil. Serve with rice and bagoong.

String beans and coconut koora, a South Indian stir-fry with green beans, toasted chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, and coconut. A quick vegetable side dish with a crunchy tadka topping.

Sausage spaghetti sauce loaded with Italian sausage, mushrooms, eggplant, and bell peppers in tomato sauce. A thick, chunky weeknight pasta sauce ready in 30 minutes.

Savory egg roulade filled with sauteed spinach, red pepper, and ricotta, rolled in a Parmesan-rich souffle base. An elegant brunch or appetizer baked in a jelly roll pan.

Pasta tossed with raw fresh tomato vinaigrette of vine-ripened tomatoes, olive oil, lemon juice, basil, and parsley. A low-calorie no-cook summer sauce that comes together while the pasta boils.

Middle Eastern braised ox ribs in pepper sauce with sumac, mace, and marjoram, slow-cooked with sweet red peppers and onions. Serve over rice or potatoes.

Linguine with white clam sauce keeps it simple: heavy cream, chopped clams with their briny juice, thyme, and onion salt tossed with hot pasta. A 20-minute weeknight Italian classic.

Irish parsnip and apple soup with curry powder, cumin, coriander, and cardamom, finished with cream. A silky pureed soup where earthy parsnips meet sweet apple and warm spice.

Italian bulgur soup with summer squash, lima beans, tomatoes, basil, garlic, and Parmesan. A hearty, low-fat vegetable soup with whole grain texture, ready in 45 minutes.

Pasta and bean soup with chickpeas, kidney beans, elbow macaroni, and tomato paste in herbed vegetable stock. A filling 30-minute vegetarian soup with Italian flair.

Beans with rare steak and pesto: grilled steak sliced rare over mashed cannellini beans with fresh basil-parsley pesto. A Tuscan-style dinner that's lean, protein-heavy, and deeply savory.