10,000 carob recipes

Light pumpkin pie with a fluffy chiffon-style filling on a graham cracker crust, sweetened with sugar substitute and lifted with whipped egg whites. The lower-sugar pumpkin pie for the holiday table.

This versatile recipe features tender shrimp and a rich mushroom sauce poured over a bed of seasoned spaghetti squash, all topped with a crispy breadcrumb topping. Easy to make and endlessly adaptable, this dish is perfect for a busy weeknight dinner or a special occasion.

Butterfield Stageline chili: hand-chopped brisket and ground pork simmered slow with green chiles, tequila, beer, and toasted spices. Texas-style crowd feeder.

Quick and easy to put together, spoon the salad over toasted whole grain bread to make it even healthier, and it also tastes delicious.

We didn't have English muffins, so used rosemary-olive oil bread that we bought from Costco instead, and it worked perfectly.

Cheesecake pumpkin pie layers a graham-pecan crust with a creamy pumpkin-cream cheese filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Hybrid Thanksgiving showstopper.

Cheap easy chili made with ground beef, red kidney beans, green beans, corn, tomato juice, and chili seasoning. A budget-friendly pantry chili ready in 25 minutes.

Easy Scrambled Eggs and Ham that's ready in a zap.

I sometimes pan fry these then let them simmer for at least an hour in a spicy Moroccan tomato sauce (recipe to follow). I usually serve the kefta with couscous, a vegetable, some cucumber yogurt sauce, and warmed pita.

Classic beef and broccoli stir fry with soy-ginger marinated round steak in a glossy cornstarch-thickened sauce. Takeout favorite, made cleaner at home.

Eggs with Chorizo sausage, wrapped in a tortilla and topped with bubbly cheese and salsa.

Burgundy burgers stretch ground beef with red wine, onion, and Worcestershire for juicy, deeply flavored patties grilled or broiled to order. A 20-minute upgrade on the basic backyard burger.

Cheesy broccoli cornbread baked in a cast iron skillet, with cottage cheese and cheddar for a moist, rich crumb and tender broccoli and onion throughout. A savory, veg-loaded twist on classic cornbread.

Had some fresh bell peppers, mushrooms, pizza sauce, scallions, and whole wheat tortilla, made up this Mexican Pizza for breakfast. Instead of mozzarella or Mexican cheese, I used Swiss cheese. The pizza came out super tasty and quite filling, and I also topped a pan-fried egg. Yum!

Sausage braid: pizza dough filled with browned Italian sausage, peppers, onions, and mozzarella, then woven into a golden braid and baked. An impressive, shareable stromboli-style bake.

These tasty boiled greens with bacon can be used as a side dish or as a light lunch when on the go.