2,419 con con van recipes

Creamy cottage cheese and cream cheese filling flavored with dates and orange zest in an oat crust, topped with glazed apricot halves.

A pumpkin pie with attitude: warm cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves meet a bold hit of cayenne pepper, sweetened with honey and thickened with ground pecans. Creamy, spicy, and completely unforgettable.

Silky pumpkin mousse with warm spices and caramel, set with gelatin for airy texture. Elegant make-ahead dessert that tastes like autumn in a glass.

Santa Fe pumpkin soup blends canned pumpkin with enchilada sauce, fire-charred red peppers, and half-and-half for a creamy, smoky bowl with Southwestern heat. Topped with sour cream and fresh cilantro.

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Manicotti shells stuffed with water-packed tuna, nonfat cottage cheese, lemon, and dill, topped with a creamy yogurt-cottage cheese sauce and Parmesan. A high-protein, low-fat spin on stuffed pasta that's ready in an hour.

A simple authentic Indian chicken curry. Adjust the spices to suit your tastes. Serve it with steamed rice or spicy rice puloa (posted separately)

Beef round steak cubes braised for 3 hours with mushrooms, wine, and Italian herbs in a rich tomato-consommé sauce, served over spaghetti. Fork-tender, deeply flavored, and worth every minute.

Slow cooker vegetarian chili with red kidney beans, brown rice, potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes. Set it and forget it for 6 to 8 hours, then ladle out thick, hearty bowls for a crowd of 8.

Hearty vegetable soup with canned tomatoes, carrots, celery, and green pepper simmered in chicken bouillon. A pantry-staple soup with a kick of hot sauce, naturally low-calorie and diabetic-friendly.

Slow cooker minestrone hamburger soup loaded with ground beef, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes. Dump everything in the Crock-Pot and let it simmer all day.

Yellow cake studded with mandarin oranges and pecans, topped with a cooked pineapple glaze, sliced bananas, and a fluffy vanilla pudding-Cool Whip frosting loaded with coconut and nuts.

Spicy cheese-stuffed shells with a three-cheese filling and tomatoes with green chilies sauce. A lighter stuffed pasta with low-fat cottage cheese and part-skim mozzarella.

Layers of complex flavors are featured in this meaty (no beans) chili.

Layered coffee cake with a cream cheese and condensed milk filling, canned peaches, chopped nuts, and a cinnamon-brown sugar crumb topping.

Mexican bean soup with ground beef, three kinds of beans, corn, tomatoes, taco seasoning, and ranch dressing mix. A dump-and-simmer weeknight soup ready in 40 minutes.