2,636 cooked recipes

A party-sized potato salad platter with Dijon mustard, artichoke hearts, and curry-spiked deviled eggs arranged around the edge. Five pounds of potatoes feed a crowd in style.

Pumpkin cake made with spice cake mix and canned pumpkin, topped with a cooked flour buttercream frosting. A moist, warmly spiced fall cake with a light, fluffy homemade frosting.

Pasta with herbed ricotta, toasted pine nuts, tarragon, lemon zest, and parsley tossed into a creamy no-cook sauce. A 30-minute vegetarian pasta dinner with a bright, lemony ricotta coating on every strand.

No-bake cocoa cream candy balls rolled in cocoa and powdered sugar with walnuts, milk, and vanilla. Old-fashioned chocolate truffles made without cooking in 10 minutes.

Cold pasta salad combines elbow macaroni with flaked tuna, red kidney beans, onion, parsley, and shredded Swiss cheese in a sharp white-vinegar vinaigrette. Italian-inspired protein-packed salad.

Spaghetti carbonara with bacon, beaten eggs, white wine, butter, and grated Italian cheese. The hot pasta cooks the eggs into a creamy, silky sauce right in the bowl.

Old-fashioned chocolate caramels cooked with cream in two stages and studded with walnuts. A chewy, cocoa-rich homemade candy with a deep caramel undertone and a clean, smooth bite.

Fettuccine tossed with a fresh tomato-basil pesto: a no-cook food-processor sauce of basil, garlic, pine nuts, ripe tomato, olive oil, and Parmesan. Summer pasta dinner ready in just over 30 minutes.

French ratatouille of eggplant, zucchini, peppers, tomato, onion and garlic, stewed in olive oil with thyme and bay leaf. Each vegetable cooked separately first so nothing turns to mush. Serve hot or cold.

Mom's chili with ground beef, kidney beans, tomato paste, and a touch of ketchup simmered low and slow. A no-frills homestyle chili that gets better the longer it cooks.

Asparagus and crabmeat salad layers crisp-tender spears over butter lettuce, crowned with sweet lump crab folded into a tomato-Dijon mayonnaise. Elegant cold appetizer or light lunch that comes together in minutes with make-ahead dressing.

Mom's German meatballs: hearty egg-sized meatballs seasoned with celery seed, mustard seed, and garlic water, rolled in flour and pan-browned. Old-world German-American home cooking.

Vegetarian quinoa loaf with pinto beans, tahini, fennel, and sesame seeds baked until firm. A hearty plant-based main dish you can slice and serve with sauce.

Chilled Mediterranean grilled vegetable soup with charred bell peppers, zucchini, red onion, vine-ripened tomatoes, basil, and red wine vinegar. A smoky, no-cook summer soup served cold.

Hearty crockpot Spanish rice with ground beef, bell peppers, and tomatoes cooking hands-free for 6-8 hours. Set-it-and-forget-it comfort in a bowl.

Tender flank steak slow-cooked with chili spices, fresh vegetables, and red wine in this Mexican-inspired crockpot casserole that fills your kitchen with smoky, savory aromas.