10,000 creamy recipes

Creamy chicken casserole with green chilies, olives, and almonds topped with crunchy potato chips. Feeds a crowd with zero fuss.

Creamy asparagus soup with leeks, red potatoes, tarragon, and basil, simmered in 30 minutes. A velvety, herb-scented bowl that tastes like spring in every spoonful.

Lighter cheesecake made with blended cottage cheese and low-fat sour cream on a graham cracker crust. A slimmed-down dessert topped with cherry pie filling or fresh fruit.

Three-layer butter pecan cake filled with rich, from-scratch burnt-sugar caramel, frosted in buttercream and crusted with pecans. A classic Southern caramel cake worth the fuss.

Fettuccine with cilantro cream seafood sauce: shrimp and steamer clams tossed in a vivid green cilantro-basil-ginger cream with Parmesan and red pepper flakes.

Saucy beef taco pizza with a crescent roll crust, seasoned ground beef, corn chips, and melted Monterey Jack and cheddar. A retro family dinner loaded with all the taco fixings.

Honey cardamom coffee cake with sour cream, an almond-brown sugar streusel topping, and a cinnamon icing drizzle. Tender, fragrant, and sweetened entirely with honey instead of white sugar.

Oat and onion tarts: little British-style savory tarts with crisp oat-and-cheese pastry, slow-sweated onions, and a baked sour cream and cheddar custard. Perfect with drinks or a green salad.

Crawfish potato boats stuffed with whipped potato, sharp cheddar, butter, and a pound of crawfish tails. Twice-baked potatoes with a Cajun seafood twist that freeze beautifully.

Scrumptious peanut butter and banana cake, everyone loves it!

Pan-fried shrimp and Monterey Jack gyozas with Chinese sausage, water chestnuts, and ginger, served in a silky lime cream sauce. East-West fusion dumplings that freeze beautifully.

Pillowy key lime pie: tangy real-key-lime custard filling on a pie shell, crowned with a tall, glossy baked meringue. The classic Florida Keys dessert done properly.

Caramelized onion and Parmesan cheese soup pureed silky smooth with day-old baguette and cream. A rich, velvety twist on classic French onion soup.

Cream cheese dip with crumbled bacon, green olives, Parmesan, and hot sauce. Shape it into a cheese ball or serve as a dip with wheat crackers. No cooking required.

Date bars with whole dates stuffed with pecans pressed into a brown sugar and sour cream batter. A touch of ginger and a dusting of powdered sugar finish them off.

Quick pork and black bean burritos using leftover roast pork, cumin-seasoned beans, and a splash of hot sauce. Ready in 25 minutes with all the classic taco-night toppings.