959 crisp recipes

Mushroom salad tosses crisp iceberg and Boston lettuce with cucumbers, green beans, and raw sliced mushrooms in French dressing. Light, vegetarian, diabetic-friendly side.

Meringues aux noix: light, low-calorie nut meringue cookies with chopped hazelnuts, honey, and amaretto. Crisp, airy French-style cookies that crackle and dissolve.

Summer fruit salad bowl of nectarines, raspberries, and grapes over crisp iceberg, dressed with a cream cheese sauce thickened with macerated ginger-nectarine juices.

Vegan leek and kasha pie: Eastern European-inspired casserole with toasted buckwheat groats, sauteed leeks, and a tofu-bechamel topping crisped under bread crumbs.

Peanuts and slivers: Asian-style fried peanuts tossed with crisp golden garlic slivers and salt. An addictive bar snack that disappears by the handful.

Tomato and basil puff pastry tarts with vine-ripened slices over a thick tomato coulis. Shatteringly crisp pastry, no soggy bottoms, six individual rounds.

Belgian waffles using flour, salt, and liquid egg substitute, crisp-edged from the waffle iron and topped with whipped cream. A light brunch favorite.

Koloketes: traditional Cypriot pumpkin hand pies with bulgur, onion, and warm cinnamon in a crisp olive oil pastry. Authentic Greek Cypriot mezze or snack.

Traditional Chippewa Indian fry bread made from a simple dough of flour, baking powder, and dry milk. Fried golden and crisp, then dusted with cinnamon sugar. Makes 8 puffy rounds.

Marinated broccoli chunks in a light rice vinegar, olive oil, dill, and garlic dressing. A crisp, no-cook appetizer that uses broccoli stalks instead of florets.

Sauteed carrots with sliced almonds, apple juice, and lemon. Tender-crisp, lightly golden, and naturally sweet. A quick side dish ready in 20 minutes. Dairy-free and kosher-friendly.

Ruffled phyllo tart packed with rhubarb, apricots, and strawberries under shattery, golden layers. A crisp, elegant spring dessert that looks like a bakery showpiece with half the butter.

Crisp cucumber, slivered fennel, and tart Granny Smith apple tossed in an orange-mint walnut oil vinaigrette. A refreshing no-cook salad ready in 15 minutes.

Pickled string beans: a prize-winning, old-fashioned canning recipe that turns fresh green beans into a sweet-tart, spiced jar staple. Crisp, snappy, and ready for the antipasto platter.

Scottish oat cakes combine rolled oats, bran flakes, and flour with shortening for crisp, hearty rolled biscuits ready in 30 minutes. A traditional teatime cake from the Highlands.

Hot pickled peppers brined overnight in salt water, then water-bath canned in vinegar, sugar, garlic and horseradish brine. Crisp, snappy and shelf-stable for a year of nachos, sandwiches and antipasto plates.