40 cros recipes

Seared cross rib roast braised with tomatoes, black olives, mushrooms, and a bouquet garni in red wine and stock. French-inspired pot roast with a built-in vegetable gravy.

Cross rib roast braised with vegetables, black olives, tomatoes, red wine, and a bouquet garni for 2 hours until fork-tender. The strained pan juices make a self-thickening gravy with no extra steps.

Braised beef chuck pot roast in tomato juice and horseradish sauce with a splash of dry sherry. Slow-simmered until fork-tender with a tangy, savory gravy.

Pressure-cooked beef roast shredded into a rich tomato-clam broth with mushrooms, onions, and garlic creates an unexpected fusion goulash with Hungarian-seafood soul.

A delicious punch that's made with pink lemonade and rainbow sherbert.

Peanut butter sandwiches loaded with sticky torn marshmallow "spit wads" that kids go absolutely wild for. A 5-minute no-cook snack that's equal parts gross-out fun and sweet, gooey satisfaction.

Ralph's Retch, a gleefully gross Halloween drink for kids: strawberry jello chopped into wobbly globs, layered with crushed ice and fizzy strawberry soda. A no-cook party gag that tastes like a sweet slushie.

Snouts and beans: a playful Halloween twist on franks and beans, where knockwurst is carved into curling 'snouts' and simmered with jazzed-up barbecue baked beans. A fun, kid-approved party dish.

Chicken pox pancakes: pancake stacks decorated with banana eyes and mouth, strawberry chunk spots, and powdered sugar pus. Halloween or sick-day kids' breakfast.

Veggie vomit is a Halloween gross-out lime jello salad with grated cabbage, carrots, crushed pineapple, and mandarin oranges. Kids love the gross name; the salad tastes great.

Sugar snap peas are a sweet and crispy cross between snow peas and garden peas. This technique for blanching ensures your peas stay bright green and perfectly tender crisp.

A cross between a chewy oatmeal cookie and a biscuit.

Vanilla is the secret ingredient in this cross-cultural sauce, which is also delicious served with grilled or roasted meats, poultry or seafood.

Just in time for summer, this sweet and delicious pie will have everyone crossing their fingers, hoping they can get a second helping.

This recipe makes a dense, small loaf, with much the consistency of a bagel, but very good. It is a cross between pumpkin pie and raisin bread.

Indian lassi panna cotta: silky Italian-style set cream infused with cardamom and rose water, topped with crushed pistachios and toasted coconut. A cross-cultural make-ahead dessert.