2,595 dan dan recipes

A cassoulet is traditionally a rich, hearty stew of various meat (this recipe is vegetarian, but you can add meat if you prefer) and or beans with a mix of starchy and aromatic vegetables and herbs.

Seven-ingredient vegetarian chili built on a can of refried beans, tomato sauce, and basic pantry spices. Comes together in 20 minutes flat. The college-dorm chili that scales to a real weeknight bowl.

Lamb carnitas braised in milk with coriander, savory, and bay leaves until fall-apart tender. Served in tortillas with broiled onions, tomatoes, sour cream, and salsa.

Beans for burritos slow-cooks pink beans with onion, garlic, and chili powder in the crockpot, then mashes with green chiles and salsa for the perfect refried-style burrito filling.

Tea and lemon ice made with strong brewed tea, fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup, and a splash of carbonated water for lightness. A refreshing frozen dessert you can make without an ice cream maker.

Smoky black bean chili pulls together canned black beans, tomatoes, and salsa with chili powder, oregano, and a splash of liquid smoke. A fast vegetarian chili ready in under 30 minutes.

Another favorite side dish is the Potato Salad which used to be produced fresh daily, however now due to the fact that it can be produced and prepackaged and stored frozen till shipped and then refrigerated AmeraServe which is the company that Tricon uses sells the potato salad that way.

This dish is best at room temperature, although it is good hot or cold also. I have given just the basic recipe; you can add all kinds of things, like corn, fresh tomatoes, cilantro, scallions, blanched chayote squash, etc.

Pasta O'Doole is a three-ingredient pantry dinner: elbow macaroni tossed with great northern beans and tomato sauce. Cheap, filling, vegan, and ready in minutes from cans and a box.

A smooth, homemade jellied cranberry sauce: cranberries simmered, strained silky, set with gelatin in a mold. The from-scratch answer to canned, and easy to make sugar-free for Thanksgiving.

Cinnamon-spiced cranberry sauce made with whole cranberries, sugar and a cinnamon stick. Just four pantry ingredients and 20 minutes for a holiday side that beats anything in a can.

White bean soup with sage: creamy great northern beans simmered with onion, carrot, tomato and fragrant sage in chicken broth. A quick, low-fat soup that's on the table in about 30 minutes using canned beans.

Chocolate caramel nut bars with a German chocolate cake-mix crust, melted caramel middle, and chopped walnuts and chocolate chips. A potluck-ready bar cookie you can shortcut with a boxed mix.

Spicy lentil and tomato soup with garam masala, turmeric, coriander, and chili powder. A vegan, high-protein Indian-spiced soup that simmers into a thick, warming bowl in under an hour.

Not sure why it's called monkey bread, but I'm very sure that nobody can resist this delicious dessert-like bread. It's buttery and fluffy inside, and crispy outside. When you add chocolate chips in, hmmm...

the key to salsa verde is the tomatillos (tomate verde -- NOT just a green tomato)...don't know where you're from, but if it's the west or southwest, you'll probably find them in the super...if not, they are available canned in a mexican food section.