667 dan recipes

Cuban chicken stir-fry with rice, ham, pimento-stuffed olives, peas, and tomatoes served on a platter with sliced avocado. A fast one-wok meal using cooked chicken and leftover rice.

Granny Fearing's baked beans: a Southern-style classic with canned pork and beans doctored up with ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, and smoked bacon. A sweet-and-smoky side ready in 90 minutes.

Linguine with seafood, a southern Italian classic with shrimp, scallops, and mussels in a chili-spiked tomato sauce brightened with white wine, lemon zest, and fresh basil. The pasta night that drinks like dinner out.

Mexican pita pockets stuffed with seasoned ground beef, beans, salsa, cheddar, lettuce, and tomato. A taco-meets-pita mashup that holds together better than a tortilla. Ready in 30 minutes.

Sautéed pancetta with balsamic beans simmers crispy pancetta, garlic, crushed tomatoes, and white beans in a sweet-tart honey-balsamic glaze. A rustic Italian side or weeknight main.

Loaded carrot cake with coconut, crushed pineapple, raisins, and nuts in a cinnamon-nutmeg batter. A dense, moist cake topped with cream cheese frosting.

White chicken chili slow-cooked with cannellini beans, green chili peppers, and lime juice. Seared chicken simmers all day in the crockpot and gets topped with sharp cheddar.

Pasta Mexicali is a cold penne salad loaded with black beans, cannellini, corn, red pepper, and cilantro in a cumin-cayenne vinaigrette. Vegetarian, protein-packed potluck stunner.

Curried barley stew with potatoes, carrots, kidney beans, and tomatoes simmered with ginger and garlic. A hearty one-pot meal that's naturally low-fat and filling.

Homemade sweet pepper and onion pizza on a whole wheat crust with fat-free mozzarella, mushrooms, and garlic. A lighter veggie pizza made from scratch with a crispy cornmeal-dusted base.

Pumpkin nut cake (a.k.a. pumpkin dump cake) layered with spiced pumpkin custard, dry yellow cake mix, chopped nuts and melted butter on top. Bakes into a gooey-bottom, crisp-top fall classic.

Ground bison chili with roasted poblano peppers, Rotel tomatoes, and a squeeze of fresh lime. Lean, beanless, and loaded with smoky Southwestern heat.

Hearty baked bean soup with cannellini beans, stewed tomatoes, molasses, and chili powder. Thick, smoky, and on the table in 40 minutes. Vegan-friendly comfort food.

A succulent dish that can easily be made with a crockpot while you're helping the kids with their homework.

A delicious side dish that goes well with jerk chicken or curried beef.

False Fish is a clever vegetarian dish of rice and red lentils pressed overnight, sliced, breaded, and pan-fried golden to mimic crispy fish steaks. Serve with parsley sauce.