10,000 flesh recipes

Creamy avocados, juicy-sweet tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, meaty chickpeas and salty olives are on top of a bed of lettuce or any your favorite greens. Drizzle some freshly homemade vinaigrette and serve with a few slices of good bread.

Turkish eggplant pilaf cooked in olive oil with pine nuts, currants, cinnamon, allspice, tomatoes, and a full cup of fresh dill. A traditional zeytinyagli dish served cold as a vegetarian main or mezze.

Traditional German kale and potato soup (Grünkohlsuppe) with garlic sausage. A hearty winter peasant soup of mashed potato broth, shredded kale, and smoky sausage rounds.

Dessert pizza topped with homemade pistachio custard cream and fresh fruit. A from-scratch pistachio milk custard spread over a baked pizza shell.

Crispy vegetable turnovers with potato, cauliflower, carrots, and peas in a matzo meal crust. These samoosi make 20 golden appetizers that are vegetarian-friendly.

Quick, easy yet delicious, an ideal week-night meal. Sichuan spicy oil really adds lots of yumminess, you can find it in most Asian or Chinese grocery store. Use any vegetables you have on hand.

Spanish rice made with brown rice, fresh pureed tomatoes, bacon, green peppers, and a touch of molasses. Simmered on the stove then baked until tender and deeply flavored.

Chicken, noodles, and veggies, simple and easy preparation

This summer lasagna swaps pasta noodles for tender zucchini strips layered with ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, fresh tomatoes, and herb-seasoned tomato sauce. Low-carb, veggie-loaded, and ready in about an hour.

Plain Italian minestrone with potatoes, celery, green beans, peas, and ditalini pasta in a simple broth, finished with Parmesan and parsley. No tomatoes needed.

Quelites, a traditional New Mexican spinach and pinto bean side dish with bacon drippings, chili pepper, and hard-boiled egg. A 25-minute Southwestern classic.

A scrumptious bread pudding made with pina colada drink mix, pineapple juice, bananas and cream of coconut.

Canned apple pie filling with Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a thickened syrup. Water-bath processed for shelf-stable jars ready to spoon into a pie crust any time of year.

Try this succulent chicken dish made with chopped shallots and crescent rolls.

Low-calorie berry bars made with a tangy buttermilk batter topped with fresh or frozen blueberries and raspberries, finished with sugar and lemon zest. No butter needed. Just 48 calories per bar.

Classic tabbouleh salad with bulgur wheat, fresh tomatoes, cucumber, mint, parsley, and a lemon-olive oil dressing. A no-cook Middle Eastern grain salad that improves as it chills.