586 foot recipes

Traditional Chinese rice porridge simmered until thick and creamy. This comforting congee with ginger and tangerine peel is endlessly customizable with toppings and proteins.

Homemade chocolate Easter eggs with creamy buttercream centers dipped in semi-sweet chocolate. Customize with cocoa, maple walnut, or citrus flavors and decorate with colorful icing.

Ginger chicken soup with soy-marinated tofu, fresh spinach, and a ginger-infused broth. A light, warming bowl with clean Asian flavors, low in calories and ready in under an hour.

Salmon steaks baked en papillote with fresh ginger, served on a pool of white wine and lime cream sauce. An elegant foil-packet dinner with restaurant presentation.

Raita with tomato, cucumber, scallions, and cilantro in a yogurt base with bloomed cumin and ginger. A cooling Indian condiment that tames spicy curries and adds a tangy, creamy contrast to any meal.

Tandoori marinade with yogurt, ginger, garlic, and warm spices: cumin, coriander, turmeric, cayenne. Tenderizes and flavors chicken, lamb, or seafood for the grill or oven.

Velvet corn soup is a classic Chinese egg drop soup with creamed corn, chicken broth, fresh ginger, and dry sherry, thickened with cornstarch and swirled with frothy egg whites.

Thai-style marinade with soy sauce, oyster sauce, honey, fresh ginger, garlic, cilantro, and citrus zest. A sweet-savory marinade for chicken and grilled meats, ready in 5 minutes.

Chinese vegetable soup with shiitake mushrooms, napa cabbage, soba noodles, and a ginger-tamari broth. A low-fat, brothy noodle bowl with savory mushroom depth.

Thai satay sauce from scratch: a dry-toasted aromatic paste of chiles, shallots, garlic, and galangal cooked into coconut milk with peanuts, sesame, tamarind, and fish soy.

Christmas tree cake cut from a 13x9 sheet cake into a tree shape, frosted green and decorated with peppermint candies, pretzel rod trunk, and a gumdrop star. Festive holiday show-stopper from one boxed mix.

I used Cornish Game Hens, but you could also use a cut up chicken. If you can't get winter melon, watermelon will work. Winter melon is white, very mild tasting and a tad denser than watermelon. I think you could get away using something like Honeydew too.

Basic Sauce is used over and over again to slow-simmer a number of foods. It imparts its own flavor to what is cooked, and grows more savory with the cooking of different foods.

Traditional Indian side dish, tasty and easy to make.

This is the hot and exotic spice mixture that give Eritrean and Ethiopian cooking its characteristic flavor.

Keep these in the freezer and enjoy anytime you feel like having something sweet. Perfect with an afternoon cup of tea or coffee.