2,057 fred recipes

Chinese-style braised pork with chestnuts in soy sauce, sherry, and dark brown sugar, served over flash-cooked spinach with sesame oil. Slow-simmered for tender, savory results.

Latin-inspired pasta salad with a blended feta-cilantro-lime dressing, diced ham, colorful bell peppers, jicama, and olives. Bright, crunchy, and totally make-ahead friendly.

Creamy corn and walnut dip with cream cheese, lime juice, cumin, and ground red chili. A no-cook Mexican-inspired party dip with crunch and heat, ready in 10 minutes flat.

Pork chops Abazia braised in white wine with fresh tomatoes, roasted red peppers, shallots, and rosemary. An Italian-style skillet dinner with a rich pepper sauce.

Crispy General Tso's chicken double-fried in a beer batter with a sweet-spicy glaze of soy sauce, vinegar, orange zest, and crushed chilies. Better than takeout.

Rosemary basmati rice with toasted walnuts, sauteed onion, celery, garlic, and tamari. A fragrant, savory vegetarian side dish with nutty crunch and herbal depth.

Broiled polenta crostini topped with a woodsy porcini and fresh mushroom ragout with tomatoes and parsley. Vegetarian Italian comfort food with deep, earthy flavor.

Lighthouse casserole packs ground beef, kidney beans, macaroni, creamed corn, mushrooms, and olives in a chili-tomato sauce. A big-batch freezer-friendly weeknight casserole.

This recipe is my husband's specialty, good for any fresh fish. I prefer halibut but whatever your pleasure. Goes great with homemade mashed potatoes.

Low-fat roasted vegetable stock made with caramelized onions, carrots, leeks, and celery. This vegetarian brown stock adds deep, savory flavor to soups, risottos, and sauces without a drop of meat.

Peppery arugula wilted in the pasta water and tossed with a quick tomato sauce made with shallots, garlic, and red pepper flakes. A bright vegetarian spaghetti dinner in 30 minutes.

A dead-simple 5-ingredient chili with ground beef, kidney beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and taco sauce. No extra spices needed. Just simmer and serve.

Orange appetizers layered with thin red onion, parsley, cilantro, lime juice, and olive oil. A fresh, no-cook Moroccan-inspired citrus salad starter.

Grilled portobello mushroom sandwiches with goat cheese, arugula, and red onion on crusty bread. Brushed with garlic olive oil and ready in 20 minutes.

Fitascetta is an Italian bread ring topped with red onions slow-cooked for 40 minutes until silky and sweet. A yeasted olive oil dough shaped into a ring and baked golden.

Lemon pepper potatoes are oven-roasted red-skin potato chunks tossed with butter-flavored mix, lemon pepper, and fresh chives. Five-ingredient, low-fat side dish ready in an hour.