1,237 hell recipes

French ratatouille of eggplant, zucchini, peppers, tomato, onion and garlic, stewed in olive oil with thyme and bay leaf. Each vegetable cooked separately first so nothing turns to mush. Serve hot or cold.

This, too, is a Portuguese recipe from the Algarve.

Bulgur wheat baked with roasted eggplant, fresh spinach, roasted garlic, bell peppers, currants, and slivered almonds. A vibrant vegetarian casserole packed with Mediterranean flavor.

Chunky garden gazpacho with fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, and celery in a tomato sauce base with olive oil, red wine vinegar, and honey. A no-cook chilled soup.

Rich chicken and olive quiche with a silky cream-and-egg-yolk custard seasoned with nutmeg and cayenne. An elegant brunch or light dinner baked in a flaky pastry shell.

Doctored ketchup spiked with garlic, hot sauce, liquid smoke, and minced peppers. Turns the cheapest store-bought ketchup into a smoky, chunky table sauce with a kick.

Caponata di melanzane with eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, capers, olives, and anchovies. A bold Sicilian appetizer that improves as it sits at room temperature for hours.

Roasted and pickled hot peppers with banana, Hungarian, and bell varieties charred until blistered, peeled, then canned in vinegar brine. The roast adds smoky depth that raw pickled peppers can't match.

No-bake salad pizza with spinach dip spread on an Italian bread shell, topped with chicken, broccoli, tomato, and scallions. Ready in 20 minutes, no oven needed.

Asian-style Cornish hen wraps split hen breasts around asparagus spears and steams them in a bamboo steamer over rice with bok choy, broccoli, and peppers. Elegant pan-Asian dinner.

Gluten-free maple bean tarts with white kidney beans blended into a maple syrup and brown sugar filling, poured over raisins in bean-flour tart shells. Lower fat and naturally gluten-free.

Cherry parfait ice cream pie with layers of vanilla ice cream and cherry pie filling in a cookie crumb crust. A frozen no-bake dessert that assembles in minutes and freezes until firm.

Roasted pepper salad with multicolored bell peppers in a balsamic vinaigrette spiked with anchovy paste, Dijon mustard, and shallots. A make-ahead antipasto that improves overnight.

Bright orange and red salad with romaine, fresh orange, radishes, red pepper, and onion in a cumin-cayenne lemon dressing. Indian-style five-minute side.

Mexican-style goulash with ground beef, elbow macaroni, green pepper, and chili powder simmered in tomato juice. One-pan family weeknight dinner with diabetic-friendly seasoning.

Low-fat pasta with dry-sauteed vegetables in fat-free spaghetti sauce. Chunky onion, pepper, mushrooms, and zucchini over pasta with Parmesan. A quick vegetarian weeknight dinner.