8,050 leaf recipes

Baked falafel made with chickpeas, garlic, tahini, cumin, turmeric, and fresh parsley. A low-calorie vegetarian falafel recipe coated in flour and oven-baked instead of deep-fried.

Slow-braised shredded beef chuck in a spicy, tangy sauce with taco sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and chili powder, piled high on soft buns. Feeds eight hungry people and takes about 4 hours.

Manicotti Florentine stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, and spinach, baked in marinara sauce. A vegetarian Italian pasta bake with a three-cheese filling and fresh basil.

Ranchera sauce made from scratch with a roux-thickened tomato base, cumin, garlic, and fresh vegetables. A versatile Mexican sauce for rice, enchiladas, and huevos rancheros.

Slow-simmered spaghetti sauce with ground beef, three types of tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, and chili powder. Two hours of uncovered cooking builds deep, rich flavor.

Chicken cacciatore braises bone-in chicken pieces with Italian plum tomatoes, onions, green pepper, garlic, and mushrooms in a herby tomato sauce. The Italian hunter's-style classic that gets better the longer it simmers.

Fresh figs, roasted with mint, garlic, gorgonzola and served with French bread, a very classy appetizer.

Try a different kind of bread with this scrumptious recipe that calls for shrimp, sweet bell peppers and red hot pepper sauce.

Grilled Anchovies with Christmas Limas, Mint & Chili Oil recipe

Kentucky-style burgoo with three meats: stewing beef, pork shoulder, and whole chicken simmered for hours with fresh corn, lima beans, tomatoes, and potatoes.

Chicken and almond rissoles with stir-fried vegetables: grated potato and carrot bind cooked chicken into oval patties, rolled in almonds and baked alongside snow peas and baby corn.

A big-batch beef chili with 5 lbs of ground beef, three kinds of beans, jalapeños, and three types of onions simmered in chunky tomatoes. Feeds 12 and freezes like a champ.

Hearty fish stew with white fish fillets, bacon, green beans, carrots, tomatoes, and creamy potato soup base. The one-pot Midwestern fish chowder.

Summer tortellini salad tosses cheese tortellini with shredded chicken, green and black olives, red bell pepper, sweet Vidalia onion, and a herbes de Provence vinaigrette. A picnic-ready pasta salad for four.

Northern Italian style lasagna layered with a bacon-rich meat sauce, a creamy nutmeg-scented white sauce, and a parmesan-ricotta filling. Richer and creamier than the usual red-sauce version.

Greek phyllo-wrapped meat loaf with ground veal, cinnamon, tomato, hard-boiled eggs, and mizithra cheese in a crispy buttered filo shell. A show-stopping Hellenic classic.