7,057 light recipes

Pepper-Stuffed Lamb with Garlic Chevre Sauce recipe

Chocolate sandwich cookies filled with melted Andes mint candies. Crisp chocolate wafers rolled in sugar with a creamy mint center, perfect for holiday cookie tins and gift platters.

Green banana gratin with chicken broth, cheddar cheese and breadcrumb topping. Savory Caribbean-style baked banana casserole in 60 minutes.

Teriyaki-glazed ribs pressure-cooked tender then grilled with a sticky brown sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, and hoisin marinade. Fall-off-the-bone ribs in a fraction of the time.

Tender pork and crab meatballs braised with crisp Chinese cabbage in savory broth. This classic Lion's Head recipe brings restaurant-style elegance to your table in 30 minutes.

No-bake Kahlua cocoa balls made with vanilla wafer crumbs, pecans, cocoa, golden raisins, and candied cherries. Roll in coconut, powdered sugar, or nuts.

Gingered snow peas stir-fried with mushrooms, scallions, sherry and soy sauce. Quick Asian-style vegetable side dish ready in 15 minutes.

Pecan cashew popcorn balls coated in buttery caramel made from scratch with a candy thermometer. A crunchy Halloween treat with pecans, cashews, and 8 cups of popped corn.

Iced strawberry soup with fresh berries, English cucumber, lemon yogurt, light rum, and mint. Pink chilled summer starter that doubles as a boozy brunch refresher.

Blended pina coladas made with cream of coconut, crushed pineapple, light rum, and milk, blitzed with ice until thick and frosty. A tropical cocktail in 15 minutes.

Lobster and corn chowder with shell-infused half-and-half, fresh corn, and tender potatoes. A New England-style chowder that extracts maximum flavor from the whole lobster.

Microwave baked apples stuffed with dried apricot, walnuts, brown sugar, and butter, cooked in orange juice. Ready in under 15 minutes with a rich, fruity filling worth trying.

No-bake chocolate nutty bites with cornflakes, hazelnuts, and raisins in a buttery cocoa mixture. Just six ingredients, ready after an hour in the fridge. Great for kids and holiday treat trays.

Caramel shortbread squares with a buttery crumble base and thick, chewy toffee layer made with condensed milk and corn syrup. Chills overnight and inverts for clean slicing.

Shaker sugar pie: brown sugar caramelized at the bottom of a flaky shell, topped with vanilla cream and butter, baked into a silky no-egg custard. American religious tradition meets Sunday dessert.

Southern boiled custard eggnog made from scratch with 8 egg yolks, cream, vanilla, and nutmeg. Spiked with whiskey or served virgin, this silky holiday drink serves 12.