7,057 light recipes

Burmese-style roast duck steamed first then roasted with soy and Worcestershire marinade. The double-cook method delivers crispy skin and tender meat with a savory pan gravy.

Creamy Dijon chicken tossed with rigatoni in a silky half-and-half sauce. Only 7 ingredients and 40 minutes stand between you and a bistro-worthy pasta dinner.

Easy quiche with a pre-baked pie crust, eggs, half-and-half, cheese, and your choice of ham, bacon, or fish. A versatile brunch centerpiece ready in one hour.

Crowdie butter with garlic and parsley is a homemade Scottish fresh cheese: cream set with rennet, drained crumbly, then worked with butter, garlic, and herbs into a soft, spreadable garlic-herb cheese. Make your own Boursin at home.

Creamy ham pasta casserole with rotini, broccoli, sharp cheddar and chopped bell pepper bound in a light mayonnaise-milk sauce. A weeknight one-dish dinner that uses up leftover ham.

Southern pecan pie with a Cajun twist: a quarter cup of brandy stirred into the buttery corn syrup filling adds warm, boozy depth beneath a blanket of whole pecans. Puffy, gooey, irresistible.

True old-fashioned chocolate fudge cooked to soft ball stage with unsweetened chocolate, milk, and corn syrup. Smooth, creamy, and made the traditional way.

Classic slice-and-bake icebox cookies with buttery brown sugar dough you can make ahead and freeze for up to 2 months. Includes five flavor variations: ginger almond, lemon poppyseed, spice, coffee edged, and pecan.

Apple praline pie layers Granny Smith apples with a spiced corn syrup filling and a brown sugar-pecan praline topping. A double-crust Southern dessert with cutout vents.

Classic oyster stew with shucked oysters gently cooked in butter, then combined with scalded milk and cream. Seasoned with white pepper and nutmeg. Simple, rich, and traditional.

Overnight monkey bread coffee cake with frozen dinner rolls, butterscotch pudding mix, brown sugar, pecans, and melted butter. Five ingredients, zero effort, and a gooey pull-apart Bundt cake by morning.

Mashed butternut squash with butter, brown sugar, and white pepper, topped with maple syrup-glazed pecans and broiled until toasted. A Thanksgiving-worthy side dish.

Chilled poppy seed soup blended with yogurt, half-and-half, honey, and nutmeg. A sweet, creamy no-cook cold soup served as a unique dessert or first course.

Apple cinnamon cranberry pie: two-crust pie with apples, fresh cranberries, and cinnamon, topped with a decorative criss-cross petal lattice. Sweet, tart, and built for Thanksgiving.

Paneer Patties in Orange Perfumed Cream Sauce (Ras Malai) recipe

Mom's small-batch pecan pralines with brown sugar, Karo corn syrup, evaporated milk, and pecan halves. Cooked to soft-ball stage and dropped on wax paper for classic Southern candy.