Recipe Sifter

Shrimp and cheese enchiladas in a creamy jalapeño-pepper sauce with Monterey Jack, sour cream, and fresh tomatoes. A rich, Tex-Mex seafood enchilada baked until bubbly.

Fun gwau: Cantonese steamed dumplings stuffed with pork, shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts, all wrapped in translucent wheat-starch wrappers. A dim sum classic.

Shrimp fettuccine in a buttery white wine sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes, and Creole seasoning. Shrimp stock builds deep seafood flavor into every strand.

Garden salad pizza topped with fresh tomatoes, red and green bell peppers, red onion, and scallions tossed in olive oil and vinegar over melted mozzarella. No sauce needed when the vegetables are this fresh.

Homemade Jamaican jerk seasoning paste with allspice, scallions, thyme, scotch bonnet pepper, and fresh lime juice. Blend and rub on any meat for authentic island heat.

Thai-style fried noodles are a vegetarian wok dish: al dente noodles stir-fried with garlic, crushed peanuts, pickled radish, diced tofu, and chili flakes. A simpler, pantry-friendly cousin of pad thai.

Shrimp in lobster sauce, the classic Cantonese takeout dish: egg-white-marinated shrimp tossed with ground pork, fermented black beans, garlic, ginger, and silky egg ribbons. No lobster, all flavor.

Breakfast muffins are not always sweet, give these savory and delicious muffins a try, also use up your leftover ham or turkey from the big holiday.

Japanese beef negimaki with thinly pounded steak rolled around scallions, glazed with teriyaki, then grilled and sliced into bite-size pinwheels. A classic three-ingredient izakaya appetizer.

Brown rice summer salad with tarragon vinaigrette, fresh vegetables, peas, and pimentos. Low-fat, no-mayo, and served cold. A make-ahead side dish for hot weather meals.

A delicate Asian-style steamed seafood custard (chawanmushi) with whole clams, fresh ginger, scallions, and umami-rich fish sauce. Light, savory, silky, and ready in under an hour.

Mock crab roe is a clever Chinese dish of steamed white fish mixed with egg yolks and scallions, then fried into golden nuggets. Served with soy-vinegar dip.

Szechuan cold noodles tossed in a sesame-soy-chili oil sauce with sliced scallions. A Chinese-style make-ahead noodle dish that improves with a few hours in the fridge.

Spaghetti in a creamy peanut sauce with sesame oil, soy sauce, lime juice, and crushed red pepper, topped with blanched summer squash, scallions, and red bell pepper.

A vibrant chilled beet and cucumber soup pureed with fresh orange juice, zest, and chicken stock. Earthy, bright, and stunning in color. Garnished with sour cream for an elegant cold soup.

Classic egg salad with chopped hard-boiled eggs, scallions, prepared mustard, and mayonnaise. A four-ingredient sandwich filling that comes together in under ten minutes.