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Spicy garbanzo bean soup with potatoes, tomatoes, saffron, turmeric, cumin, and ginger simmered for four hours from dried chickpeas. A Moroccan-inspired vegan soup finished with lemon and cilantro.
Ethiopian-style mixed vegetable stew (atkilt alicha) built on berbere spice and ghee. Green beans, carrots and potatoes simmered in tomato broth, ready in 45 minutes. Vegetarian, deeply spiced.
Slow-simmered Italian tomato sauce with 4 pounds of fresh plum tomatoes, garlic, basil, oregano, and a full tablespoon of black pepper. Three hours on the stove.
Vegetarian chili with kidney beans, raisins, cashews, beer, and Swiss cheese. Spiced with cumin, allspice, and Tabasco, simmered two hours for deep, complex flavor.
Light spinach dumplings made from cooked spinach, bread crumbs, egg, butter, and parsley, boiled until they float. A quick, simple dumpling to drop into stews, soups, or simmering stock.
Round steak braised low and slow until fork-tender, then blanketed with sharp aged cheddar and chopped parsley. A retro one-pan beef-and-cheese supper that turns budget cuts into Sunday dinner.
Pan-seared New York strip steak topped with a melted blue cheese and white wine sauce made from the pan drippings. A steakhouse-quality dinner ready in 30 minutes.
Steamed mussels over pasta in a white wine tomato sauce with crumbled feta, oregano, and red pepper flakes. A Greek-inspired seafood pasta dinner ready in an hour.
Steamed shrimp cooked shell-on in a spiced broth with celery, peppers, scallion, and a kick of cayenne. Serve the peel-and-eat shrimp with the cooking liquid for dunking garlic bread. Messy, casual, and fun.
When hunting season arrives, try this dish that contains rice, apples and a variety of spices.
Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves (dolmades) with rice, pine nuts, raisins, tomato, and cinnamon. Slow-simmered in olive oil and lemon, served chilled with yogurt-mint dipping sauce.
Vegetarian stuffed green peppers Santa Maria style, filled with herbed rice, fresh tomatoes, walnuts, and marjoram, baked in olive oil until charred and tender.
Tuscan-style white beans simmered with sage, garlic, plum tomatoes, and chicken broth. Dried beans cooked from scratch for a creamy, rustic Italian side or pasta topping.
Salsa meatloaf with a Tex-Mex spin: lean ground beef bound with crushed tortilla chips instead of breadcrumbs, jarred salsa, chili powder, peppers, and olives. A Sunday dinner with a little kick.
Egg tagliarini tossed with sun-dried tomato strips, Parmigiano-Reggiano, garlic, parsley, and lemon juice in the reserved tomato oil. A no-cook Italian pasta sauce ready in 20 minutes.
Tangy potted cheese spread with sharp cheddar, port wine, caraway seeds, mustard, and Worcestershire topped with walnuts. A make-ahead British-style appetizer for crackers or Melba toast.