Recipe Sifter

Chinese chicken meatball soup with water chestnuts, snow peas, carrots, and green onions in a sherry-spiked broth. Light, fast, and full of crisp vegetables. Ready in 15 minutes.

Creamy wild rice soup with mushrooms, chicken broth, and a splash of wine, finished in the oven and topped with slivered almonds and grated carrots.

Open-faced sandwiches piled with sliced ham and chicken, smothered in a velvety cream sauce enriched with white wine and egg yolks, then broiled under a blanket of Parmesan until golden. Elegant comfort food in 20 minutes.

Low Country seafood boil reimagined as an oven-bag bake, with shrimp, smoked turkey sausage, whole potatoes, corn on the cob, and onion in savory broth. All the Carolina coast flavor, none of the pot wrestling.

A set-it-and-forget-it chicken stroganoff simmered in the slow cooker with mushrooms, white wine, and garlic, then finished with a creamy sour cream sauce. Serve over egg noodles for the coziest weeknight dinner.

Creamy cauliflower soup made with skim milk and a light roux base, finished with white pepper and nutmeg. Lower-calorie, silky, and ready in an hour.

Cream of leek soup builds a butter-flour roux with chicken stock and half and half, then folds in tender steamed leeks. Optional ham and potato additions turn it into a hearty meal.

Old-fashioned rabbit pie with slow-stewed meat topped with buttermilk biscuits and served with homemade gravy. A hearty country supper for a crowd.

Pan-seared chicken breasts get draped in a tangy mustard sauce with dry sherry and a creamy ricotta-yogurt finish. All the richness of a cream sauce with half the guilt.

Mussel and saffron soup built on the briny steaming liquor with leeks, fenugreek, and a finish of cream. A French bistro classic with deep golden color and shellfish-rich broth.

Indian curried chicken bakes mild curry-spiced chicken breasts with onions, apples, and golden raisins in a light chicken broth gravy. A budget-friendly weeknight curry that's easy on the calories.

A white sauce chicken lasagne layered with spinach, cottage cheese, mozzarella, and Parmesan. The buttery basil-scented béchamel makes this a creamy, comforting alternative to red sauce lasagna.

No-fuss chicken pot pie with a self-forming batter crust. Chicken bakes under cream soups with peas and carrots while a simple flour batter rises into a golden lid.

Tender sweetbreads nestled in a velvety cream sauce with mushrooms and water chestnuts, topped with golden breadcrumbs and cheese. A classic offal casserole that turns humble organ meat into an elegant dinner.

Pan-sauteed chicken breast with a ginger-mustard pan sauce made from Dijon, grainy mustard, and fresh ginger. One skillet, 25 minutes, weeknight ready.

Chicken and wild rice casserole layers chunks of chicken breast, mushrooms, and slivered almonds with wild rice in a from-scratch cream sauce. A hearty potluck classic with no canned soup needed.