Recipe Sifter

Veal scaloppine with tomatoes and olives: thin-pounded veal cutlets seared quick, then topped with a bright pan sauce of bell peppers, pimento olives, and red wine vinegar.

Deep-Fried Salmon Croquettes with Potato Flakes recipe

Beef Brisket in Beer: a 4-pound brisket oven-braised in beer, chili sauce, brown sugar, and onions. Three hours to fork-tender, finished with a thick pan gravy. Serves 11.

Creamy Tomato Bisque with Lump Crabmeat and Basil recipe

Roast goose rubbed with thyme and served with potato pierogies and a pan dripping gravy made from the neck and liver. A showstopping Eastern European holiday centerpiece.

Creamy Indian chicken curry with a surprising secret ingredient: Coca-Cola. Sweet, savory, and rich with apple, raisins, and warm spices.

Lighter cheddar chicken pot pie with a Bisquick crust, loaded with potatoes, carrots, celery, and chicken in a cheesy broth filling. Comfort food with less guilt, ready in 90 minutes.

This recipe was exactly what I was looking for when I was searching to try and duplicate what I tasted on a popular cruise line.

Fisherman's catch chowder: a slow cooker fish chowder with mixed white-fish fillets, tomatoes, white wine, clam juice, rosemary, and a cream-and-butter finish stirred in at the end.

A rich creamy chowder with corn and sausages -- This chowder is a variation on a family recipe from an old roommate of mine. (She makes it without the sausage, and with more water). It goes very well with most seafood.

Chuck roast slow-cooks with onions, carrots, celery, and stewed tomatoes in a savory herb gravy enriched with Worcestershire sauce and mushrooms for an effortless crockpot dinner.

Turn leftover pot roast into a bubbling beef pot pie loaded with bacon, mushrooms, peas, and a surprising hit of dill pickle in a rich gravy under flaky pastry crust.

French onion soup (Marguerite Patten): the classic bistro soup of slow-caramelized onions in rich beef stock, topped with toasted bread and bubbly gruyere cheese. Ready in 60 minutes.

Pan-seared pork tenderloin medallions in a Riesling wine sauce with green peppercorns, raisins, balsamic vinegar, and toasted pine nuts. Restaurant-quality in 40 minutes.

Crustless feta spinach quiche, a lighter quiche skipping the pastry, with sauteed spinach and onion, tangy feta, and a touch of cayenne in a fluffy egg custard. Easy, lower-carb, and protein-packed.

Traditional Irish pot-roasted chicken stuffed with oatmeal, bacon, and onion, braised with carrots and potatoes in giblet stock. Country Sunday supper from the Emerald Isle that turns a whole bird into a one-pot feast.