Recipe Sifter

Potato soup with green chilies, tomatoes, zucchini, and Monterey Jack cheese stirred in at the end. A chunky, Southwestern-style soup in chicken broth.

Sauteed Chicken Livers with Mushrooms and Tomatoes recipe

Instead of having to tip the delivery boy, try this simple recipe that will have you making a delicious deep-pan pizza in no time at all!

Green tomato cake with cinnamon, ginger, raisins, and walnuts baked into two moist loaves. A Southern garden classic that puts end-of-season tomatoes to sweet use.

Creamy navy bean soup simmers soaked navy beans with carrots, celery, tomato puree, and thyme, then finishes with cream and milk for a silky high-fiber bowl. A vegetarian, gluten-free comfort soup.

Hamburger pie with a homemade biscuit crust, seasoned ground beef with tomato sauce, and a cheesy egg-and-milk custard topping. A hearty weeknight dinner pie baked golden.

Last week, we cooked tofu following this recipe, the tomato and mushroom sauce was very nice and yummy.

Very hearty and flavorful. The goat cheese complements the chili nicely. I took the advice of the previous reviewer and let it simmer for a couple hours after I mixed everything together.

This easy-to-follow recipe uses cheese-filled tortellini, spinach, and asiago cheese to make a tasty dish you will love!

Fish is poached in tomato and basil sauce reduction, light yet tasty.

Silky egg custard cradles roasted tomatoes, sweet corn, and chewy sundried tomatoes in a nutty whole wheat crust. This savory tart balances rich cheddar with bright basil and the concentrated sweetness of oven-roasted summer tomatoes.

This turned out quite nicely, great mix of textures and flavors. If you use store bought salsa and store bought tortilla chips you will want to watch the salt levels.

So to start off with the first post, I decided to make a meal that screams of comfort food. Whilst it does take a bit of a while to get the meal done, once you take that first bite, heaven couldn’t seem closer if you were Adam trying to touch God’s finger in the “Creation of Adam” fresco created by Michaelangelo. The meal I speak of is Cottage Pie. There is much debate as to what exactly a cottage pie is and how it is different to a Shepherd’s pie...I don’t know. The dominant theory is that Sheperds pie uses lamb mince, whilst a cottage pie uses beef mince. I don’t know about you, but the term “Sheperds Pie” does not get my tastebuds going quite as well, so I prefer the term cottage pie. Besides, comparing the price of ground (mince) beef to ground lamb, a student would pick up the beef mince in a heartbeat without even so much as glancing at the lamb in the meat section. This cottage pie that I made is full of flavour, and just makes you want to cuddle up next to a fire and watch TCM movies all day either by yourself, or with a significant other. Here is the recipe:

Although quite good with using cottage cheese, I prefer to make the rolls with part-skim ricotta. They are delicious!

A hearty vegetarian cheese tortellini soup recipe with stovetop and optional super fast microwave directions. Packed with veggies.

A garden vegetable spaghetti sauce loaded with peppers, zucchini, and summer squash, slow-simmered with garlic and a big handful of herbs. A meatless, freezer-friendly marinara for using up the garden.