Recipe Sifter

Green and wax bean salad with celery, dill, slivered almonds, and croutons in a creamy onion dressing. No-cook side dish ready in 10 minutes.

Basic chowder base with bacon, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, and bay leaf. A flexible starting point you can build into any chowder you want.

Marinated mixed Italian olives cracked and soaked with bell peppers, celery, garlic, oregano, and vinegar. Cured at room temperature for two days for bold, giardiniera-style flavor.

Hearty meatball chowder with walnut-sized beef meatballs, potatoes, carrots, rice, and Mexicorn in a tomato-beef broth. A big-batch soup that feeds a crowd.

Louisiana shrimp remoulade with Creole mustard, horseradish, and paprika in a sharp, herbaceous olive oil dressing. A classic New Orleans cold appetizer served over lettuce or as a chilled main.

Thick and creamy crab and corn chowder with diced potatoes, green pepper, and crumbled bacon in a rich milk and cream base. Hearty one-pot comfort in about an hour.

Hearty Sicilian soup with dried chestnuts, kidney beans, and rice simmered low and slow in a rustic broth with olive oil and aromatics. A stick-to-your-ribs bowl straight from the streets of Palermo.

Stuffed monster zucchini is the answer to a giant garden zucchini: halved, hollowed, and packed with a savory cumin-thyme rice and lentil pilaf, then baked until tender. A hearty, frugal vegan main.

Whole chickens stuffed with sausage dressing and smoked over charcoal for 5 hours with a wine-herb water pan. Louisiana-style backyard smoking at its finest. Serves 8.

Venison chuck simmered with red wine, mushrooms, potatoes, and kohlrabi until fork-tender. A rustic, hearty wild game stew served over rice that turns your deer harvest into a real country supper.

Creole-style navy beans simmered with tomatoes, celery, onion, and green pepper in a garlic-seasoned sauce. A simple, hearty Southern side dish ready in under an hour.

Peg's many bean soup simmers a pound of mixed dried beans with pork, hot Italian sausage, peppers, carrots, and grated potato that thickens the broth naturally. A rib-sticking, two-hour pot of soup.

Turkey teriyaki stir-fry with snow peas, red bell pepper, water chestnuts, and celery. A lean, colorful Asian-inspired dinner ready in 20 minutes.

Molded turkey pineapple salad sets chopped turkey, crushed pineapple, grapes, and celery in a savory gelatin made with chicken broth and pineapple juice. A retro luncheon classic.

End of summer beef stew packed with fresh tomatoes, corn, green beans, peas, potatoes, squash, and carrots. A garden-clearing one-pot meal for the season's last harvest.

Vegan garlic soup with three whole bulbs of fresh garlic, pearl barley, wild rice, potatoes, and mushrooms in a thyme-rosemary broth. A hearty, low-fat soup that improves overnight.