Recipe Sifter

Pasticcio di Maccheroni, the Greek baked pasta casserole layered with spiced ground beef, macaroni, grated cheese, and a rich béchamel crown.

Simple potato vegetable stew with cabbage, kale, carrots, and celery in a lightly seasoned broth. A vegan, fat-free comfort stew that comes together with pantry staples.

Baked ziti casserole with broccoli, mushrooms, and walnuts in a homemade Parmesan-cheddar cream sauce. A make-ahead vegetarian pasta bake the whole family will love.

Tomato vegetable broth with carrots, parsnips, turnip, celery, and an onion stuck with cloves simmered slow with fresh herbs. A clean, deeply flavored homemade vegetable stock that beats anything from a box.

Creamy corn chowder with leeks, carrots, and potatoes simmered in chicken broth, then puréed smooth and enriched with evaporated milk: light, comforting, ready in 30 minutes.

Salmon steaks coated in mayo and flour-dill mixture, browned, then baked on a bed of rice cooked with vegetables and bouillon: complete one-dish meal ready in 45 minutes.

Mexican meatball soup (albondigas) with pork-beef meatballs, raw rice inside, simmered with tomatoes, garlic, chili, yerba buena, and bread-cumin thickener, finished with carrots and peas.

A spicy and scrumptious dish made with cabbage, potatoes and hot green peppers.

I wanted to share a recipe which I have been making this winter for my family. It is a good cold weather dish. It makes enough for a crowd my family (2 adults and 3 teens) only eat about half. This can be made ahead and chilled until ready to use.

Hearty vegetable beef soup packed with potatoes, barley, winter squash, carrots, celery, peppers, and green beans in a tomato-thyme broth. A big-batch fridge-clearer that feeds 12 and improves overnight.

Amazing Stuffed Leg of Duck with Red Wine Sauce recipe

Applesauce carrot and raisin bread is a butter-free quickbread sweetened with applesauce, lifted with cinnamon and shredded carrot, and studded with golden raisins.

Silky blended vegetable soup combines turnips, potatoes, leeks, and carrots in chicken broth, finished with cream and fresh dill.

Eggs are poached into assorted vegetables and tomato sauce, with the melted cheese on top. This is a quick, easy, delicious, healthy and economical dish!

Chinese stir-fried assorted vegetables in a glossy clear sauce with carved carrots, turnips, mushrooms, baby corn, and optional crab. A showpiece side dish from the wok.

A soup this hearty makes a wonderful morning meal by itself or served with whole grain bread.