Recipe Sifter

Pappa Al Pomodoro (Thick Tomato and Bread Soup) recipe

A delicious pizza sauce with just the right chunkiness that delivers a well-balanced flavor to compliment your toppings of choice.

One-pan roasted salmon with asparagus, new potatoes, lemon, and dill. Complete healthy dinner ready in 35 minutes with minimal cleanup and maximum flavor.

Homemade Mexican Spanish rice toasted golden in a skillet with tomatoes, garlic, onions, and bell pepper. This easy one-pot side dish simmers to fluffy, savory goodness in just 35 minutes.

Homemade balti sauce with onions, ginger, garlic, tomato, and warming spices blended smooth. Your base for any balti curry, ready in 45 minutes. Endlessly customizable.

Vegan lentil vegetable soup with mushrooms, potato, carrots, celery, and bell pepper, simmered in herbed broth. Half-pureed for body, lifted with fresh lemon juice.

Add some fun to a dinner party with this delicious dip that goes well with tortilla chips and salted crackers.

This cheesy and creamy dip is great with pita bread/chips or crackers. Best served hot or warm.

Crab or tuna cakes bind crumbled crackers, red pepper, parsley, and herbs into golden oven-baked seafood patties. A lighter, no-fry baked-not-fried version of the classic.

Say goodbye to soggy slaw with this crisp buttermilk herbed coleslaw recipe. A light, creamy buttermilk dressing pairs with fresh chives and parsley for a bright, flavorful side dish perfect with BBQ!

I used very little green bell pepper (only had a half pepper on hand), but added frozen peas and sliced fresh mushrooms instead. I also ad libbed a little more by spicing it up with a good pinch of my homemade garam masala. Delicious.

Reasonably easy to put together, and it came out quite tasty. A good weeknight meal if you have rice or noodle or bread on the side.

Kahlua chili: ground beef chili spiked with coffee liqueur, served Cincinnati-style over spaghetti with cheddar and onion. The coffee-and-cocoa background note that makes it work.

Baked Cornish game hens stuffed with a buttery mushroom, celery, and herb mixture and roasted low until tender, then blasted hot to crisp the skin. Individual servings ready for a dinner party.

Kashmiri lamb stew (gosht): tender lamb in a creamy cashew-and-yogurt gravy with warm whole spices, tomatoes and potatoes. A rich, aromatic Indian curry, gently spiced rather than fiery.

Portuguese style goat, a leg of kid rubbed with a garlic, paprika, bay, and pancetta paste, then roasted until tender and served with rice. A rustic, deeply seasoned Portuguese roast.