Recipe Sifter

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Loaded vegetarian vegetable soup with broccoli, cauliflower, squash, potatoes, lima beans, corn, and peas in a cumin and chili-spiced tomato broth.

Spiced TVP taco filling simmered with tomatoes, cumin, chili powder, and herbs. A high-protein, plant-based meat substitute for tacos, wraps, and burritos in under 45 minutes.

Slow cooker navy beans with pearl barley, millet, and bulgur wheat seasoned with rosemary, thyme, and oregano. Vegan, high-fiber, and as simple as it gets.

This is an authentic family recipe that my mother taught me in 1950 in New Orleans. It makes a great dinner party main dish. Like chinese food, it is long on chopping and assembling, but goes together and cooks rather quickly.

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.

This goes wonderfully with mashed potatoes and your favorite vegetable! The leftovers taste good in a pita pocket.

Overnight-marinated chicken fajitas loaded with Worcestershire, lime, cumin, liquid smoke, and a shot of tequila. Grilled, sliced, and piled onto warm tortillas with all the fixings.

Butter-poached shrimp baked in their shells with garlic, rosemary, cayenne, and a full tablespoon of paprika. The shells turn crispy while shrimp stay tender. Serve with crusty bread to soak up the spiced butter.

This delicious and refreshing pasta salad is easy to put together, and it's best served after being chilled, perfect on a hot summer day!

A succulent seafood dish that is sure to satisfy one's hunger and bring families together.

The classic Italian tomato sauce, great for any pasta dish or to add flavor any Italian style dish.

Spice-rubbed chicken thighs browned and simmered with collard greens, mushrooms, bell peppers, and tomatoes in a rich, gravy-like broth. Serve over rice for a soul-warming one-pot dinner.

Roasted winter squash and chicken thighs braise with prunes, garlic, cinnamon, and fresh orange into a North African-leaning one-pan dinner. Sweet, savory, and built for cold weather.

Whole rainbow trout baked in a creamy yogurt and herb sauce with parsley, chives, fennel, thyme, oregano, and tarragon. An elegant British-style fish supper ready in under an hour.

Greek gyro sandwiches blend ground beef and lamb with oregano, thyme, and garlic into thin patties, then tuck into pita with homemade cucumber-yogurt sauce and sliced onion. Street food classic done at home.