Recipe Sifter

Baked spaghetti pie with a pasta crust, cottage cheese layer, seasoned ground turkey filling, and melted mozzarella. A lighter take on spaghetti casserole using egg whites.

Baked spaghetti pie with a pasta crust, creamy cottage cheese layer, seasoned turkey filling, and bubbly mozzarella on top. A lighter spin on classic baked spaghetti that feeds eight.

Quick beef spaghetti sauce with ground beef, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, and a glug of white wine stirred in near the end. Ready while the pasta boils.

Spaghetti with lentils in a slow-simmered tomato sauce with red wine, basil, oregano, and thyme. A hearty vegetarian pasta dinner with protein-rich lentils instead of meat.

Vegetarian Spanish rice cooked with tomato paste, bell peppers, celery, garlic, and paprika in vegetable stock. A one-pot side dish loaded with flavor.

Homestyle beef meatballs with oats simmered in a spicy tomato sauce with green peppers, onion, and cayenne. Serve over buttered rice for a filling weeknight dinner.

Tex's chili with coarse-ground beef, kidney beans, both hot and mild ground chiles, cumin, oregano, and Worcestershire sauce simmered for an hour. A big-batch Texas-style chili with real ground chile heat.

Tex-Mex corn macaroni with green chilies, bell peppers, fresh tomatoes, and chili-oregano seasoning. A naturally gluten-free pasta dinner using corn pasta.

Ground beef and minced bacon browned with a generous pour of garlic and jalapeños, seasoned with toasted cumin seeds and oregano. Panhandle-style means bold, beanless, and built on smoky bacon fat.

Texiana shrimp and rice, Tex-Mex one-pot with green chiles, toasted cumin, oregano, and shrimp simmered into pilaf-style rice. Border-state weeknight seafood main with cilantro and scallions on top.

Homemade salad dressing with garlic, oregano, red bell pepper, dry mustard, and white wine vinegar. A from-scratch vinaigrette loaded with fresh aromatics. 12 ingredients, 5 minutes.

Beef and pork chili with four pounds of ground meat, pinto beans, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, cumin, and oregano simmered for two hours. A big-batch, no-shortcuts meat chili topped with cheddar.

Tofu quiche with broccoli, cheese, and picante sauce blended into a creamy, high-protein filling. A lighter, lower-calorie twist on classic quiche.

Ripe tomatoes hollowed out and stuffed with seasoned rice, cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon, and sauteed green pepper, then baked until bubbly. A showstopping side dish in 40 minutes.

Fresh tomato-basil pasta sauce with red bell peppers, mushrooms, garlic, and oregano. Made from ripe tomatoes in under an hour, chunky or pureed smooth.

Vegetarian Mexican lasagna layered with corn tortillas, kidney beans, black olives, green peppers, tomato sauce, and cheddar cheese sauce. Easy, hearty, and crowd-ready.