Recipe Sifter

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.

Tender strips of tripe slow-braised in tomato sauce with red wine, garlic, herbs, and a hit of lemon zest, finished with freshly grated Parmesan. A rustic Italian classic served over pasta.

This soup was such a comfy dish that was just perfect on a cold winter day. The combination was so hearty and it was also very flavourful. Not too hard to make, and I will be making this soup again soon.

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.

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

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.

A robust beef and pork chili from legendary chef Pierre Franey with coarse-ground meat, kidney beans, chile caribe, and a rich tomato-beef broth. Ready in 40 minutes.

Cuban-style picadillo with capers, pimento-stuffed olives, burgundy wine, and a touch of nutmeg. Ground beef braised in a savory-sweet sofrito. Serve over rice with plantains.

Pizza soup with stewed tomatoes, pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, basil and oregano, topped with broiled mozzarella. All the flavor of pizza in a chunky bowl.

Slow-simmered Italian tomato sauce with ground beef, San Marzano-style plum tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, and oregano. Rich, thick, and built for pasta night.

Vegetarian party pate made from pinto beans, TVP, and shiitake mushrooms with mirin and mace, baked in a water bath and served cold on crackers.

Nice vegan soup. Interesting method, surprising a bit. I used fresh oregano. Thanks.

Cuban-style black beans and rice with sofrito of onion, garlic, and green pepper, finished with a splash of vinegar, hot sauce, and honey. Served with a tableside oil-and-vinegar drizzle.