Recipe Sifter

Spaghetti tossed with a quick vegetable sauce of fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, and green peppers sauteed with garlic, basil, and oregano. Ready in 30 minutes.

Super quick and easy to put together, and the salsa tastes so refreshing and delicious. Serve it with store-bought or homemade tortilla chips.

Beef and sausage chili built on a scratch-made ancho chile sauce, with green chiles, tomato, cumin and Mexican oregano. Rehydrated dried anchos give it deep, smoky flavor you can dial up to taste. No beans.

Red beans and brown rice with chili powder, cumin, and coriander, served with a fresh tomato-jalapeno-lime salsa. A hearty, spice-forward one-pot meal from dried beans.

Piperies Orektiko, a Greek roasted pepper salad with oven-blistered sweet peppers, onion, oregano, and olive oil vinaigrette. A simple mezze appetizer.

A lighter Cajun mayo made with light mayonnaise and low-fat yogurt, seasoned with cumin, oregano, cayenne, and garlic salt. Mix it up a day ahead and let the spices meld overnight.

No need to buy chili seasoning or taco spice mix. It's easy to make your own and it's not loaded with salt and MSG!

Crockpot menudo, the traditional Mexican tripe and hominy soup made easy in the slow cooker. Tender tripe, posole, chile, and a calf's foot simmer all day into a rich, deeply savory bowl.

Vegetarian fava bean burgers with oats, wheat germ, shredded carrots, and Italian herbs. Pan-fried and oven-finished for a crispy outside and firm, set center.

Italian herb bread machine recipe with whole wheat flour, oregano, basil, garlic, and applesauce for moisture. A hands-off one-pound loaf with no oil or butter.

A savory and delicious soup made with juicy tomatoes, chickpeas and succulent veal sausage.

Tender white fish simmered in garlicky tomato sauce with white wine, basil, and oregano. A healthy Mediterranean-style dinner ready in 35 minutes.

Homemade marinara sauce with pureed Italian plum tomatoes, garlic, and fresh parsley simmered with bay leaves. A simple meatless pasta sauce ready in about 30 minutes.

Broiled zucchini planks topped with garlic, basil, oregano and parmesan, blistered under the broiler until tender with a browned cheesy crust. A fast, low-carb side that's ready in minutes.

Tuna chili Texas-style with kidney beans, tomatoes, bell pepper, chili powder, cumin, and red wine vinegar. A quick microwave chili that swaps ground beef for canned tuna.

Pseftokeftedes are Santorini tomato fritters mixing chopped Roma tomatoes, scallions, garlic, mint, and oregano into a pancake-style batter, fried crisp in olive oil. Vegetarian Greek meze.