Recipe Sifter

Slow cooker chicken breasts stuffed with a peanut butter and chopped peanut filling, simmered in a soy-honey-garlic sauce. Tender, slightly Thai-leaning, ready when you walk in the door. The crockpot does all the work.

Tender chicken simmered in a vibrant orange-tomato sauce with raisins, pimientos, and warm spices. This naturally gluten-free fiesta chicken serves up bold flavors over fluffy rice.

Hot curried broccoli slaw stir-fried with orange juice, maple syrup, and toasted curry powder. A tangy, sweet, tender-crisp side dish served over rice in just 30 minutes.

Three-layer cranberry cheese bars with a buttery oat crumble crust, tangy cream cheese filling, and whole berry cranberry sauce on top. Makes 24 bars for holiday baking trays.

Egg-free and dairy-free corn muffins made with cornmeal, flour, shortening, and vinegar. A simple, old-fashioned recipe that bakes up golden in 20 minutes with pantry staples and water instead of milk.

Chinese-style prawns stir-fried with fresh ginger in a rice wine, soy, and sesame sauce. From wok to plate in under 5 minutes of cooking time.

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Praline cream pie with a graham-praline crust, silky vanilla custard folded with crumbled pecan pralines, and pillowy whipped cream on top. A New Orleans dessert through and through.

Gelo di Mellone, a traditional Sicilian watermelon pudding thickened with cornstarch, studded with pistachios, chocolate, and candied citron, finished with cinnamon.

Burgundy and tarragon poached chicken simmers boneless breasts in chicken broth, red wine, and fresh tarragon, then thickens the poaching liquid into a glossy pan sauce. A lean French weeknight chicken with bistro elegance.

Fresh strawberry pie with whole berries standing in glossy cooked syrup. The cornstarch glaze sets clear and ruby-red around the fruit, then whipped topping finishes the slice. Diner-style summer pie.

Tender chicken breasts simmered in white wine and chicken broth with mushrooms, onion, and basil. A light, savory one-skillet dinner ready in about an hour.

Classic Swiss fondue with a full pound of Gruyère melted into dry white wine with kirsch and nutmeg. The authentic recipe for a fondue pot and crusty bread cubes.

Creamy strawberry cheesecake made with both cottage cheese and cream cheese for extra richness, baked in a graham cracker crust with a glossy homemade strawberry glaze.

Foolproof frying batter with flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and water. No eggs needed. Crispy, light, and works on any vegetable, fish, or seafood.

Oh So Good lemon meringue pie cooks the curd in a double boiler for foolproof scorch-free thickening, then crowns with classic French meringue. Bright fresh lemon flavor, no broken curd.