Recipe Sifter

Kahlua chili: ground beef chili spiked with coffee liqueur, served Cincinnati-style over spaghetti with cheddar and onion. The coffee-and-cocoa background note that makes it work.

Spicy cabbage beef soup made in the slow cooker: browned ground beef, cabbage and kidney beans simmered low in a tomato broth with picante sauce, cumin and a kick of heat. A hearty, hands-off, fill-you-up soup.

Chopped beef simmers with tomatoes, jalapeños, and beer for robust Southwestern chili that's better after resting an hour off the heat.

Reach the sky with this savory chili that will have your family hoping they can have the leftovers for dinner tomorrow.

Crispy Sri Lankan beef pasties with a spiced filling of minced beef, potato, curry leaves, cardamom, and coconut milk tucked into flaky homemade pastry and deep-fried golden.

Homemade chickpea hummus made with whole sesame seeds (in place of tahini) blended with lemon juice, garlic, cumin, cayenne and olive oil. A pantry-friendly Middle Eastern dip ready in 15 minutes.

This is the other dhal we made yesterday, when the cooking was close to the end, added some spinach that was cooked with garlic, dried hot chili peppers and mustard seeds, which gave the dhal extra zing and tang, another delicious dhal recipe, of course another good recipe that you can serve with naan bread and raita :)

Bon Appetit Vegetarian Chili with Chipotle Chilies recipe

Menudo with hominy: tender tripe and pork knuckle simmered with chili powder, cumin, oregano, and garlic, then finished with whole hominy. The traditional Mexican Sunday-morning soup.

Chili primero with smoked bacon, cubed round steak, pickled cactus, jalapenos, and masa harina thickening. Long-simmered Tex-Mex chili packed with deep, layered Southwestern flavor.

Beef is simmered with all these delicious vegetables, flavorful spices and wine. There are lots of flavors and textures in this delicious chili. A cozy recipe that helps to warm up your body

Indian apple chutney: apples, onion, raisins, and warm spices simmered in malt vinegar with cumin, ginger, and mustard. A sweet-tangy condiment that improves with age in the jar.

Singapore-style chicken satay marinated in curry, cumin, coriander, garlic, and lemon juice. Bamboo-skewered grilled chicken bites for parties, served with peanut sauce.

A quick eye opener in the morning with my coffee. I always have the ingredients on hand.

Quite tasty and filling. I used black bean instead of pinto beans, I also squeezed half of the lime juice into the dressing, and I omitted the tomatoes that I didn't have on hand. I did think a ripe yet juice tomatoes would add more great flavor. Served it on a bed of lettuce and home-baked tortilla chips.

Millet with yellow split peas toasted in cumin, turmeric, and coriander. A fragrant vegan Indian-spiced grain dish with nutty millet and creamy split peas. Naturally gluten-free.