Recipe Sifter

This traditional Southern dish is served on New Year's Day for good luck throughout the year

If you are a fan of beans you will simply love this scrumptious dish that will satisfy your tastebuds!

Mexican pot roast stuffed with bacon-wrapped garlic, rubbed in mustard, and braised in beer with jalapenos and cilantro. Fork-tender beef with a spicy blended sauce.

Nothing beats a tasty stew or an easy crockpot recipe that is stress free!

This is a Texas style red chili. Texas chili has no tomatoes but more importantly NO BEANS! Some of the ingredients I used, like the chocolate and the granulated chicken broth in lieu of salt, are non-traditional but I like the flavor it adds.

Try making this hearty soup in your crockpot by following this simple recipe you will love!

East Indian curry chicken from scratch, very mild.

For those who don't like the taste of meat, then try these scrumptious burgers made with rolled oats, mushrooms and soy sauce.

A succulent and scrumptious pot roast that is simmered to perfection with onions, carrots, tomatoes and dry red wine.

Crock-Pot chicken cacciatore slow-cooked in tomato paste, red wine, mushrooms, and Creole seasoning until the meat falls off the bone. A set-it-and-forget-it Italian-Cajun fusion served over pasta.

A slow-simmered marinara built on three layers of tomato, a splash of red wine, Italian herbs, and just enough red pepper flakes to earn the name "zesty." Low-fat, feeds a crowd, and freezes like a champ.

Rustic herb and barley stew with rabbit, leeks, garlic, and sage simmered until fall-off-the-bone tender. Pearl barley thickens the broth into a hearty, one-pot meal.

New Orleans seafood gumbo loaded with shrimp, hard-shell crab, and shucked oysters in a roux-thickened broth with okra and the holy trinity. Served over rice, Cajun style.

Pork stew with white beans and eggplant builds a rustic Provençal one-pot from browned pork shoulder, dry white wine, plum tomatoes, and tender eggplant simmered with thyme and bay.

Kiseli kupus, traditional Croatian whole-head sauerkraut fermented in a crock with garlic, horseradish, bay leaves, and red peppers. Ready in 40 days.

Polipi Veraci all'Aglio is Italian braised octopus with crushed garlic, cumin, bay leaf, and olive oil, slow-cooked in a sealed earthenware dish until tender. Finished with rosemary, parsley, and green pepper.