Recipe Sifter

Bacon and bean soup simmers slivered bacon with kidney beans, carrots, celery and turnip in a thyme-scented beef broth. A hearty winter soup that tastes even better the next day.

Beef and root vegetable soup made the slow way: a from-scratch stock from meaty soup bones, then simmered with shank meat, barley, turnip, parsnip, and tomato. Hearty, deeply savory, and better the next day.

Cuban-style red bean soup built on a classic sofrito base, simmered low with potatoes and butternut squash for body. Hearty, plant-based, and finished with a slick of olive oil for that finca-kitchen depth.

Seared pork chops finished in the oven, served over a warm Granny Smith apple relish with curry, cinnamon, ginger, and toasted almonds. Sweet, tart, and warmly spiced for a grown-up fall dinner.

Ouisie's black bean soup with toasted cumin, thyme, carrots, celery, and chili flakes, half-pureed for body. Topped with sour cream, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.

Yellow split pea soup simmered with a ham bone, carrots, celery, and thyme for 3 hours until thick and smoky. A hearty, old-fashioned soup that turns a leftover ham bone into a full meal.

Classic osso buco with flour-dredged veal shanks braised in white wine and stock with carrots, celery, and onion, finished with a bright lemon-orange gremolata. A Milanese showpiece served over rice or pasta.

Home-style vegetable soup loaded with zucchini, carrots, chickpeas, spinach, mushrooms, and pasta in a tomato broth with Italian herbs. A filling one-pot meal.

Oil-free Cajun red beans and rice in the McDougall style, with the holy trinity of onion, pepper, and scallion simmered in a spiced tomato broth and spooned over brown rice. A fast, low-fat, plant-based dinner.

Louisiana seafood gumbo with shrimp, oysters, crab, smothered okra, and a deep-brown roux. Cajun-style one-pot bayou supper served over rice.

Italian barley soup slow-simmered for 3 hours with red wine, tomatoes, garlic, fresh herbs, and Parmesan. A thick, hearty vegetarian soup with deep, layered flavor from the long cook.

Creamy chicken wild rice soup made from scratch with homemade broth, earthy mushrooms, and fresh thyme. A lighter take on the Midwestern classic with sour cream stirred in for velvety richness.

Slow cooker ham hocks and lima beans simmered with red bell pepper, tomatoes, bay, and clove. A smoky, soul-food classic that cooks itself while you're at work.

Idaho-style saucey baked beans with pinto beans, salt pork, molasses, brown sugar, ketchup, and dry mustard, slow-baked for 3 to 4 hours until thick and saucy.

Easy spaghetti casserole layered with a from-scratch beef and mushroom tomato sauce, tangled spaghetti and sharp cheddar, then baked under a crunchy bread crumb crust. A bubbling, crowd-feeding weeknight bake.

Black-eyed peas and barley: a healthy one-dish casserole with onions, celery, pearl barley, and bay-thyme-rosemary herbs. Vegetarian and high-fiber, Southern-inspired and ready in just over an hour.