Recipe Sifter

This moist cake is packed with chocolate flavor, and the pineapple topping adds extra delicious and refreshing fruitiness. Use half whole wheat flour and half canola oil to replace half white flour and butter to make it healthier but still rich and yummy enough to satisfy your taste buds.

Copycat Pappasito's creamy poblano soup with sauteed peppers, carrots, and onion in a butter-cream roux, finished with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Rich, spicy, and restaurant-quality.

Butternut squash soup with fresh ginger, garlic, and a bright squeeze of lime. Silky pureed soup finished with crispy fried ginger and toasted pumpkin seeds.

Classic French chocolate loaf cake bakes in a water bath for a dense, fudgy crumb with a thin crackly top. Semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, and whipped egg whites do the work. Flourless using cornstarch.

Nothing is quicker and easier than a delicious grilled cheese. Adding caramelized mushrooms into the cheese gives this grilled cheese extra yumminess.

Toasted hazelnuts and sage are cooked in browned butter, then toss in blanched sugar snap peas. This deliciously refreshing recipe makes your sugar snap peas sing.

Some cocoa powder, a little bit cayenne, cinnamon and nutmeg make these popcorn balls taste uniquely delicious. They are chocolaty with a little bit spicy. The cinnamon sugar gives the warm crunchy coating.

High-fiber whole wheat buttermilk pancakes brightened with a hit of orange zest. Nutty, tender, and naturally wholesome. A 30-minute breakfast that feels indulgent.

Galatoboureko is a Greek custard pie with semolina filling baked in buttered phyllo pastry and soaked in cinnamon-lemon syrup. A traditional dessert with crispy, syrup-drenched layers.

Anniversary burgers: tender beef patties with horseradish, thyme, and dry mustard, grilled and brushed with melted butter-ketchup baste. Old-school cookout royalty.

Wholesome applesauce cake made from dried apples pureed at home, sweetened with honey, and built on whole wheat pastry flour. Naturally sweet and refined-sugar-free.

"A wonderful combination of flavors and the frosting is fantastic."

Almost caramelized onion never fails to add the flavor into dish, which is used in this recipe; steamed brussels sprouts were added at the end after onions were caramelized, which brought the tons of flavor into sprouts, toasted pistachios added some crunchiness and nutty taste. This has become one of our favorite ways to cook brussels sprouts.

In this recipe, we use whole wheat pastry flour and all purpose flour, reduce the amount of the sugar, let the cookies appear much more healthy.

If you can't find key lime juice, use lime juice instead. The crust is buttery and flakey, the filling is creamy, lime-y and smooth, and the meringue topping is light and fluffy. Perfect balance of the flavor and the texture.

Whole wheat-dredged chicken breasts pan-seared in olive oil and butter, finished with a quick port wine pan sauce. An elegant, low-fuss dinner ready in under an hour. Serve over rice with steamed Swiss chard.