Recipe Sifter

Chocolate peanut butter cheesecake with a peanut-graham crust and dramatic marbled swirls of dark chocolate and peanut butter filling. The ultimate party showstopper.

Crispy fried eggplant: rounds salted to draw out any bitterness, then breaded in seasoned flour, egg and thyme-flecked crumbs and fried golden in butter and oil. Crisp outside, tender-not-mushy inside, finished with lemon.

Individual chicken pot pies with rosemary-infused cream sauce, sugar snap peas, carrots, and pearl onions under a puffed golden pastry lid. Dinner party-worthy comfort food.

This very old recipe is famous for the artistic, decorative sculpture arranged on top. The picture in the cookbook has the upper outer edge circled with a braid of dough and cut-outs of ducks arranged flat on the top.

Coffee cake that has coffee in the cake and in the glaze! Of course you can always enjoy a slice with a cup of coffee. Perfect as a morning or afternoon pick me up.

Make some heart shaped chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies for Valentine's Day. These cookies are made with oats, whole wheat flour, applesauce, chocolate chips, peanut butter, dried cranberries and walnuts. Delicious and wholesome.

A moist, lightly spiced snack cake. I have made this using butter or shortening, and both work fine. The butter method is a bit richer in flavor, though.

Apple filling moulded inside buttered bread. A simple preparation of a French style dessert.

The salty prosciutto and creamy goat cheese works deliciously well with the caramelized pears and maple candied walnuts. It's packed with deliciousness and it's also good for you.

Country rigatoni tosses pasta with cannellini bean broth, chicken, Italian sausage, escarole, broccoli, and Parmesan. A rustic Tuscan-style pasta with soul-warming depth.

New York-style persimmon cheesecake with a buttery shortcrust pastry, dense cream cheese filling swirled with persimmon puree, and an overnight chill. A seasonal showstopper for fall.

This is a fantastic recipe, tastes so great, it is one of the best meatloaf I have ever eaten.

This is a great dinner side dish to accompany almost any kind of meat, poultry, or fish. Or serve for lunch with a salad.

Triple strawberry cake: real strawberries three ways, reduced into the batter, folded into the cream cheese frosting, and layered fresh. A moist, intensely berry layer cake with no jello or fake flavor.

Chocolate mousse is a great dessert for entertaining because 1) it looks pretty, 2) everyone gets their own serving, and 3) you can make it a day ahead of time.

This savory tart is a delicious way to cook with your leafy-greens, such as kale, Swiss chard, collards and sweet potato or squash. The balsamic vinegar is used on both cooking greens and caramelizing the onions, which really adds a delicious hint, the feta cheese adds the nice cheesiness and well-balanced saltiness. It can be served as a main dish or a side dish!