Recipe Sifter

Mashed ripe bananas swirl through vanilla cake batter with cinnamon-almond streusel in this bundt-style brunch coffeecake. Dust with powdered sugar for an elegant finish.

Linguine tuna salad with canned tuna, green peas, tomatoes, and scallions in a lemon-Italian herb dressing. A cold pasta salad that chills to let the flavors blend.

Thick, creamy New England seafood chowder packed with haddock, scallops, lobster, and tender potatoes. A hearty bowl of coastal comfort ready in 45 minutes.

Spice roasted chickpeas turn a can of garbanzos into a crunchy, snackable handful, tossed with freshly toasted cumin and coriander, a pinch of cayenne, and coarse salt. High in fiber, vegetarian, and hard to stop eating.

Linguine tossed with broccoli, garlic, cherry tomatoes, and Parmesan in a light chicken broth sauce with red pepper flakes. Dinner on the table in 25 minutes flat.

Quick chicken pot pie with creamy vegetable filling topped with golden biscuit pieces for a comforting weeknight dinner ready in 35 minutes using shortcuts.

Grand Marnier chocolate pecan torte: a flourless ground-pecan chocolate cake laced with orange liqueur, glazed with silky chocolate ganache, and crowned with whipped cream rosettes and fresh orange slices. A showpiece dinner party dessert.

One-skillet chicken and rice with Italian sausage, red peppers, tomatoes, cumin, and olives. A Spanish-inspired arroz con pollo vibe ready in under an hour.

This chocolate fudge cake hides two secret ingredients: beer for depth and sauerkraut for moisture. Rich, dark, and unbelievably tender with optional raisins and nuts.

Hearty chicken and leek soup with pearl barley, carrots, and celery simmered from a whole chicken. A rustic, filling bowl with chewy barley and meltingly soft leeks.

Creamy asparagus potato soup pureed silky smooth with nutmeg, mace, and topped with freshly grated Parmesan. A warming, elegant bowl that's easy enough for a weeknight.

Spinach moong dal: tender yellow split mung beans simmered with spinach, tamarind and turmeric, finished with a sizzling tadka of mustard seeds, fenugreek and dried chiles. South Indian comfort food.

Invite some East Indian flavors into your home with this scrumptious dish made with potatoes and a variety of spices.

Whole wheat penne tossed in a creamy spinach sauce made from blended goat cheese, cream cheese, and garlic. Ready in 25 minutes with just 8 ingredients.

Pressure-cooked beef roast shredded into a rich tomato-clam broth with mushrooms, onions, and garlic creates an unexpected fusion goulash with Hungarian-seafood soul.

Baked chicken Garibaldi pulls roasted chicken off the bone, drapes it in a red wine and mushroom gravy, blankets with Parmigiano, and bakes au gratin. Italian-American throwback finished with toasted almonds and parsley.