Recipe Sifter

Chocolate raspberry truffles: milk chocolate ganache spiked with raspberry jam, rolled into bite-size balls and dipped in white chocolate. Four dozen no-bake confections for gifts or holiday tins.

Chocolate peanut butter scones with bittersweet chocolate hidden inside, chopped peanuts throughout, and a brown sugar dough. A bakery-style treat with a melting chocolate center.

A thick, creamy chowder loaded with chicken breast, rotini pasta, broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower in a milk-based broth topped with Parmesan. Hearty and lighter than it looks.

A spicy and delicious dish that calls for canned tomatoes, red chili peppers and rice flour.

Sherry-marinated beef stir-fried with cauliflower, roll-cut carrots, and black mushrooms in a Szechuan peppercorn sauce with black bean paste and Chinkiang vinegar. Authentic wok cooking with serious depth of flavor.

Easy tamale pie tops a quick ground beef chili with a corn muffin batter, then bakes everything until the cornbread is golden and cheddar melts into pools. Weeknight Tex-Mex casserole in 45 minutes.

Mexican sandwiches with seasoned ground beef, longhorn cheese, olives, salsa, and tomato sauce stuffed into hollowed-out rolls and baked in foil until melty.

Laksa: a rich, fragrant Southeast Asian noodle soup with coconut cream, fish, kaffir lime, lemongrass, and fresh chili over rice vermicelli. Layered spice and silky coconut in every spoonful.

Curried peanut chicken simmered with onion, bell pepper, and tomato in a spiced peanut butter gravy. A one-pot West African-inspired dish served over rice with bold, savory flavor.

Chicken and spinach stuffed shells pulverize cooked chicken breast with Italian seasoning, fennel, and spinach into a savory paste, then bake inside jumbo pasta shells under your favorite sauce.

Citrus grain salad with brown rice, fresh oranges, raisins, carrots, and parsley in a lemon-orange vinaigrette. Vegan, no-cook assembly, and served cold on lettuce.

These are great! Nice and healthy, big hit in our family.

Austrian Wiener Schnitzel seasoned with Worcestershire, mustard, and Parmesan, then breaded and pan-fried in butter. Served with a velvety tomato-cream sauce that steals the show.

Mole poblano with turkey and pork simmered in a two-chile sauce of mulato and pasilla peppers, almonds, peanuts, chocolate, and warm spices. Authentic Mexican flavor.

Raspberry souffle: a Chambord-spiked raspberry puree folded into stiff-peak egg whites, baked in a water bath until towering and puffed. Light, no-yolk, dramatic French dessert.

Herb-packed chickpea falafel patties loaded with cumin, basil, marjoram, thyme, and tahini, pan-fried until golden brown and stuffed into whole wheat pita pockets with fresh veggies.