Recipe Sifter

"'With fresh mushrooms, plum tomatoes and herbs to spice up its flavor, this dish tastes like summertime to me,' says Jacqueline Graves of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Chock-full of garden goodness, the chunky sauce cooks up quickly, too."

Authentic Middle Eastern falafel made from dried chickpeas soaked overnight and deep-fried golden. Crispy exterior with fluffy interior, perfect in pita with tahini sauce.

Lacy, crisp pecan cookies made with just 5 ingredients: egg white, brown sugar, flour, salt, and chopped pecans. A dainty, old-fashioned tea party cookie that bakes in 10 minutes flat.

Garlic-rubbed pork spareribs baked low and slow under a tropical glaze of pineapple, chili sauce, brown sugar, ginger, and dry mustard. Sticky, sweet, tangy, and falling off the bone.

Turkish lamb pita burgers blend ground lamb and turkey with bulgur, toasted coriander and cumin, allspice, and cinnamon. Tucked into warm whole-wheat pitas with herbed yogurt and tomato-onion salad. Eastern Mediterranean flavors for 6.

Traditional Jewish tzimmes with beef, carrots, sweet potatoes, prunes, and dried apricots braised in orange juice. A sweet and savory one-pot holiday dish simmered low and slow until fork-tender.

Chinese grilled short ribs butterflied into a single accordion strip and marinated in peanut butter, curry, sesame oil, soy, and rice wine. Smoky, tender, unusual.

Hot pot is a traditional Chinese cuisine, you can add whatever you want and boil them for a while, easy and quick, this vegetarian hot pot you can aslo add any kind of meat you want, they go very well together.

No-bake peanut butter chocolate breakfast bar loaded with crisp rice cereal and raisins. Ready in 10 minutes, frozen for a grab-and-go morning treat that keeps you fueled.

Waldorf red cake is the original 1920s Waldorf-Astoria red velvet cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and vinegar, finished with the classic ermine (cooked flour) frosting that ages out a true red velvet from cream cheese cake.

Flaky phyllo spirals filled with walnuts, pistachios, candied orange peel, and orange blossom water, baked golden and soaked in lemon syrup. A baklava-style treat that makes about 42 pieces.

Walnut quick bread with cinnamon and a tender crumb, no yeast needed. Served sliced with honey-whipped cream cheese for a breakfast loaf or afternoon snack.

Hearty West Indies pepper pot soup loaded with short ribs, stew beef, sweet potatoes, kale, spinach, and okra. A thick, meaty Caribbean stew that simmers into rich, layered comfort.

White turnip soup pureed smooth with bread for body, finished with egg yolks and cream for a velvety French-style potage. A humble root vegetable transformed into an elegant first course.

Whole-wheat oatmeal raisin cookies with walnuts, brown sugar, and quick oats. Chewy fiber-rich version of the classic, baked from a quick one-bowl batter.

A tropical fruit salad of papaya, kiwi, starfruit, and strawberries tossed in a spicy jalapeno-lime-cilantro dressing. Sweet, tangy heat in every bite.