Recipe Sifter

Layered baked spaghetti casserole with a homemade tomato gravy, cheddar cheese, and crispy seasoned breadcrumbs. Feeds 10 hungry people and freezes like a charm for easy meal prep.

Apple cream cheese coffeecake with a tender almond-scented crumb and cinnamon-sugar apples baked right on top. The cream cheese in the batter keeps every slice moist for days.

Pasta with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sauce recipe

Vegetarian quinoa and bean soup with shiitake mushrooms, sauerkraut, sesame oil, and tamari. An earthy, umami-rich vegan soup with Eastern European and Asian flavors.

Hungarian potato and egg casserole with sliced boiled potatoes layered in sour cream and onion, hard-boiled eggs in the center, topped with paprika bread crumbs.

This easy yet tasty chicken casserole is a great weekend lunch or dinner option.

Try something quick and new for breakfast with this scrumptious dish that's tasty down to the last bite.

Spaghetti tossed with toasted walnuts, black olives, pimientos, garlic oil, and Parmesan. A no-sauce Mediterranean pasta that's nutty, briny, and endlessly satisfying.

Homemade Cajun spice blend with paprika, filé powder, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, and fennel. Ornish-friendly with no added fat. Makes 2 cups in 10 minutes flat.

German sauerkraut salad with ham and grapes in a honey-yogurt dressing. A quick no-cook side that balances tangy kraut with sweet fruit and savory julienned ham, ready in 10 minutes.

Southern hush puppies with creamed corn, chopped onions, and cornmeal batter. Drop by spoonfuls into hot oil, fry until golden for moist, slightly sweet cornbread fritters.

This is actually fairly easy to make, the only time consuming part was peeling the eggplant and chopping vegetables.

Flourless-style chocolate cake made with egg whites, cocoa, ground almonds, coffee, and orange zest. No butter, no yolks, ultralight yet intensely chocolatey. Kosher-friendly and naturally low in fat.

Shrimp risotto with fresh Roma tomatoes and sun-dried tomato pesto stirred into creamy arborio rice. White wine-glazed shrimp spooned on top to finish.

Halloween hairball salad: walnut-sized balls of mashed avocado and alfalfa sprouts rolled up and perched on grated carrots, finished with Italian dressing. Kid-friendly ghoulish fun.

Old-fashioned fruit dessert salad with pineapple chunks, sliced bananas, and marshmallows tossed in a hot custard sauce made from pineapple juice and cream.