Recipe Sifter

Horenso hitashi, a classic Japanese blanched spinach side dish dressed in dashi, soy sauce, and sugar with toasted sesame seeds. Clean, simple, and ready in 20 minutes.

Hortosoupa: humble Greek vegetable soup with tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and onion simmered slow in olive oil. Peasant-style, vegan, and deeply satisfying.

Thai-style hot and sour vermicelli salad (yam wun sen) with mushrooms, garlic oil, lemon juice, and soy sauce. Vegetarian, light, and packed with texture.

"You're ready to invite the gang over for a last-minute party any time as long as you can pull this favorite from the freezer and pop it in the oven. Watch them go crazy! (Warning: habit forming!)"

Warm chicken and Granny Smith apple salad with Gorgonzola cheese, carrots, and a hot apple cider vinaigrette over fresh spinach. A fast microwave dinner salad.

Hot oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon, and sunflower seeds, ready in 15 minutes. A no-sugar-added, diabetic-friendly breakfast topped with milk or yogurt for a wholesome start.

Hot green chili with chicken (or pork), four pounds of green chiles, tomatillos, and a long slow simmer. Southwest-style chile verde thick enough to ladle over enchiladas, eggs, or grilled steak.

Huevos rancheros with poached eggs on steamed flour tortillas topped with a fresh tomato-chili sauce and grated cheddar. A quick Mexican-style breakfast for two that comes together in 35 minutes.

Hunter's minestrone with cubed beef, kidney beans, pasta shells, and red wine simmered for four hours in three stages. A hearty, meaty Italian soup built for cold weather.

Peanut butter ice cream sandwich made with graham crackers and vanilla ice milk. Three ingredients, no cooking, ready in five minutes flat.

Spiced drop cookies loaded with raisins, candied fruit, dates, and walnuts, topped with a vanilla icing. A fruitcake-style cookie perfect for holiday gift giving.

Honey butter cookie dough shaped into snakes with chocolate chip eyes and drizzled in cinnamon-honey sauce. A fun Halloween baking project kids love to make and eat.

Indian chicken pies with flaky lard-and-margarine pastry wrapped around garam masala-spiced chicken, mushrooms, and corn. Handheld curry-pot pies worth the weekend effort.

A succulent dish that's simple to make with this easy recipe that's hassle-free!

Individual tuna pizza on a crispy flour tortilla with pizza sauce, mushrooms, tomato, green pepper, and mozzarella. A quick, high-protein personal pizza ready in 20 minutes.

Indoor beef kebabs broiled right in your oven, no grill required. Sirloin cubes soak in a sesame-soy marinade with brown sugar and lemon, then skewer up with mushrooms, zucchini, pepper, and pearl onions.