Recipe Sifter

A refined French-style red wine reduction sauce with sauteed shallots, balsamic vinegar, fresh thyme, and veal or beef stock. Rich, glossy, and built for grilled steak or veal.

Millet with yellow split peas toasted in cumin, turmeric, and coriander. A fragrant vegan Indian-spiced grain dish with nutty millet and creamy split peas. Naturally gluten-free.

Fennel, zucchini and tomato soup builds Mediterranean summer flavor from ripe tomatoes, sliced fennel bulbs, basil and white wine. A light, vegetarian first-course soup.

Loaf leavened with yeast. Requires a bread machine. Here's one of my favorite breads to make. The trick here is to use stone ground cornmeal, not the powdered/bleached variety. It gives the bread a great flavor, and a really nice coarse texture. The combination of ingredients give it a very different flavor than standard banana/nut or pan-baked corn bread.

A hearty bread machine loaf with whole wheat flour, oat bran, vital wheat gluten, and honey. High fiber, soft crumb, and completely hands-off.

A vegan 'chickenless' a la king: mushrooms, peppers, and peas in a creamy plant-milk sauce savory with tamari. Dairy-free and meat-free comfort spooned over rice, toast, or baked potatoes.

Fig and cherry cobbler with dried figs, cherry pie filling, cinnamon, and drop biscuit topping. A bubbly, old-fashioned fruit cobbler that starts hot and finishes at moderate heat.

French Canadian apple dumplings. Perfect with Canadian cheddar.

It definitely warmed me up instantly, a perfect dinner on a cold winter day. I used beef stock to increase the depth of flavour, and it certainly did the job. The soup was very tasty and loaded with nutrients from barley and beans. Made a large pot, and froze the remaining soup.

Crushed Heath bars stud creamy vanilla pudding layered over a buttery graham cracker crust, all topped with billowy whipped cream and a drizzle of caramel. This no-bake stunner comes together in minutes but tastes like you fussed for hours.

Pinto bean bread, a soft yeast loaf made with mashed pinto beans for extra protein, fiber, and a dense, tender crumb. Rustic and surprisingly good for sandwiches.

Traditional green tomato mincemeat with suet, raisins, apples, oranges, and warming spices simmered low for hours. A homestead recipe for filling pies, tarts, and turnovers from the late-season garden haul.

Kasha with porcini and white mushrooms, sauteed vegetables, and a finish of soy sauce baked in a casserole. Nutty buckwheat groats with deep, earthy mushroom flavor.

A colorful Balkan casserole packed with eggplant, cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, and zucchini baked in herbed broth. Serve it hot or cold with a rich toasted walnut sauce for a hearty plant-based meal.

Vegetable momos are Tibetan steamed dumplings with mixed vegetables, tofu, ginger, garlic, and garam masala wrapped in thin dough. Vegetarian Himalayan street food, served with hot momo sauce.

Apple phyllo rolls filled with sauteed cinnamon-brown sugar apples, rolled in crisp layered phyllo and finished with a vanilla glaze drizzle. A lightened mini strudel baked instead of fried.