Recipe Sifter

Homemade blueberry liqueur infuses crushed berries in vodka with lemon peel and clove for a deep ruby-purple cordial. A long, slow steep delivers a gift-worthy fruit liqueur.

Minted quinoa fruit salad with strawberries, kiwi, and mandarin oranges tossed in a pureed mint-yogurt-orange juice dressing. A light, refreshing grain salad served chilled.

Swiss chard leaves rolled around a filling of mashed potatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, and roasted pepper, baked tender and drizzled with silky pureed carrot sauce. Vegan comfort food.

Nonalcoholic white sangria punch with white grape juice, pink grapefruit juice, lime juice, and sparkling soda water. A fizzy alcohol-free party punch for baby showers, brunches, and family gatherings.

Haricot Vert are tender French string beans. Use regular string beans if your supermarket doesn't carry them.

Dried prunes, apricots, and pears slow-cooked with vanilla bean, lemon zest, and a touch of sugar until thick and jammy. Make it on the stovetop or set-and-forget in a crockpot.

Asian vegetable salad with pineapple, snow peas, carrots, red bell peppers, and watercress in a pineapple-ginger-soy sesame dressing. A light, colorful make-ahead side for barbecues and potlucks.

Ritz crackers sandwiched with peanut butter and dipped in melted chocolate. A 3-ingredient no-bake treat that's salty, sweet, crunchy, and ridiculously addictive.

Slow cooker ham hocks and lima beans simmered with red bell pepper, tomatoes, bay, and clove. A smoky, soul-food classic that cooks itself while you're at work.

Spinach salad with sliced fennel, cubed Granny Smith apple, and red onion, tossed with a celery seed dressing. A crisp, refreshing salad ready in 15 minutes.

Bread machine chocolate cherry bread with dried cherries, chocolate chips, Triple Sec, molasses, and orange zest. A rich, sweet yeast loaf with a boozy twist.

A delicious bread is made with both all-purpose and whole wheat flour. Applesauce and apple butter give the bread soft texture and moist mouth-feel. Breakfast, snack or a side with main dish, you can enjoy it at any time during the day.

Homemade ginger liqueur made by steeping crystallized ginger in vodka with sugar syrup for two weeks. Just 3 ingredients for a spicy, warming spirit with real ginger kick.

Lemon apple marmalade made with just four ingredients: lemons, Granny Smith apples, water, and sugar. No added pectin needed since the apples provide natural pectin.

This frittata can be used in many ways, breaklfast, lunch, dinner, whatever you want, and you can add all kinds of stuff in it, and always satisfy you!

Oatmeal cranberry nut cookies loaded with rolled oats, whole berry cranberry sauce, toasted almonds, molasses, and warm spice. A soft, chewy holiday cookie that uses up leftover cranberry sauce.