Recipe Sifter

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Dilled cucumber salad with shredded cucumber, green onions, and fresh dill in thickened yogurt. A cool, creamy low-fat side dish similar to tzatziki.

Roast duckling glazed with orange marmalade and concentrated OJ, finished with a luscious cherry-red wine sauce. A sweet-savory showpiece that's surprisingly easy to pull off.

Takes about 45 min. to make, plus another 12 - 15 minutes to finish cooking. Makes a very chunky, hearty stew. Adding more water will make it a soup.

Beef barley soup built on a slow-simmered beef shin broth with carrots, parsnips, celery, and tomato, finished with chewy pearl barley. A hearty one-pot meal that doubles as a side of horseradish-dressed beef.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a griddle, not baked. Yeast dough rolled, cut, dusted with cornmeal, and griddled into the classic nooks-and-crannies muffins. Freezer friendly.

Edible aquarium dessert cups with blue gelatin and suspended gummy fish. A playful, kid-friendly no-bake treat that comes together in minutes.

Eggplant and pasta shells in a tomato-wine sauce with mushrooms, green pepper, red onion, and oregano. An oil-free vegetarian pasta sauteed in water and vinegar.

Eggplant manicotti stuffs pasta shells with garlic-roasted eggplant, charred red pepper, and tomato, then tops them with a creamy spinach-cottage cheese sauce. A lighter take on the Italian classic.

Eggplant a la Provencale layers golden olive-oil-fried eggplant slices under a slow-simmered tomato, garlic, and parsley sauce. A chilled French summer appetizer or salad.

Espresso Romano brewed in a stovetop moka pot and served with a twist of lemon peel. A classic Italian coffee ritual with bright citrus aroma and zero calories.

Pan-fried fish in seasoned flour with a sharp rosemary, garlic, and white wine vinegar pan sauce. A Greek-style fish dish with bright, piquant flavors built right in the skillet.

Food processor pastry makes a flaky pie crust in minutes with just flour, salt, shortening, and cold water. Pulse to coarse meal, add water, chill, and roll. No hand-cutting butter required.

Dutch oven raspberry cobbler with yellow cake mix and 7UP: a four-ingredient campfire dessert with bubbling raspberry filling and golden cake topping. Easy and crowd-pleasing.

French country soup with beef shank, cabbage, turnips, rutabaga, green beans, and elbow macaroni in a tomato broth seasoned with cloves. A hearty pot-au-feu style meal that simmers for hours.

A sophisticated, yet succulent lamb dish made with soy sauce and onion soup mix.