Recipe Sifter

Cream-style potato soup with diced potatoes, celery, onion, dill, and chives. Made creamy with skim milk and flour, no actual cream required. Lighter than traditional potato soup.

Potato tikki with almonds, jalapeno, and bell pepper, pan-fried until crispy and served with a creamy almond-cilantro chutney. A vegan Indian-inspired appetizer or snack.

Potatoes Rio Grande with boiled potato cubes tossed in a skillet with green chiles, garlic, stewed tomatoes, and bell pepper, topped with melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex potato side dish.

Potted herrings in Guinness bake rolled herring fillets in a stout-and-vinegar bath with onion, bay, cloves, and peppercorns. Classic Irish preserved fish, served cold.

Practically fat-free York gingerbread bars made with pureed carrots, buttermilk, fresh ginger, and molasses. No butter, no oil. Moist crumb with bright orange zest and a cinnamon-sugar top.

Three-ingredient primavera cream sauce with heavy cream, butter, and Parmesan melted into a silky coating for pasta or spring vegetables. Quick Italian-style white sauce ready in 10 minutes.

Classic French Provencale sauce: a rich brown sauce brightened with chopped ripe tomato and fresh garlic. A versatile 3-ingredient pan sauce for steak, chicken, pasta, and roasted vegetables.

Stuffed celery with provolone cheese, minced ham, butter, and Worcestershire sauce. A 5-minute no-cook appetizer that fills 15 to 20 celery pieces.

Old-fashioned pickled prunes simmered in a sweet vinegar brine with cinnamon, whole cloves, and allspice. A tangy-sweet condiment perfect alongside roasted meats or on a cheese board.

Flambeed peaches in a port wine and cherry jelly sauce with cinnamon and lime, spooned over lemon ice cream. A dramatic tableside dessert that goes from chafing dish to plate in 20 minutes.

Pumpernickel bread for the bread machine with rye and whole wheat flour, molasses, cocoa powder, caraway seeds, and golden raisins. Dark, dense, and deeply flavored.

Diabetic pumpkin custard: a sugar-free single-serve pumpkin custard sweetened with saccharin and baked in a water bath. A light fall dessert for anyone watching carbs.

Low-fat pumpkin raisin cake made with egg whites, no butter, and pumpkin pie spice. Served with a strained yogurt cream sauce for a lighter fall dessert.

Pumpkin soup with split peas, bacon, onion, and thyme simmered in vegetable stock until the peas and pumpkin are tender. A hearty, thick autumn soup with Caribbean roots.

Tea and fruit nectar punch with simple syrup and soda water. Use peach, mango, pear, or apricot nectar for a fizzy, refreshing party drink. Chill before serving.

Pumpkin butter with brown sugar, orange juice, lemon zest, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves simmered until thick and spreadable. A fall breakfast spread for toast and English muffins.