Recipe Sifter

Chilled leek and potato soup blended silky and lifted with Greek yogurt instead of cream, finished with fresh chives for a light vichyssoise that's vegetarian and summer-ready.

This delicious spaghetti sauce is loaded with heart healthy ingredients. After trying this sauce, you will always skip the store-bought ones.

These are better than ordinary sugar cookies because of the flavoring.

All veggies are young, fresh and full of spring garden aroma. Is there anything more lovely?

Ripe mangoes with the zesty kick of fresh orange juice and a tangy splash of lemon juice.

Lion's head meatballs are large Chinese pork and beef meatballs wrapped in bok choy leaves and steamed in the microwave, glazed with stir-fry sauce. Easy weeknight Chinese dinner.

Cranberry almond bundt cake with cornmeal and applesauce. A dairy-free leaning bundt with tart cranberries, ground almonds, and a soft golden crumb. Drizzle with glaze or dust with powdered sugar.

Freezer-prep hamburgers: portion, bundle, and freeze quarter-pound patties with their buns for grab-and-grill weeknight dinners. Cook straight from frozen on the grill or in a skillet. No thawing required.

Loaded macho nachos piled high with spicy bean dip, melted cheddar, guacamole, sour cream, and sliced jalapenos. This fiery Mexican appetizer is microwave-ready in minutes for game day or any party.

Banana bread with bran cereal and chewy dried apricots, baked into a hearty fiber-rich loaf with brown sugar warmth and a tender crumb. A wholesome breakfast quickbread.

Homemade granola bars sweetened with molasses and orange juice concentrate, packed with oats, raisins, apricots, sunflower seeds, wheat germ and sesame. Dense, cakey, and naturally fruit-sweetened.

Cool and creamy pumpkin pie folds whipped cream into a butterscotch-pudding pumpkin filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, then chills in a cinnamon-sugar-glazed crust. A no-bake pumpkin pie that skips the oven entirely.

Blender iced coffee whipped with chopped ice and powdered sugar into a frothy, frappuccino-style drink. Three ingredients, no espresso machine, ready in 5 minutes.

Double chocolate chip cookies loaded with cocoa, semi-sweet chips, and toasted pecans. A splash of cream keeps the centers fudgy while the edges crisp up beautifully.

Whole grain apple pancakes leavened with yeast and packed with bran, grated fresh apple, and apple juice. Thicker than regular pancakes, naturally egg-free, high-fiber, and sweet without a drop of added sugar.

A soup which is a combination of Mediterranean garlic soups with a 17th century East European fava beans soup. Quite good.