Recipe Sifter

Hamburger cookies made with vanilla wafers as buns, chocolate mint cookies as patties, green-tinted coconut as lettuce, and sesame seed tops. A fun no-bake kids' treat.

A lighter chocolate strawberry cheesecake made with nonfat cottage cheese, neufchatel, and cocoa on a graham cracker crust. All the creamy richness with a fraction of the guilt.

Molded turkey pineapple salad sets chopped turkey, crushed pineapple, grapes, and celery in a savory gelatin made with chicken broth and pineapple juice. A retro luncheon classic.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter candy bar made with oats, raisins, and coffee. Mix, roll into a log, freeze, and slice. A low-cal sweet fix with zero oven time.

Roasted red potato salad with fresh corn, cucumber, tomato, and a cilantro vinaigrette. No mayo, just olive oil and vinegar for a light summer side.

Mint white chocolate mousse folds melted white chocolate, green creme de menthe, whipped cream, and egg whites into a pale, airy dessert. A refreshing dinner-party finish.

Grated apple pie with coarsely shredded unpeeled apples, sugar, and cinnamon in a lattice-topped crust dotted with butter. A unique twist on classic apple pie where grating creates a dense, jammy filling.

Sweet and sour apples, crunchy and savory celeries, nutty and salty peanuts, and a lemon-dijon dressing make a delicious, light yet refreshing salad.

Hot and spicy chicken soft tacos with a red chile, curry, and cumin spice rub. A quick marinated chicken taco recipe with bold heat and tender stovetop-seared flavor.

Soutzouki, the traditional Greek grape-and-walnut candy. A chewy grape-juice gel thickened with pectin, studded with whole walnuts and rolled into a log to slice. Naturally fruit-sweet, no candy thermometer needed.

3-ingredient chocolate pecan clusters made in the microwave. Milk chocolate chips and broken pecans spooned into candy cups and chilled until firm. No baking required.

Plum conserve with oranges and walnuts: a rich, old-fashioned preserve of plums and whole ground oranges simmered with raisins and sugar, studded with walnuts. A nutty, jammy spread for toast and cheese.

Old-fashioned white holiday fudge loaded with brazil nuts, pecans, walnuts, candied cherries, and pineapple. A cooked cream fudge that chills overnight and makes over 100 pieces for holiday gift giving.

This colorful version of corn chowder features a medley of spices and fills the kitchen with aroma.

Milk-enriched pizza dough that bakes up tender and softly chewy with a deep golden crust. The milk swap turns standard pizza dough into a pillowier base for any topping.

Luscious frozen yogurt pie spreads vanilla frozen yogurt over a graham-and-carob crumb crust, freezes solid, and finishes with a drizzle of carob-peanut sauce. A 4-ingredient no-bake freezer dessert.