Recipe Sifter

Killer shrimp: fiery herb-and-garlic broth with rosemary, thyme, fennel, and red pepper, simmered long then poached shrimp added at the end. Eaten with your fingers and plenty of bread.

Georgian chicken with tkemali-style plum sauce: whole chickens broiled with butter, served under a tart plum sauce spiked with garlic, coriander, and red pepper. A Caucasus classic.

Delicate rainbow trout fillets hit the grill for just 4 minutes, then get drizzled with a bright lime-ginger oil spiked with red pepper flakes.

Homemade Swiss breakfast muesli mixes rolled oats with cinnamon, raisins, apricots, dates, almonds and sunflower seeds. Make a big batch and cook a hot, high-fiber bowl in minutes any morning.

Try a delicious, but different kind of applesauce that is made with cranberry juice and lemon juice which gives it a nice zing.

Simple green lentil salad dressed with red wine vinegar and olive oil while still warm. This protein-packed side dish is earthy, satisfying, and ready in under an hour.

Garlic asparagus finished with a bright squeeze of lime instead of the usual lemon. Fresh spears sauteed with garlic, shallots, and a little butter for a fast, light vegetable side.

If you don't know how to make them, then try this smores recipe that will have you hooked!

DIY Halloween makeup uses pantry corn syrup, cornstarch, and food coloring layered with tissue strips for kid-safe, lickable face paint. Build warts, scars, and ghoul effects.

Easy baked beans doctored from canned pork and beans with crispy bacon, brown sugar, ketchup, Worcestershire, and mustard. The classic 6-ingredient potluck side dish.

Homemade caramel turtle candies with pecan halves, melted caramels thinned with whipped topping, and a semi-sweet chocolate shell. Three ingredients, no thermometer.

Bite-sized cauliflower florets dredged in flour and dipped in a light egg yolk batter, then fried until shatteringly crisp and golden. Just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes for a crunchy vegetable side or snack.

Mixed greens tossed with homemade balsamic vinaigrette made from shallots, fresh basil, and extra-virgin olive oil, then topped with grape tomatoes and yellow bell pepper strips.

Kaymakli kayisi, the Turkish cream-filled apricot dessert: dried apricots simmered in lemon syrup, then sandwiched around almond-flecked whipped cream and crowned with chopped pistachios.

Crispy chicken fried steak fingers coated in a seasoned flour paste and saltine crumbs, fried golden, and served with rich homemade cream gravy. Quick, crunchy, and built for dipping.

Your pork chops won't taste dry with this delicious recipe you will use over and over again.