Recipe Sifter

This is a wonderful and easy dip to make ahead and bring to parties.

Sardine sandwich butter: a three-ingredient compound butter of softened butter, mashed boneless sardines, and a dash of lemon. Spread on tea sandwiches, crackers, or hot toast.

Tender lamb rib chops marinated overnight in red wine, crushed juniper berries, garlic and extra-virgin olive oil, then grilled until charred and smoky. Serve with olives and charred pepper skewers.

Jerusalem artichoke egg rolls stuffed with sunchokes, ham, shallots, garlic, and chives, then deep fried until crispy. A creative fusion appetizer with earthy, nutty flavor.

Cheesy garlic bread broiled with a butter spread loaded with fresh Romano, Parmesan, garlic, and parsley. Golden, bubbly, and ready in 10 minutes flat.

Yogurt-marinated chicken baked golden, then simmered in a buttery saffron cream sauce with whole spices and ground almonds. Authentic Indian butter chicken from scratch.

Whole roasted chicken rubbed inside and out with sun-dried tomato paste, garlic, fresh basil, and parsley. Crisp golden skin, deeply savory flavor in every bite.

Salmon spread cheese ball: a make-ahead party appetizer with canned salmon, reduced-fat cream cheese, lemon, and Dijon, shaped into a parsley-coated ball for melba rounds.

Broiled lime shrimp with cilantro, jalapeño, and a zippy lime-garlic dressing. Served cool over cucumber slices for a bright low-fat appetizer or light lunch.

This homemade sausage has a wonderful texture and outstanding flavor with a slight greenish tinge from the swiss chard and kicked up a notch with Frangelico liquor.

Basic roast turkey guide with defrosting times, roasting times by weight at 325F, and stuffing adjustments. A simple reference for your Thanksgiving bird.

Turkey piccata: flour-dredged turkey cutlets sauteed in butter and finished with a fresh lemon pan sauce. A lighter, faster take on the Italian veal classic.

Barbecued pork chops smoked low then grilled hot with garlic salt, celery salt, and paprika. Basted with barbecue sauce only in the final minutes.

Dijon-marinated flank steak crusted with cracked black pepper and grilled hot and fast. Three ingredients, an overnight marinade and 15 minutes on the grill. Steakhouse flavor on a weeknight budget.

Broiled portobello mushrooms loaded with chopped garlic, olive oil, oregano, and fresh parsley. Tender and meaty in about 10 minutes with just a handful of simple ingredients.

Santa Claus cookies decorate flat sugar cookies with red sugar caps, miniature marshmallow tassels, currant eyes, cinnamon candy noses, and coconut beards. A festive holiday craft cookie kids can help build from baked rounds.