Recipe Sifter

Chicken wrapped in bacon and baked over a bed of dried beef, then blanketed in a creamy sour cream and celery soup sauce. A retro comfort casserole that's salty, savory, and made for spooning over rice.

A luxurious salmon mousse blended with heavy cream, egg white, Pernod, cognac, and a spoonful of caviar. This silky, masterchef-level stuffing is piped into baby salmon for an elegant San Francisco-inspired dish.

Two-crust tuna quiche with leben (Middle Eastern fermented milk), eggs, cheddar, and mushroom sauce. Pantry-friendly weeknight dinner from a quick puff pastry pie.

Crunchy oyster crackers get tossed in ranch seasoning, dill, garlic, and lemon pepper, then toasted until golden for an addictive party snack that disappears faster than you can make it.

Salmon tempura rolls wrapped in nori with mirin-glazed leeks inside, then flash-fried in rice flour batter. Restaurant-style Japanese crispy salmon roll that shatters into warm, silky salmon at the first bite.

30-minute pork chop dinner with yellow rice, salsa-style tomatoes, and fresh cilantro. A five-ingredient weeknight meal ready before takeout would arrive.

Instead of leaving turkey for Thanksgiving, try this succulent dish that will have you gobbling up every bit of it!

Start a fire in your mouth with these scrumptious chicken wings that taste better than the restaurant kind and also save you money!

This recipe could hardly be simpler to prepare. The chicken gets a wonderful tangy taste, and no one will know you used convenient ingredients like a bottle of salad dressing and onion soup mix unless you tell them.

Tagliatelle tossed with crisp-tender snow peas, shallot, and garlic in a light cream sauce, topped with Parmesan and browned under the grill. A quick dinner for two in 25 minutes.

Mussels steamed in saffron-scented white wine, finished with a silky cream sauce and a splash of Pineau des Charentes. An elegant French bistro stew ready in 40 minutes.

Pork shoulder strips cook in the microwave with orange juice and soy sauce, then get tossed with water chestnuts, bean sprouts, and Napa cabbage in a cornstarch-thickened sauce. Serve over rice.

Roasted marinated crab with ginger, garlic, and serrano chiles served with a butter dipping sauce. Whole crab is marinated up to 4 hours, then grilled or oven-roasted until bright red and opaque.

Ranch oyster crackers toss store-bought oyster crackers in oil, Italian dressing mix, and dill, then slow-bake until crisp and seasoned. Addictive snack mix in 30 minutes.

This makes a dip that is delicious on raw vegetables or spread on French bread, and is good as an appetizer, snack or light lunch.

The grilled chicken adds the "pop" to this traditional tex-mex recipe. I made this on game day for my boyfriend and me, and it was a hit!