Pasta recipes

Chicken cacciatore braised in tomatoes, tomato paste, and pearl onions with garlic and bay leaf. Classic Italian hunter-style chicken simmered until fork-tender in a rich tomato sauce.

This is a Middle Eastern soup, typical of the simple foods served in the desert regions. Serve with pita bread and a grain or vegetable dish for a simple meal. This soup is also food served cold, stuffed into a pita bread.

Healthy brown rice pilaf studded with grated butternut squash, fennel, and oregano. Low-fat winter side dish with warming cinnamon and white wine in every bite.

Homemade sloppy joes with ground beef, tomato paste, and sweet red pepper in a thick, tangy sauce. Ready in 30 minutes with simple pantry staples. Skip the canned stuff forever.

Single-serving miso soup with tofu, scallions and optional wakame. Ready in 10 minutes with just a kettle and a bowl. Low-fat, vegetarian, and deeply savory.

Rabbit chasseur with a pound of mushrooms, tomatoes, and white wine braised in the oven, finished with a beurre manie-thickened hunter's sauce. Classic French technique.

Thai-style spicy peanut sauce for satay: red curry paste cooked in coconut cream until oily, finished with thin coconut milk, fish sauce, palm sugar, tamarind, and ground peanuts.

Basic Italian tomato sauce with peeled plum tomatoes, garlic, basil, a splash of red wine, and a knob of butter for a silky, restaurant-style red sauce in 40 minutes.

Lapin en gibelotte braises rabbit in white wine with bacon, garlic, and a bouquet garni, then finishes the strained sauce with cream. Old-school French country cooking with no shortcuts.

Gluten-free sesame rice cookies made with tahini, honey, rice flour, and almonds. Nutty, naturally sweetened, and tender with a delicate crumb that melts on the tongue.

A spicy and scrumptious dish made with cabbage, potatoes and hot green peppers.

Potatoes and mushrooms, these two vegetables are both healthy and nutritional. Very nice combination.

A 9-pound beef brisket smothered in a brown sugar and tomato paste sauce, wrapped in foil, and oven-braised for 5 hours until fork-tender. Shred it and pile it on buns for a crowd.

A slow-simmered tomato broth with white wine and clam juice, loaded with catfish chunks and shrimp. Garnished with fresh coriander and lemon. Hearty, soul-warming seafood stew for eight.

No-bake crispy rice squares sweetened with rice syrup instead of marshmallows, bound with almond butter and tahini, studded with chocolate chips, almonds, and coconut. Vegan-friendly.

Rainbow trout Provencale with red bell pepper, fennel seeds, garlic, vermouth, and tomato paste. A light French-inspired fish dish cooked in minutes.