Recipe Sifter

Graham cracker pie shell made with just crushed graham crackers and melted margarine. A no-bake, two-ingredient crust that chills firm and holds any cream, custard, or cheesecake filling.

Great northern bean minestrone with carrots, zucchini, cabbage, tomatoes, and elbow macaroni in a basil-oregano broth. Hearty, thick, and full of vegetables.

Grilled halibut with a soy, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar marinade. Asian-style fish steaks with caramelized edges and tender, flaky centers in just 12 minutes on the grill.

Sesame-soy marinated beef skewers grilled with green peppers, cherry tomatoes, and mushrooms. Asian-style steak kebabs with a blended ginger-garlic marinade basted on the grill.

Heavenly slow cooker chicken breasts in a luscious Italian cream sauce with mushroom soup, cream cheese, and butter served over angel hair pasta with parmesan.

Herb bread for the bread machine pairs dill, basil, and rosemary with chopped onion in a low-fat applesauce-based dough. A hearty savory yeast loaf for sandwiches and dinner.

German herring salad with marinated fillets, tart apples, and onions layered in a tangy sour cream and yogurt sauce. Chilled for five hours and finished with fresh dill.

No-bake eggnog cheesecake with a nutmeg graham cracker crust, cream cheese filling, and whipped cream. A chilled holiday dessert that needs no oven.

Buttermilk-soaked chicken breasts pan-fried in a seasoned flour crust, drizzled with honey bourbon butter sauce and topped with chopped pecans.

Honey-almond rugelach are flaky cream cheese crescents rolled around honey-spiced almonds and dried cherries. A Jewish bakery classic with a sweet golden bite.

Hot sweet mustard blends prepared mustard with horseradish, Dijon, hot sauce, brown sugar, and cayenne. The bratwurst-and-pretzel condiment that bites back.

This delicious Texas chili is a delicious one-pot meal. Chunks of succulent beef and beans are simmered in a well seasoned tomato sauce. Serve it with a few slices of crusty bread or steamed rice. It warms you up within a minute.

Imperial coconut flan made from scratch with a whole fresh coconut, homemade condensed milk, and separated eggs baked in a caramel-lined mold. A traditional Mexican showpiece.

Italian cheese bread bakes a yeasted dough with grated provolone, garlic butter, and parmesan into two pull-apart loaves. Crackly tops, soft interior, perfect for a pasta night.

Jamaican jerk pork shoulder marinated overnight in Scotch bonnet peppers, allspice, thyme, and scallions, then slow-grilled over indirect heat. Authentic Caribbean jerk with serious heat.

Intensely rich chocolate espresso cake baked in a water bath, spiked with Grand Marnier and orange zest. Dense flourless dessert.