Recipe Sifter

Country pork sausage made from scratch with fresh pork shoulder, sweet red bell pepper, sage, salt, and black pepper. Grind, season, and shape into patties or stuff into links for breakfast that beats anything in a plastic tube.

Frozen fruit salad with vanilla pudding, whipped cream, pineapple, pecans, and fruit cocktail. Make-ahead dessert that serves 10, perfect for holidays.

Shortbread crust and lots of fresh plums, simple ingredients make this delicious plum tart!

Pumpkin cream roll with a spiced pumpkin sponge cake wrapped around whipped cream, pumpkin puree, and toasted pecans. An elegant fall dessert chilled until firm.

Lazy man's beef stew is the dump-and-bake dinner that needs zero browning. Round steak, potatoes, and carrots simmer low and slow with onion soup mix and tomato sauce.

Mocha mint mousse tart with a brownie base, cream cheese filling, melted Junior Mints, instant coffee, and marshmallow cream. A no-bake chocolate-mint dessert.

A no-bake chocolate chestnut loaf with dark chocolate, butter, chestnut puree, and brandy. Chilled overnight into a dense, sliceable terrine. Serve with piped cream or marron glace.

Broiled flounder or sole marinated in balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, and dry mustard. A light, lean fish dinner that's low in fat and ready to eat in under 10 minutes of cook time.

It is really a great cake, a long time favorite of mine, every time it turns out perfect, so yummy.

Slice-and-bake cheddar cheese biscuits with Worcestershire and hot sauce, topped with poppy, sesame, or celery seeds. Make the dough ahead and bake crispy, golden rounds whenever guests arrive.

Char-grilled baby octopus simmered in red wine and olive oil.

Try something new for dinner with this succulent dish made with ground pork, ground lamb and pecorino-romano cheese.

Mint white chocolate mousse folds melted white chocolate, green creme de menthe, whipped cream, and egg whites into a pale, airy dessert. A refreshing dinner-party finish.

Dutch oven pot roast braised in barbecue sauce and apple cider with carrots, potatoes, onions, and okra. Sweet, smoky, and tender enough to cut with a fork. Southern-style Sunday dinner.

Pumpkin mousse layered three ways: a warmed pumpkin-cream cheese-yolk base, folded with whipped cream and beaten egg whites, then chilled and topped with crystallized ginger.

Double raspberry Jello salad with frozen raspberries and whole cranberry sauce. A three-ingredient molded side dish that's a holiday table staple.