Recipe Sifter

Frank-ly paella with hot dogs, cocktail franks, and salami standing in for traditional seafood, cooked with saffron rice, peppers, and tomatoes. A playful, kid-friendly spin on Spanish paella.

Crustless-style quiche with a crispy grated potato shell filled with ham, broccoli, and melted cheese in a creamy egg custard. Gluten-free friendly and packed with flavor.

Bourbon whiskey loaf cake loaded with golden raisins and pecans, flavored with molasses and nutmeg. A dense, boozy fruitcake that improves as it ages in the fridge.

Irish whiskey soda bread with honey and raisins, brushed with a whiskey-milk glaze before baking. No yeast needed. The whiskey adds warm depth to a traditional buttermilk soda bread base.

This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve.

Microwave grains blend brown rice, pearl barley, and millet cooked together in 10 minutes on high. A simple, nutty whole grain base for chili, beans, or sauce.

Classic New York cheesecake with graham cracker crust. Cream cheese beaten for 30 minutes until impossibly smooth, with folded egg whites for airy texture.

Ochsenschwanzsuppe is the classic German oxtail soup. Slowly simmered oxtails build a rich beef stock, then puree with root vegetables and finish with Madeira.

Orange pistachio Bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, pistachio pudding, and orange juice, marbled with chocolate syrup and topped with a cocoa glaze. A stunning retro dessert.

Posole Don Federico: a soul-warming Mexican pork and hominy stew, built on pig's feet and pork shanks for a rich broth, with green chiles, garlic, and beer. Garnished with cilantro and scallions.

Sausage pinwheels roll hot bulk sausage into a homemade biscuit dough, then chill and slice into spirals to bake. A retro Southern party appetizer that yields six dozen savory bites.

Dead-simple homemade bread with just 5 ingredients: flour, water, yeast, salt, and honey. No kneading required. Mix it, ignore it, bake it. Fresh bread for people who think they can't bake bread.

Slow cooker stuffed round steak rolled around grated carrots, zucchini, and cheddar cheese, then braised in spaghetti sauce until fork-tender. Hands-off comfort food.

Light, airy Vermont maple chiffon cake with walnuts, drizzled in reduced maple syrup glaze. Baked in an angel food pan and cooled upside down for a tall, tender crumb.

Viennese chocolate torte for Passover uses ground walnuts, cake meal, and potato starch in place of flour. A flourless-style torte split and filled with apricot-orange preserves and finished with a chocolate-orange glaze.

A hearty, flavorful soup featuring creamy white beans, tender Swiss chard, and savory bacon or pancetta, simmered in a rich chicken broth with the holy trinity of vegetables and thyme. Perfect for a cozy meal.