Recipe Sifter

Crispy Indian samosas made easy with spring roll wrappers instead of homemade pastry. Spiced potato-pea filling wrapped and fried until golden.

Fruit yogurt scones use plain yogurt and lemon zest to create tender, lightly tangy mini scones studded with plumped raisins or dried cranberries. Smaller than a tea-room scone, perfect for buttering warm. Ready in about 22 minutes.

Creamy butternut squash and pear soup, a velvety autumn first course with thyme, coriander, and a finishing swirl of cream. Garnished with sliced pear and sesame seeds.

Cranberry orange chutney with bourbon, mustard seeds, and brown sugar simmers into a sweet-tart relish with a smoky kick. The perfect Thanksgiving condiment that runs circles around the canned jellied stuff.

This nacho casserole is cheesy, tasty and packed with flavors. Serve it with some tortilla chips, heavenly delicious.

I add a couple of teaspoons of multi-colored nonpareils to make them a bit more festive.

This tortellini salad is easily hearty enough to be your main dish. It comes together quickly with a cream cheese based sauce and ready made fresh tortellini.

It's hard to go wrong with a combination of bacon and cheddar, especially when it comes down to twice baked potatoes.

This soup came out so tasty and flavorful. The pan-fried tortilla strips added some nice crunch, and I also served the soup with some sour cream, Monterey Jack cheese, cilantro and scallions. It was an easy, light yet tasty soup.

Lemon raspberry muffins bake up tender with bright lemon extract, jammy raspberry pockets and a golden bakery-style dome. A bright weekend breakfast treat.

Oatmeal blueberry muffins fold juicy blueberries into a hearty oat and flour batter, finished with a crackly cinnamon-sugar topping. Wholesome breakfast muffin, ready in 30 minutes.

Homemade naan bread: whole-wheat flatbread leavened with yogurt and yeast, shaped into teardrops, and grilled with a brush of ghee for smoky char. No tandoor required.

Czech Christmas cookies rolled paper-thin, packed with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg, sweetened with molasses and brown sugar. Crisp, spicy, and not too sweet.

Cranberry orange muffins: tart fresh cranberries and bright orange juice in a tender, lighter muffin made with yogurt instead of butter. A wholesome breakfast or brunch bake, with optional nuts for crunch.

Chunky banana bran muffins, hearty and high in fiber, with buttermilk-soaked bran, diced banana, walnuts, and raisins, deepened by molasses and orange zest. A wholesome, satisfying breakfast muffin.

Very fine chicken. I wouldn't call it oriental but it's not a problem. Quite good over rice with dry fried black sesame seeds. Thanks for my tasty lunch.. :)