Recipe Sifter

Cocktail crab dip blends flaked crab meat with cream cheese, ketchup, horseradish, and hot sauce for a creamy, tangy party dip. No cooking, ready in 15 minutes.

Sirloin strips simmered in coconut milk with curry, ginger, jalapeno, and garlic for a quick Caribbean curry. Bold island flavors on the table in just 30 minutes.

Broiled porterhouse steak with caramelized Spanish onions and a mushroom-sherry pan sauce. A lighter steakhouse dinner for two with a Weight Watchers-friendly approach.

Italian market pasta salad tosses bow-tie pasta with fresh greens, cherry tomatoes, tangy gorgonzola and toasted pine nuts in a balsamic dressing. A light, no-mayo summer salad.

North Carolina-style BBQ sauce with caramelized butter and brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, celery seeds, dry mustard, and onion. A sweet, tangy, buttery barbecue sauce with Carolina tang.

Chinese-style crispy string beans flash-fried in a wok then tossed with soy sauce, sherry, garlic, minced pork, and sesame oil. A savory, blistered side dish ready in 30 minutes.

Roasted fish fillets coated in a tangy creme fraiche, Dijon, and whole-grain mustard sauce with shallots and capers. Ready in under 25 minutes, this elegant weeknight fish dinner is impossibly simple.

Aceitunas rellenas: anchovy-stuffed olives marinated in garlic, white wine vinegar, and olive oil with bright pimentos. The salty Spanish tapas bite for cocktail hour and antipasto trays.

Let your kids help you cook dinner with this simple recipe that makes a scrumptious dish everyone will love.

A scrumptious dessert dish made with applesauce, graham crackers and toasted almonds.

Within about 15 minutes, you can enjoy these crispy and healthy oven fried sweet potato wedges.

Sausage croquettes made old-fashioned style: sausage meat thickened with cracker crumbs, shaped into oblongs, rolled in cracker dust, and fried until crisp. Ready in 30 minutes for a hearty brunch.

Calves liver stroganoff with sautéed mushrooms, onions, and white wine in a tangy low-fat yogurt sauce over noodles. A lighter, iron-rich spin on the classic in just 30 minutes.

Fresh berry crepes filled with blueberries and strawberries, drizzled with a cream cheese orange honey sauce. A no-cook 15-minute brunch dessert.

Fresh autumn fruits draped in a billowy sherry sabayon sauce with whipped cream and orange zest. Cantaloupe, figs, and grapes under a cloud of custard, finished with toasted almonds. Effortlessly elegant.

Curried cabbage and arame seaweed sauteed in sesame oil with shoyu. A quick, mineral-rich macrobiotic side dish loaded with umami that's on the table in 20 minutes. Vegan and plant-based.