Recipe Sifter

Homemade tahini from scratch with just toasted sesame seeds and oil. Smooth, nutty paste for hummus, baba ganoush, salad dressings, and Middle Eastern cooking. Keeps for months in the fridge.

Chicken and ham wrapped in a pinwheel served on a bed of lettuce. Beautiful to look at and low in fat.

Pistachio-lime chicken linguine: pan-seared chicken strips tossed with toasted pistachios, fresh lime juice, and butter, served over linguine with grated lime zest. Bistro-style 30-minute dinner.

Crispy fried banana puffs rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with jam. Just 3 ingredients in the batter: mashed banana, self-rising flour, and lemon juice. An Austrian-style treat ready in minutes.

Raw Fruit Pie or Tart with Apple-Juice Glaze recipe

Elaine's dolmas are vegetarian grape leaves stuffed with brown rice, pine nuts, currants, mint, and dill. A Mediterranean mezze classic made vegan with TVP instead of meat.

A scrumptious variation of the casserole made with bean and bacon soup, celery and biscuits.

Butterscotch monkey bread: frozen dinner rolls layered with nuts, butterscotch pudding, and cinnamon-sugar butter, left to rise overnight, then baked into a gooey caramel pull-apart. An easy brunch treat.

Sea bass fillets baked over a bed of black olives, garlic, oregano, basil, and parsley, basted in vegetable stock. A Mediterranean-inspired Turkish fish dish that's low calorie, high flavor, and effortlessly elegant.

Crispy baked vegan burgers made from mashed zucchini, tahini, sesame seeds, sunflower seed meal, and cornmeal with sautéed garlic, onions, and carrots. Plant-powered patties with serious crunch and savory depth.

A simple and delicious casserole that's made with ground beef, mild italian sausage, pizza sauce and a variety of cheeses.

Classic cream cheesecake on a buttery graham cracker crust with sour cream in the filling and a sweetened sour cream topping. Dense, smooth, and crack-resistant.

Egg whites omelete that has minced chicken breast in, is cooked in a hot wok until the omelete is set and the chicken is cooked. It can be a light, tasty yet nutritious brunch or a quick week-day meal with a few slices of crusty bread.

A tall, airy Passover-friendly sponge cake studded with grated chocolate chips. Made with cake meal and potato starch instead of flour, this egg-leavened bundt cake rises on whipped whites alone.

A rich sour cream chocolate cake with a cocoa fudge filling marbled through the batter, creating "craters" as it bakes. Topped with chopped nuts and a dusting of powdered sugar. One pan, zero fuss.

Lavish Danish onion soup simmered with an entire bottle of dry champagne, Camembert cheese, and a silky port wine egg yolk liaison. Served over butter-fried bread. This is not your average onion soup.