Recipe Sifter

Salmon fillets topped with lime, ginger, garlic, and fresh coriander, wrapped in buttery filo pastry and baked until golden and flaky. An elegant Thai-inspired dinner for two in 40 minutes.

Copycat Chili's chicken enchilada soup thickened with masa harina and loaded with cubed chicken, crushed tomatoes, and melted American cheese. A big-batch Tex-Mex soup that feeds a crowd.

Sour cream chocolate chip cake: a tender, coffee-cake style cake made with cold-cut butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a generous cup and a half of chocolate chips. Sinks slightly in the center as it cools.

Creamy curry soup with mixed seafood, mushrooms, asparagus, and green peas in a flour-thickened chicken broth finished with cream. Ready in under 20 minutes.

Garlic butter shrimp scampi with lemon, herbs, and orange liqueur reduced into a concentrated sauce. Served over pasta or rice for a quick, elegant seafood dinner.

Scotcheroos are no-bake peanut butter rice cereal bars topped with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips. Crisp, chewy, and ready in 30 minutes with no oven, just a saucepan and a spoon.

Chicken with porcini mushrooms braised in dry white wine and tomatoes for an earthy Italian-inspired skillet dinner finished with Parmesan.

Impossible herbs and onion pie: a crustless savory pie that forms its own base as it bakes, with softened onions and crumbled bacon under a Bisquick custard and a sprinkle of herbs. No pastry, quiche-like, easy.

Glazed beets in a sweet orange sauce with brown sugar, ginger, golden raisins, and orange zest. A quick side dish that turns canned beets into something special.

Fat-free fiesta pasta salad tosses rotelle with red onion, corn, green chiles, jalapeño, and cilantro in a chili-cumin Italian dressing. A potluck-ready Tex-Mex side that gets better as it sits.

Pork minestrone soup with cannellini beans, sweet potato, regular potato, and Italian-herb tomatoes in beef broth. A hearty 30-minute one-pot soup topped with Parmesan.

Loaded Creole omelette with potatoes, ham, okra, red bell pepper, and cayenne, cooked in a skillet and puffed under the broiler. Brunch with a bayou kick.

El Charro Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans) recipe

Bread machine raisin buttermilk bread with whole wheat flour, raisins, and nuts. Tangy buttermilk crumb with a hearty whole grain texture baked hands-free.

Five-ingredient Southern pecan dainties with brown sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Crispy, chewy, flourless pecan cookies baked low and slow. Makes six dozen from one batch.

Creamy Shaker chicken noodle soup with egg noodles, vermouth-butter reduction, heavy cream, and fresh tarragon. An elevated take on the classic that's rich, herby, and deeply comforting.