Recipe Sifter

Golden chocolate Bundt cake doctors a yellow cake mix with sour cream, milk chocolate bars, chocolate chips, pecans and coconut. Semi-homemade with bakery-style results.

Cantonese steamed chicken breast with dried black mushrooms, water chestnuts, and ginger in a soy-sherry-sesame marinade. Optional Chinese sausage adds sweet, smoky richness. Ready in 20 minutes of steaming.

Calico salad is a colorful three-bean salad with kidney beans, green beans, and wax beans in a sweet vinegar dressing with chopped green pepper and onion.

Southern pot likker chili built on collard-green broth with smoked chuck, ground beef, pintos, chipotle, habanero, and a splash of beer. Long-simmered, deeply smoky, bowl-licking good.

Diabetic-friendly cabbage and pineapple salad with sugar substitute and light whipped topping. A sweet, crunchy no-cook side dish with zero added sugar.

Cheeseburger loaf is a retro meatloaf made with cream of cheddar soup, dill pickles, and onion, topped with warm cheddar sauce. All the flavors of a cheeseburger in meatloaf form.

Fall pear pie with thinly sliced fresh pears, nutmeg, and quick-cooking tapioca in a double crust, brushed with egg wash and finished with a pour of cream.

Salmon roasted with plum tomatoes, kalamata olives, orange zest, and fresh rosemary. A Mediterranean one-pan dinner where slow-blistered tomatoes turn into a rustic sauce for the fish.

Fried chicken for Chanukah, marinated overnight in lemon juice, olive oil, and nutmeg, then flour-dipped, egg-washed, and pan-fried golden. A Sephardic-style Hanukkah centerpiece for the oil miracle.

Honey oat bran yeast bread with a crunchy egg-white-glazed crust. Freezer-friendly dough recipe that makes two hearty loaves with whole grains and a chewy, golden crumb.

Cowboy pot roast braised with dried apricots, blanched leeks, and lemon zest in beef stock. A Western-style braise with sweet-savory depth and fork-tender beef.

No-bake strawberry pie with a raw date and nut crust made from walnuts and almonds. Fresh sliced strawberries tossed in maple syrup fill this naturally sweet dessert.

Silky bay leaf custard draped in clove-spiked caramel with a splash of amaretto. This slow-baked Spanish-style flan is elegant, aromatic, and unforgettable.

French genoise sponge cake soaked with Amaretto and filled with whipped chocolate ganache. A light, egg-leavened cake with lemon zest and an overnight chocolate cream.

Crockpot chicken tortilla casserole layers shredded chicken, cream of chicken soup, green chili salsa, tortillas, and cheese. Hands-off slow cooker enchilada-style dinner.

Torta Divina is a rich Italian flourless chocolate cake laced with Cointreau, baked in a water bath, and finished with whipped cream and fresh raspberries. Gluten-free by nature.