Recipe Sifter

Pflaumenkuchen: traditional German plum cake on a buttery shortbread base with quartered Italian prune plums and peach jam glaze. Late summer pastry heaven.

Fruit-sweetened strawberry jam: a refined-sugar-free freezer jam thickened with apple-grape juice concentrate and orange juice. Bright, fresh-tasting strawberry preserves in 30 minutes.

Golden, shatteringly crisp pork wontons filled with seasoned ground pork, water chestnuts, ginger, and green onions. Deep-fried in minutes and served with sweet and sour sauce or hot mustard.

Discover fall-apart tender pressure cooker pork chops with potatoes in this easy Instant Pot recipe for busy weeknights. Quick sear for rich gravy, one-pot cleanup; add carrots for variety. Perfect for beginner cooks seeking simple pork chop dinners with veggies.

Golden-crusted salmon cakes loaded with fresh basil and garlic, topped with a velvety white wine tomato basil butter sauce. Pacific Northwest comfort food at its finest.

Bread machine banana walnut bread with mashed bananas, toasted walnuts, milk, and a hint of cinnamon. A yeast-risen sandwich loaf, not a quickbread, that mostly bakes itself.

Almond cream cheese biscotti with toasted sliced almonds and a hint of anise. Cream cheese gives these twice-baked Italian cookies a softer, more tender bite while keeping the signature crunch for dunking in coffee.

THis one was yummy.I heeded the advice of those who went before and used plenty of salt and also coarse chopped the spinach before cooking and skipped the processing. I didn't have any ricotta or tomato in the house and was dying to try it so I substituted extra firm silken tofu and just skipped the tomato. It was still delicious!

This sweet, sour and spicy quinoa salad is loaded with flavor. Fresh mangos, spicy jalapeno, and basil give this quinoa salad amazingly delicious taste, and it is quick and easy to prepare as well.

Yum! I added some sliced red bell pepper strips to give the dish more colour. Used fresh broccoli instead of mixed frozen veggies, and added a drizzle of sesame oil and rice vinegar in the end as well as some sesame seeds. Enjoyed the dish with a bowl of rice, so good!

Loaded with veggies and with a hint of sweetness, this chili recipe has been my family's favorite for many, many years.

Cranberry coconut muffins with tart whole cranberries, sweet shredded coconut folded through, and a toasted coconut top. Buttermilk tender, eighteen-muffin batch.

An easy way to make a delicious antipasto bread. Yum.

Turkish baklava layered with cinnamon-and-clove spiced walnuts between dozens of buttered phyllo sheets, then drenched in fragrant clove syrup. Crisp, flaky, and honey-sweet, cut into the classic diamond pieces.

Quick limoncello skips the weeks of steeping and shakes together fresh lemon juice and zest, simple syrup, and vodka for a bright Italian after-dinner sipper ready in under an hour. No patience required.

Old fashioned buttermilk biscuits cut cold butter into flour, fold the dough for layers, then bake hot for tall, flaky Southern biscuits with golden tops and tender insides.