220 lounge recipes

Creamy ambrosia fruit salad with mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, coconut, mini marshmallows, and sour cream. A no-cook, make-ahead holiday side dish.

Five-grain hot cereal with brown rice, barley, millet, rye, and wheat berries cooked with dried apricots. A hearty whole-grain breakfast with natural sweetness.

Breakfast rice made with brown rice cooked in apple juice, water, raisins, and cinnamon. Five ingredients, no added sugar, and it works on the stovetop or overnight in a slow cooker.

Arni psito me patates, Greek roast leg of lamb studded with garlic, brushed with lemon and butter, and roasted with tomato paste-rubbed potatoes. A classic Greek Sunday roast.

This hearty and scrumptious dish is so easy to make, it doesn't take long to read the entire recipe!

A hearty DIY multigrain hot cereal mix packed with 11 whole grains, seeds, and lentils. Mix a big batch, cook what you need, and eat chewy, nutty bowls of goodness all week long.

Don't let that bottle of wine go to waste, instead use it for this succulent dish that goes well chicken or fish.

Chicken Caesar salad pizza on a crispy prebaked shell topped with mixed greens, sliced chicken, and Caesar dressing. A no-cook assembly that takes 5 minutes.

A succulent and savory beef casserole made with cream of mushroom soup and cream of celery soup.

Simple fried turkey breast sliced thin, seasoned, and rolled in flour before deep frying until golden. Just four ingredients for crispy, juicy turkey cutlets that cook in minutes.

Microwave spiced red cabbage with vinegar, cloves, coriander seeds, peppercorns, and tart apple cooked tender in 20 minutes. A quick German-style braised cabbage side dish without the long stove time.

Roasted and pickled hot peppers with banana, Hungarian, and bell varieties charred until blistered, peeled, then canned in vinegar brine. The roast adds smoky depth that raw pickled peppers can't match.

To see a very similar dessert I made this summer, check out my Grilled Peaches with Coconut Milk Ice Cream recipe.

It is really a great cake, a long time favorite of mine, every time it turns out perfect, so yummy.

Preserve summer apricots in anisette liqueur with fennel for sweet-spiced fruit that brightens winter desserts and cheese plates all year long.

Made two bunches, one was orange jelly, and the other was lemon jelly. Both were great condiment. Everyone liked it, so it never lasted too long in our house.