773 mellow recipes

Quick cherry-almond drop cookies made with cake mix.

This tasty twist on salsa will have everyone coming back for more!

Crispy potato latkes loaded with shredded carrots and zucchini, pan-fried golden on a hot griddle. Serve with applesauce or cranberry sauce for dipping. Makes 36 latkes.

Lemon poppy seed bundt cake that starts with yellow cake mix and gets a fresh lemon juice kick, crunchy poppy seeds, and a tangy glaze drizzle. A shortcut bakery cake that tastes from scratch.

Menudo, the traditional Mexican tripe and hominy soup simmered with toasted ancho chiles, garlic, and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges for a smoky, soul-warming bowl.

Golden squash and carrot bisque: yellow summer squash, carrots, and onion puréed smooth and enriched with evaporated milk. A vibrant, make-ahead chilled soup.

Grilled vegetable and mushroom soup builds smoky depth by charring zucchini, summer squash, red onion, peppers, and shiitake on the grill before dicing them into a savory broth. Smoke and char in every spoonful.

Pickled zucchini sticks canned with fresh dill, garlic, celery seed, and onion in a sweet vinegar brine. A crunchy way to preserve summer's zucchini bounty in 4 pint jars.

Traditional Quebec habitant pea soup with yellow split peas, smoked ham hocks, savory, and thyme simmered three hours until thick and creamy. A French-Canadian classic.

Paradise cake layers a yellow box cake with crushed pineapple, sliced bananas, vanilla pudding, chopped pecans, and whipped topping. A tropical no-fuss layered dessert that feeds a crowd from a 9x13 pan.

Quick vegetable medley with corn, black beans, yellow pepper, and tomatoes sauteed in sesame oil and finished with umeboshi vinegar. Vegan and versatile.

A delicious and moist cake has spongy and fluffy cake, has all kinds of fruits and creamy whipped topping. Looks colorful and tastes so yummy.

Punchbowl Cake layers crumbled yellow cake, vanilla pudding, cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, bananas, coconut, and pecans in a stunning no-bake party dessert. A Southern crowd-pleaser that feeds a crowd.

Chicken stir fry with broccoli, yellow bell pepper, tomatoes, ginger, and garlic in a store-bought stir fry sauce. A fast weeknight dinner served over rice.

Caprese salad tosses red and yellow tomato wedges with fresh mozzarella, basil, and parsley. The classic three-ingredient Italian salad (plus a few herbs) done right with summer's best tomatoes.

A light, brothy Mexican pozole with tender fish, hominy, tomatoes, green chiles, and cumin, finished with fresh lime. This seafood twist on the classic soup is ready in 30 minutes.