832 ripe recipes

Crispy fried tofu served with a Thai-style peanut dipping sauce made from garlic, cilantro root, chili, and rice vinegar. A spicy, tangy vegetarian appetizer or snack ready in 25 minutes.

Traditional kishke (stuffed derma) with beef liver, rice, ground beef, and coriander in natural casing, simmered low and slow in beef stock until tender.

Good, inexpensive hearty meal although I would spice it up a little more probably with garlic and more onion.

Pan-fried beef liver in a tangy gravy loaded with green olives, mushrooms, lemon juice, and Worcestershire for a quick weeknight dinner that proves liver doesn't have to be boring.

This, too, is a Portuguese recipe from the Algarve.

Hawaiian turkey salad with brown rice, pineapple chunks, water chestnuts, macadamia nuts, apple, and a yogurt-pineapple juice dressing. A tropical main dish salad topped with toasted coconut.

French-style cream of pea soup pureed with rice, enriched with egg yolks and heavy cream, and garnished with wilted lettuce. An elegant, velvety potage ready in 30 minutes.

Butter-seared chicken breasts baked over rice in a creamy chicken soup sauce with thyme and celery flakes. One ovenproof skillet, 50 minutes, and dinner is handled.

Spiced turkey sausage browned with onion, then simmered with long grain rice, carrots, celery, and fresh basil in chicken broth. A one-skillet pilaf that's ready in 45 minutes with almost no hands-on time.

Crispy-skinned chicken simmers in a Madras curry sauce with a ginger-garlic-onion paste and sliced key limes. Tangy, aromatic, and on the table in under an hour.

Quick beef and wild rice skillet with sirloin, corn, stewed tomatoes, and scallions. A fast one-pan weeknight dinner with bold Southwestern flavor and minimal cleanup.

Feijão preto is a Brazilian-style black bean stew slow-simmered with onion, garlic, orange, tomato and coriander, served over brown rice with toasted bread crumbs and orange slices.

Philadelphia pepper pot is the legendary Revolutionary War-era soup of tripe, calves feet, red pepper, herbs, and potatoes. A heritage colonial stew that fed Washington's army at Valley Forge.

Retro curry-style ground beef skillet with tomatoes, apple, raisins, coconut, and chutney cooked with rice in one pot. A mild, sweet-savory Indian-inspired weeknight dinner.

Crunchy curried chicken salad: cooked chicken and rice tossed with mandarin oranges, celery, and peanuts in a light yogurt-curry-honey dressing. A sweet-savory, mayo-free make-ahead salad.

Ground beef, rice, and mushrooms wrapped in tender cabbage leaves, baked in a sweet-tangy tomato sauce. Classic stuffed cabbage rolls that taste like grandma's kitchen.