8,718 salt recipes

Maple cream pie with sweetened condensed milk, real maple syrup, and a pinch of salt simmered into a glossy filling. Five ingredients, no eggs, no fuss. Classic Vermont-style.

Farmer's yeast starter, the old-fashioned way. Hops, potatoes, honey, and whole wheat flour build a wild, lively starter for hand-raised loaves. Refrigerator-keeper.

Ginger snaps roll molasses-spiked dough into balls and bake into crackly-topped, snappy spice cookies. Brown sugar, ginger, and cinnamon give the classic chewy-crisp texture in 36 cookies.

German-style creamy cucumber salad with paper-thin cucumber slices marinated in sweet cider vinegar dressing then tossed with sour cream and fresh parsley. The classic sommer salad.

Roasted eggplant with chilies, fresh ginger, tomato, and coriander. Indian-style baingan bharta cousin with smoky charred flesh and a serious chili kick.

Orzo with fresh tomato sauce: rice-shaped pasta tossed with quickly cooked summer tomatoes, garlic, basil, and red pepper flakes. Ready in 20 minutes.

Honey French dressing whisks honey, vinegar, lemon juice, dry mustard and celery seeds with grated onion, then beats in oil for a sweet-tangy emulsified salad dressing.

Bread machine pizza dough: dump the ingredients into your machine, set to dough mode, then shape into four personal pizzas and bake at high heat for crispy homemade pies.

Easy caramel apple pie: classic apple pie shortcut with store-bought crusts, sweet sliced apples, and a hot drizzle of caramel sauce and pecans straight out of the oven.

Easy Mexican salsa from a can of tomato sauce, crushed red chiles, cumin, and oregano with garlic and a hit of vinegar and lemon. Vegan, low-cal, ready in 5 minutes.

Bread machine semolina bread with buttermilk and durum semolina flour. Pale gold, fine-textured Italian-style sandwich loaf with a tender tangy crumb.

Spaghetti aglio e olio is the classic Italian pantry pasta: spaghetti tossed with garlic gently fried in olive oil, hot red pepper, and parsley. Five ingredients, ready in under 30 minutes.

Meringue chocolate chip cookies: light, crisp meringue cookies dotted with chocolate chips and nuts. Naturally gluten-free, fat-free, and dramatically airy.

Teisen Sir Fon: a traditional Welsh fruit cake from Anglesey, made with lard, molasses, mixed spice, ginger, and dried fruit. Humble, deeply flavored, and rooted in North Wales tea-time baking.

Easy poached fish gently simmers fillets in a court-bouillon of water, white wine, lemon juice, sliced onion, peppercorns, allspice, and bay leaf. A lean, classic French method that keeps any fish moist and ready for sauces or salads.

Garbanzo brown rice bread: a gluten-free yeasted loaf made with brown rice flour, chickpea flour, honey, and methocel for structure. Mellower than plain rice bread.